Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures

  • 2022 Frontiers of Glass Science Lecturer:
    Kathleen A. Richardson; University of Central Florida, USA

    Title: “Chalcogenide optical materials: A ‘coming of age’ story”

  • 2022 Frontiers of Glass Technology Lecturer:
    Qiang Fu; Corning Incorporated, USA

    Title: “From strong bioactive glasses to tough bio-inspired glass-ceramics: A journey towards damage-resistant materials”

2017 Varshneya Presentation; Himanshu Jain

The Stookey Lecture of Discovery Award

  • 2022 Lecturer:
    Herbert Gleiter; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

    Title: “Nanostructured glasses (nano-glasses): The door to a new glass-based technology age: A glass age”

George W. Morey Award

  • 2022 Lecturer:
    John Ballato; Clemson University, USA

    Title: “Optical fiber meets the Periodic Table: The past, present, and future of the molten core method”

Norbert J Kreidl Award

  • 2022 Awardee:
    Nagia S. Tagiara; Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece

    Title: “Synthesis, structure and properties of pure TeO2 glass, binary and ternary tellurite glasses”

Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award:  DONATE to the Cooper fund!

  • 2021 Awardee:
    Jacob M. Lovi
    Iowa State University
    Title: Characterization of the Viscosity of Fast Ion Conducting Invert Na4P2S7-xOx Mixed Oxy-Sulfide Glasses
  • 2021 Runner up:
    Graham Beckler
    Coe College
    Title: Relationship between number of non-bridging oxygens and ionic conductivity discontinuity in x·Li2O-(1-x)·B2O3, with x ≤ 0.67
  • 2021 Runner up:
    Lauren Y. Moghimi
    University of Arizona
    Title: Solution-Processed Telluride Glass for Far-Infrared Applications
  • 2022 Distinguished Lecturer:
    Liping Huang; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

L. David Pye Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 2022 Awardee:
    William C. LaCourse; Alfred University