Workshop Announcement
Application of Synchrotron Techniques in Glass Research. Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY. April 6-7, 2009
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Video of the week - Jain on biomed applications of glass
Lehigh's Himanshu Jain discusses the school’s work to lead an international effort to develop biocompatible, dually porous glass that helps damaged human bone to regenerate. Jain teaches in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Full Article

NSF funds Lehigh/Penn State outreach to Tuskegee University
To encourage more African-Americans to adopt science and engineering careers, the NSF-funded International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass at Lehigh University is commencing an outreach program at Tuskegee University in Alabama, where the student body is predominantly black. Full Article

Brentrup receives award
IMI-NFG REU, Gregory Brentrup is awarded 2008 Alfred R. Cooper Young Scholar prize for his work and research on "Fabrication and Characterization of Nano-Macro Porous Bioactive Glass-Ceramics."
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Lehigh's IMI supports diversity in material engineering
Picture: Prof. Himanshu Jain delves into glass science and engineering with students at Tuskegee University.
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IMI-NFG Director Receives 2007 Otto-Schott Research Award
Prof. Himanshu Jain, Director of the International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (IMI-NFG) and Diamond Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University received the 2007 Otto-Schott Research Award at the International Congress on Glass (ICG) in Strasbourg, France on July 2, 2007. More >

Lehigh's IMI helps create a streaming-video web class about glass
Lehigh joined with five other U.S. colleges to offer a web-based course called Characterization and Structure of Glass

International Workshop
International Workshop on Glass for Harvesting, Storage and Efficient Usage of Solar Energy Pittsburgh, PA. Nov 16-18
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