Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass
Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín
We are pleased to announce that on 26th August, 2020 Nibu G. Puthenpurayil from India has successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Transparent polycrystalline ceramic materials”. He has been working on his research topic under supervision of prof. Dušan Galusek and Monika Michalková, PhD. (co-supervisor). Nibu started PhD studies at FunGlass after [...]
UPDATED measures against the spread of COVID-19 infection in FunGlass Centre (Valid from August 26th) As the situation regarding COVID-19 in Slovakia is deteriorating, the director of the FunGlass center orders to follow these measures against the spread of infection in our workplace: Face masks must be worn in all [...]
Prof. Ivo Kuřitka, dr. Michal Machovský, and dr. Milan Masař from the Centre of Polymer Systems of the Tomáš Baťa University of Zlín visited FunGlass on August 14, 2020 for the kickoff meeting of the project “Surface functionalized glass: concept of artificial photosynthesis inspired heterostructured nanoparticles”. The key element of the [...]
Department of Glass Processing has got a new member Dr. Akansha received her Ph.D. from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, INDIA in October, 2018 entitled with the thesis topic “Catalytic and Optical Application of Metal oxide and Carbon Dot Nanostructures: Effect of Morphology and Concentration”. The highlights of [...]
František Ivanič- new FunGlass team member It is a pleasure to introduce a new member of FunGlass team, Dr. Franišek Ivanič, who is joining Department of Biomaterials. He received a PhD in Macromolecular chemistry in 2019 from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (external training workplace - Polymer Institute SAS). [...]
Melting and experiments with glass in Archeopark Hanušovice, Slovakia On 24 and 25 July Prof. Dušan Galusek, Dr. Dagmar Galusková, Dr. Aleksandra Nowicka and Dr. Branislav Hruška participated in the 4th interdisciplinary conference- History of Glass 2020 in Hanušovice nad Topľou. It was organized by the Regional Museum in Prešov [...]
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini to serve a third period as FEMS Executive Committee member representing the German Materials Society At the last General Assembly of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) held remotely on 15th July 2020, Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head, Institiute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) [...]
New articles published at FunGlass We would like to draw your attention to the new papers of our researchers presenting their research results achieved in collaboration with the colleagues from FunGlass partners´ institutions. The papers are published in peer-reviewed and highly cited journals: Sharifianjazi- M. Moradi- N. Parvin- A. Nemati- [...]
Junior FunGlass School successfully completed From the 6th until 10th of July 2020, the Central Laboratories organized “junior FunGlass school” in the FunGlass center. The idea behind was to promote science in a Fun way as well as to encourage children's spontaneous investigations and make science available to them. These [...]
Dr. Ali Najafzadeh - new FunGlass colleague That´s a pleasure to announce that at the beginning of July, FunGlass Research staff was enriched by a new member, Dr. Ali Najafzadeh. He studied materials science and engineering and received his doctoral degree in 2015 from the Semnan University, Iran. In his Ph.D. [...]
