Glass Properties Course

The 2nd Virtual Glass Course - A Cooperative Course taught by glass experts from nine US universities

Instructors

Steve Martin, Iowa State University	swmartin@iastate.edu
Steve Feller,  Coe College	sfeller@coe.edu
Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla	brow@mst.edu
John Kieffer, University of Michigan	kieffer@umich.edu
Jack Mecholsky, University of Florida	jmech@mse.ufl.edu
Arun Varshneya, Alfred University	varshneya@alfred.edu
Pierre Lucas, University of Arizona	pierre@email.arizona.edu
Denise Krol, University of CA at Davis	dmkrol@ucdavis.edu
Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University	hj00@lehigh.edu
Web-casting hosting at Clemson by: Dr. Eric Skaar, Clemson University ECSKR@exchange.clemson.edu

Syllabus & Class Schedule

Class Schedule

Textbook

Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses, 2^nd ed. (Society of Glass Technology, UK, publisher), soft cover

Lecture/Course Notes & Videos

Lecture 1 (Steve Martin, Iowa State, Ames, Iowa)
Course Overview and Fund. of Glass Transition (Correction to slide 19 in lecture 1, in which m is given as M1/M2, it should be m=M2/M1)	video	slides
Assignment
Lecture 2 (Steve Feller, COE College)
Density, Volume, and Packing Part 1	video	slides
Assignment
Lecture 3 (Steve Feller, COE College)
Density, Volume, and Packing Part 2	video	slides
Assignment (see problems in Assignment from Lecture 2 above)
Lecture 4 (Steve Feller, COE College)
Density, Volume, and Packing Part 3	video	slides
Assignment (see problems in Assignment from Lecture 2 above)
Lecture 5 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
Viscosity of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Lecture 6 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
Viscosity of Glass Part 2	video	slides (same as above)
Reading/References for Viscosity lectures:
Cormier, et. al. J. Am. Cer. Soc. 2006, Temperature-Induced Structural Modifications Between Alkali Borate Glasses and Melts
Eyring, Henry, J. Chemical Physics, 1936, Viscosity, Plasticity and Diffusion as Examples of Absolute Reaction Rates
Angel, C. A.,  Science, New Series 1995, Formation of Glass from Liquids and Biopolymers
Papers on Shear Thinning:
Holmes and Cates, Cond. Mat. Phys. 2004, Glass Transition and Shear Thickening Suspension Rheology
Sellitto and Kurchan, PRL 2005, Shear-Thickening and Entropy-Driven Reentrance
Lecture 7 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
Thermal Properties	video	slides
Assignment and Answers
Lecture 8 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
The Glass Transition Range Behavior Part 1	video	slides
New York Times Article on Glass Transition
Lecture 9 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
The Glass Transition Range Behavior Part 2	video	slides (same as above)
Assignment and Answers
Scherer paper for Assignment
Lecture 10 (Dick Brow, University of Missouri-Rolla)
Composition-structure and glass transition temperature	video	slides
Lecture 11 (Jack Mecholsky, University of Florida)
Mechanical Properties of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Lecture 12 (Jack Mecholsky, University of Florida)
Mechanical Properties of Glass Part 2	video	slides
Assignment
Lecture 13 (Jack Mecholsky, University of Florida)
Mechanical Properties of Glass Part 3	video	slides (same as above)
Lecture 14 (Arun Varshneya, Alfred University)
Strengthening of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Lecture 15 (Arun Varshneya, Alfred University)
Strengthening of Glass Part 2	video	slides (same as above)
Assignment and Answers
Lecture 16 (Pierre Lucas, University of Arizona)
Passive Optical Properties of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Measurement of Optical Properties of Solids, by P. Lucas
Lecture 17 (Pierre Lucas, University of Arizona)
Passive Optical Properties of Glass Part 2	video	slides
Lecture 18 (Pierre Lucas, University of Arizona)
Passive Optical Properties of Glass Part 3	video	slides
Assignment and Answers
Articles for Assignment: Bruckner and Krol
You can also find a useful extract from the ref about MCT here
Lecture 19 (Denise Krol, University of CA at Davis)
Active Optical Properties of Glass Part 1:  Light Emission, Amplification & Lasing	video	slides
Lecture 20 (Denise Krol, University of CA at Davis)
Active Optical Properties of Glass Part 2: Non-Linear Fundamentals	video	slides
Lecture 21 (Denise Krol, University of CA at Davis)
Active Optical Properties of Glass Part 3: Non-Linear Applications	video	slides
Assignment and Article
Lecture 22 (Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University)
Charge Polarization Properties of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Lecture 23 (Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University)
Charge Polarization Properties of Glass Part 2	video	slides
Lecture 24 (Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University)
Charge Polarization Properties of Glass Part 3	video	slides
Assignment, Article, and Answers
Lecture 25 (Steve Martin, Iowa State University)
Charge Conduction Properties of Glass Part 1	video	slides
Assignment
Lecture 26 ( Steve Martin, Iowa State University)
Charge Conduction Properties of Glass Part 2	video	slides
Lecture 27 ( Steve Martin, Iowa State University)
Charge Conduction Properties of Glass Part 3	video	slides

Contact Information

Technical Support:
Judd Hark (judd.hark@lehigh.edu)
LTS, Lehigh University

Course Support:
Dr. William Heffner (wrh304@lehigh.edu)
Associate Director, IMI-NFG, Lehigh Unversity