Get Involved in the Glass & Optical Materials Division

The Glass & Optical Materials Division of The American Ceramic Society focuses on the scientific research and development, application and manufacture of all types of glass, including fiber optics, the encapsulation 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.

Division Chair

Steven A. Feller
Coe College
1220 1st Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-5092
(319) 399-8633

Chair-Elect

Randy Youngman
Corning Incorporated
Sp-Ar-02-4
Corning, NY 14831-0001
(607) 974-2970


Vice Chair

Edgar Zanotto
Federal University of Sao Carlos
SRod. Washington Luis, Km 235, 13.565-905
Sao Carlos SP, Brazil
16-33518527


Secretary

Pierre Lucas
University of Arizona
MSE dept, 4715 E. Ft Lowell
Tucson, AZ 85721

(520) 322-2311

Meetings  

February 24 – 27, 2015 

Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy (MCARE 2015)

Jeju Island, Korea

April 28 – 30, 2015

Ceramics Expo

Cleveland, Ohio USA

May 17, 2015

What’s New in Ancient Glass Research, hosted by Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science Division

Hyatt Regency Miami

Miami, Florida USA

May 17 – 21, 2015

Glass & Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting and Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft Annual Meeting (GOMD-DGG 2015)

Hilton Miami Downtown

Miami, Florida USA

June 14 – 19, 2015

International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (11th CMCEE)

Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Vancouver, BC Canada

August 30 – September 4, 2015

11th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PACRIM 11)

ICC JEJU

JeJu Island, Korea

October 4 – 8, 2015

Materials Science & Technology 2015, combined with ACerS 117th Annual Meeting (MS&T15)
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, Ohio USA

November 2 – 5, 2015 

76th Conference on Glass Problems (76th GPC)

Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, Ohio USA

All ACerS Meetings

Awards  

Changes to the Cooper, Kreidl and Morey awards were proposed and voted on by GOMD membership at the GOMD General Business Meeting at MS&T’10 on Tuesday, October 19, 2010.  Please review the proposed changes that are now in effect.

Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures

  • 2015 Frontiers of Glass Science Lecture Winner: Sabyasachi Sen, University of California at Davis
    Lecture Title: Structural Aspects of Relaxational Dynamics in Glasses and Supercooled Liquids
              (The Award will be presented during the ACerS GOMD-DGG Joint Annual Meeting
              Miami, Floriday, May 2015)
  • 2015 Frontiers of Glass Technology Lecture Winner: Steven B. Jung, Mo-Sci Corporation, MO
    Lecture Title: The Present and Future of Glass in Medicine
              (The Award will be presented during the ACerS GOMD-DGG Joint Annual Meeting
              Miami, Florida, May 2015)

The Stookey Lecture of Discovery Award

  • 2015 Winner: to be determined     

George W. Morey Award

  • 2015 Winner: Jianrong Qiu, South China University of Technology
    Lecture Title: Control of the Metastable State of Glasses 
    (The Award will be presented during the ACerS GOMD-DGG Joint Annual Meeting
              Miami, Florida, May 2015)

Norbert J Kreidl Award

  • 2015 Winner: to be determined

Alfred R. Cooper Scholars AwardDONATE to the Cooper fund! 

  • 2014 Winner: Nicole T. Johnson, Coe College, IA
    Lecture Title: Development of Electronically Conductive Glasses for Resistive Plate Calorimeter Particle DetectorsCooper
  • 2014 Distinguished Lecturer: C. Austen Angell, Arizona State University, AZ
    Lecture Title: Forty years of silica simulations. Where are we now? (With a digression on Al Cooper and the Deborah number)
  • 2014 Distinguished Lecturer: Cornelius T. Moynihan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
    Lecture Title: Interesting aspects of the glass transition
             
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