Glass & Optical Materials Division


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

Kelly Simmons-Potter

University of Arizona

Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.

Tucson, AZ 85721-0104

kspotter@ece.arizona.edu

Phone: (520) 626-0525

Chair-Elect

Shibin Jiang
President
AdValue Technology. LLC
4585 S. Palo Verde Rd Ste 405
Tucson, AZ 85714-1962
sjiang@advaluephotonics.com

Phone: (520) 790-5468

 

 

Vice Chair

Steven A. Feller
Professor
Coe College
1220 1st Ave NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-5092

sfeller@coe.edu
Phone: (319)399-8633

Secretary

Randy Youngman
Corning Incorporated
Sp-Ar-02-4
Corning, NY 14831-0001

youngmanre@corning.com

Phone: (607)974-2970


Meetings

PACRIM 10 - The 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, including GOMD 2013 - Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting

June 2-7, 2013

Hotel Del Coronado

San Diego, California, USA

 

74th Conference on Glass Problems

October 14-17, 2013

Greater Columbus Convention Center

Columbus, Ohio USA

 

MS&T’13: Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition, combined with ACerS 115th Annual Meeting

October 27-31, 2013
The Palais des congrès de Montréal
Montréal, Québec Canada

 

 

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.

 

Alfred R. Cooper Scholars AwardDONATE to the Cooper fund!

Norbert J Kreidl Award

The Stookey Lecture of Discovery Award

George W. Morey Award


 

Job Opportunities
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