October 2003
From NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center News Center
Next space research update unveils new glass A new glass with medical, military and communications applications was developed with the aid of a NASA research grant. Applications and new product development is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation. The glass may soon find its way into your home and doctor's office.To invent the new glass, researchers conducted experiments in the Electrostatic Levitator at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and worked closely with Marshall materials scientist, Dr. Jan Rogers. Learn how this new family of glasses was invented and its many applications, including use as a power laser for cutting metal and as a medical laser for surgery, at a Space Research Update, Tuesday, Oct. 7 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Television will carry the briefing live, and reporters can ask questions from the Marshall Center. Update participants: LI>Dr. Richard (Rick) Weber, director of the Glass Products Division, Containerless Research Inc., the small company in Evanston, Ill., that invented and produces the glass
- Dr. Michael Wargo, enterprise scientist for materials science, NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research, Washington
- Dr. Winslow Sargeant, program manager, National Science Foundation Small Business Innovative Research Program
- Dr. Jacob Khurgin, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
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