At its Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, May 2018, the Glass & Optical Materials Division awarded best graduate and undergraduate student poster prizes to the following winners. Thanks to Corning Incorporated for their sponsorship of the annual contest.
Graduate Student Posters:
1st place: Hongshen Liu, Pennsylvania State University
Effects of Surface Initial Condition on Aqueous Corrosion of Glass
2nd place: Michael Kindle, Washington State University
Al2O3 Stabilized Lithium Borovanadate Glass for Use in Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
3rd place: Junjie Zhao, University of North Texas and Zhejiang University
Phase Separation in SiO2-Al2O3-BaO-BaF2 Oxyfluoride Glasses from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Undergraduate Student Posters:
1st place: James Brigham Clawson, Brigham Young University
Multicomponent Glass Surface Hydroxyl Groups by Temperature-Resolved ToF-SIMS: Viability and Challenges
2nd place: Taylor Mehmen, Coe College
An Anomaly in the Glass Transition Widths of Mixed Alkali Lithium Cesium Borate Glasses
3rd place: Yue Zhai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Residual Stress Field Around Sharp Indent