OTTO SCHOTT INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA The Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, founded in 1558, presently hosts ~ 20.000 students, 350 professors and a staff of 6.500. Its activities span all areas of science, with special focus on the topics of “Light”, “Life” and “Liberty”. Being part of the university, the Otto [...]

INSTITUTE OF BIOMATERIALS, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITY ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg embodies and delivers world class education and research in the broad disciplines in Social and Natural Sciences, Economics, Engineering and Medicine, establishing a leading place among German universities in the German Research Foundation (DFG) rankings and attracting a large number of Humboldt scholars. The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg [...]

INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC AND GLASS, SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CSIC participates through its research group GlaSS of the Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC). The general objective of the research group GlaSS is the design, processing and characterisation of glasses, glass-ceramics and sol-gel materials, going from the structural features to properties (optical, mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, [...]

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA ADVANCED CERAMICS AND GLASSES The University of Padova is a major research university, dating back to 1222. It currently has 13 schools covering a wide range of topics and an enrolment of about 65000 students. The Department of Industrial Engineering promotes and manages scientific and technological research projects in all [...]

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CERAMICS, GLASS AND SILICATE MATERIALS, ALEXANDER DUBČEK UNIVERSITY OF TRENČÍN The Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín is one of the youngest universities in Slovak Republic (established in 1997). Despite its short history, the University has an ambition to be a part of European research area, and educational system, and to contribute [...]