About Us
The Glass & Optical Materials Division focuses on the scientific research and development, application and manufacture of all types of glass, including fiber optics, the encapsulation of of nuclear and hazardous wastes in glasses and the interaction of glass and ceramics in biosystems. Members of this division work with glasses in the optical, aerospace, window and electronic industries among others.
Awards | Meetings | Officers
Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award
Norbert J Kreidl Award
The Stookey Lecture of Discovery AwardGeorge W. Morey Award
ACerS 2008 Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting
Join the Glass and Optical Materials Division in Tucson, Arizona for a Spring program that examines the rich range of physical phenomena critical to the design, formation and utilization of glass and optical materials and the technologies that motivate these efforts.
The meeting will encompass fundamental glass science, glass manufacturing technology, and the application of glass and optical materials to photonics. In addition, two cross-cutting, special sessions are planned that will highlight the science and application of emerging technologies impacting energy sustainability, space-based technologies, and national security.
Sessions headed by technical leaders from industry, government laboratories, and academia will address fundamental glass issues that ultimately form the basis for the successful manufacture of oxide glass and other amorphous substances with optimized performance. Three concurrent symposia are planned along with the special sessions. A tutorial on Non-Linear Optics in Glass is also being offered in the Optical Materials Symposium.
Student activities are also planned and will include a student poster competition.
ACerS 2008 Glass and Optical Materials Division Meeting
Program Chair:
Kelly Simmons-Potter
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Optical Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
kspotter@ece.arizona.edu
| Chair |
Mario Affatigato Coe College Physics Dept. 1220 1st Ave. N.E. Cedar Rapid, IA 52402 |
email: maffatig@coe.edu Phone (319) 399-8483 Fax (319) 399-8748 |
| Chair-Elect |
Hong Li PPG Industries Glass Technology Center PO Box 11472 Pittsburgh, PA 15238-0472 |
email: hli@ppg.com Phone: 412-820-4943 |
| Vice Chair |
Mark Davis Schott N.A. 400 York Ave. Duryea, PA 18642 |
email: mark.davis@schott.com Phone: 570-457-7485 |
| Secretary |
Steve Martin
Iowa State University Dept. of Matls. Science & Engrg.
2220 E. Hoover Hall Ames, IA 50011-2300 |
email: swmartin@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-0745 |