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New PhD graduate at FunGlass
New PhD graduate at FunGlass We are pleased to announce that today, July 7th, 2020 our PhD student Alexandra Ewa Nowicka has successfully passed her doctoral thesis defence on “Corrosion [...]
Dr. Paulina Ożóg- new member of the Department of Glass processing
Dr. Paulina Ożóg- new member of the Department of Glass processing Paulina Ożóg obtained a PhD in 2019 in the field of Materials Engineering awarded by the Faculty of Materials [...]
FunGlass team enjoy the sun rays and blue sky
FunGlass team enjoy the sun rays and blue sky Although most of us work during the summer, it's also a time to enjoy suny weather and chill out time. FunGlass [...]
Assoc. prof. Alfonz Plško is retiring
Assoc. prof. Alfonz Plško is retiring It is with mixed emotions and sincere gratitude that we announce the retirement of assoc. prof. Alfonz Plško, effective July 1, 2020. He has [...]
Prof. Dušan Galusek – Personality of International Cooperation for the year 2019
Prof. Dušan Galusek - Personality of International Cooperation for the year 2019 We would like to congratulate Prof. Dušan Galusek for receiving the award – The Scientist of the year 2019 [...]
Teaming club meeting
FunGlass participated at Teaming club meeting The FunGlass director, prof. Dušan Galusek and the Head of CAU, Peter Hošták, PhD. participated at the on-line #Teaming club meeting, which was held [...]
Changes in COVID-19 measures valid from 10th June
Changes in COVID-19 measures valid from 10th June Thanks to the low numbers of new Coronavirus cases in Slovakia, the group of experts lifts another measures against spreading the infection [...]
New heads of the Central laboratories and Functional materials departments
New heads of Central laboratories and Functional materials departments It is a pleasure for us to inform you that from June 1st, 2020 Dr. Dagmar Galusková and Dr. Jose Velazquez were [...]
Project APVV-19-0010 “Advanced materials with eutectic microstructure for high temperature and functional applications” has been approved
Project APVV-19-0010 "Advanced materials with eutectic microstructure for high temperature and functional applications" has been approved It is a pleasure for us to announce that the FunGlass Centre has been [...]
Funglass team enriched by new project manager
Funglass team enriched by new project manager On May 21, 2020, the Funglass team has been enriched by new project manager Mr. Marek Šedivý. Marek has experience with project management of [...]
New papers published at FunGlass/ May 2020
New papers published at FunGlass/ May 2020 We would like to draw your attention to the new papers of our researchers presenting their research results achieved in collaboration with the [...]
FunGlass at the 15th ESG Conference & ICG Annual Meeting 2020
FunGlass at the 15th ESG Conference & ICG Annual Meeting 2020 Prof. Dušan Galusek, the head of the FunGlass Center with the FunGlass research team plan to participate at the [...]
SSC 2020 is due to COVID-19 situation POSTPONED
SSC 2020 is due to COVID-19 situation POSTPONED These days we were to confirm acceptance of contributions for the 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry (SSC 2020), which was [...]
Dr. Jose J. Velazquez appointed topic editor of Molecules journal
Dr. Jose J. Velazquez appointed topic editor of Molecules journal As for April 15, 2020, Dr. Jose J. Velazquez, researcher at FunGlass center, has been appointed a topic editor of [...]
New projects for FunGlass
New projects for FunGlass It is a pleasure for us to announce, that FunGlass researchers have been successful in VEGA grant scheme for period 2020-2023. One project was prepared under the leadership [...]
FunGlass Blood Drive
FunGlass Blood Drive Nine members of the FunGlass team donated blood on May 15th and 18th, 2020. Almost 4 Liters of FunGlass blood will help people who need blood transfusions during [...]
Life of international researchers in time of corona (Virtual coffee Webinar)
Life of international researchers in time of corona As we continue to make progress against COVID-19 here in Slovakia, daily life has changed significantly. People are staying at home, working [...]
The announcement of a public procurement for CEGLASS project
The announcement of a public procurement for CEGLASS project On April 28, 2020, the Center for Functional and Surface-Functionalized Glasses at Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín reached an important milestone [...]
FunGlass-FAU collaboration on ion doped bioactive glasses: paper published in Materals Science and Engineering
FunGlass-FAU collaboration on ion doped bioactive glasses: paper published in Materals Science and Engineering Si Chen, Martin Michálek, Dagmar Galusková, Monika Michálková, Peter Švančárek, Ali Talimian, Hana Kaňková, Jozef Kraxner, [...]
Our colleagues taking their training stay in Padua remain still optimistic …
Our colleagues taking their training stay in Padua are still optimistic … It has already been several months since our colleagues embarked on one-year training with our partner institution, The [...]
PhD students – announcement regarding COVID 19 and updated schedule of summer semester
PhD students – announcement regarding COVID 19 updated schedule of summer semester Changes of PhD study schedule in short: From the next week until mid-June, classes are taught exclusively in [...]
2nd round of PhD admission procedure is open
2nd round of PhD admission procedure is open On March 30-31 the first round of PhD admission interviews was realized. 11 topics have been already taken but there is still [...]
New papers published at FunGlass/ April 2020
New papers 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 Scientific Board meeting
Scientific Board members reviewed FunGlass project progress On 2nd April, 2020, the Scientific Board of FunGlass project held its regular annual meeting. Unfortunately, given the current situation related to corona [...]
New measures of the Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic- starting April 22th
New measures of the Public Health Authority of the Slovak republic- starting from April 22th Following services will be opened : Shops up to 300 square meters Public catering services [...]
FunGlass mentioned in the publication „Science parks and research centres in Slovakia“
FunGlass mentioned in the publication „Science parks and research centres in Slovakia“ The Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences http://www.prog.sav.sk/ published monography entitled Science parks and research [...]
UPDATED measures in relation to corona virus outbreak – starting from April 1st
UPDATED measures in relation to corona virus outbreak News from Trenčín city: https://trencin.sk/en/homepage/ News about situation in Slovakia: https://spectator.sme.sk/?ref=tlogo Dear colleagues, starting from April 1, the working arrangements are coming [...]
VUEZ company thanks for successful long-term cooperation
VUEZ company thanks for successful long-term cooperation and knowledge contribution On the 45th anniversary of its founding, VUEZ company dedicates a silver medal to the staff of Alexander Dubček university [...]
Successful completion of the VEGA research project
Successful completion of the VEGA research project “ Structure and properties of oxide glasses - thermodynamic models, entalpic and structural relaxation“ VEGA commission no. 3 for chemical sciences, chemical engineering [...]
Measures in relation to corona virus outbreak
Measures in relation to corona virus outbreak NEWS from Trenčín city about COVID-19 read here: https://trencin.sk/en/homepage/ The official website of the Slovak Government Office dedicated to Coronavirus in Slovakia: https://www.korona.gov.sk/ Dear Colleagues, [...]
New Positions at FunGlass
Come and join FunGlass Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass is looking for POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS and HEADS of DEPARTMENTS who are interested in working in international research team, having [...]
Rector of the A. Dubček University of Trencin has ordered measures related to the non-spread of possible infection (COVID-19)
Rector of the University of Trencin has ordered measures related to the non-spread of possible infection (COVID-19) In connection with preventive measures against the spread of a possible disease to [...]
Project on collaboration between FunGlass and University of chemistry and technology in Prague, Czech Republic approved for funding
Project on collaboration between FunGlass and University of chemistry and technology in Prague, Czech Republic approved for funding A project „Silicate glass surfaces, characterisation, structure, and modification. Collaboration with FunGlass.“ [...]
New cooperation with the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czech Republic
New cooperation with the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czech Republic A new project „Surface-funcionalized glasses: concept of artificial photosynthesis inspired heterostructured nanoparticles“ has been approved for collaboration with the Tomáš [...]
New papers published at FunGlass
New papers 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 [...]
Visit in CEPLANT, Brno
FunGlass visit in CEPLANT, Brno FunGlass researchers MSc. Aruchamy, Dr. Neščáková, Dr. Parchoviansky, Dr. Velazquéz visited the CEPLANT centre in Brno, Česká republika, to see the possibilities in plasma processing. [...]
Lectures and trainings on electrochemical measurements with dr. Viscor
Lectures and trainings on electrochemical measurements with dr. Viscor We are pleased to inform that Prof. Petr Viscor, the recognized expert in the area of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), visited [...]
SSC2020 has earned IUPAC endorsement
SSC2020 has earned IUPAC endorsement We are delighted and proud to announce that the 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry (SSC conference) organized by FunGlass (6-10th September) has earned [...]
New scientific papers by FunGlass researchers
New FunGlass scientific papers were published in peer-reviewed journals We would like to draw your attention to the new papers of our researchers presenting their research results achieved in collaboration [...]
Dzmitry Baihazin gains experience at Funglass
Dzmitry Baihazin – Erasmus student- gains experience at Funglass Dzmitry Baihazin is a new member of FunGlass team from the beginning of February. He is a 4rd-year student of the [...]
Trenčín will run for the title of European Capital of Culture 2026
City of Trenčín wants to run for European Capital of Culture in 2026 On 7th February 2020 Andrea Chrastinová, PhD., participated in information workshop of Trenčín municipality on a cultural [...]
FunGlass in Daytona Beach
FunGlass in Daytona Beach The 44th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (link:ICACC2020) organized by the American Ceramic Society on January 23-31, 2020 at Daytona Beach, Florida, [...]
Marcin Wekwejt´s training at FG under the PROM Programme
Marcin Wekwejt´s training at FG under the PROM Programme Marcin Wekwejt from this week is a new member of FunGlass team. He has graduated his engineer degree in Biomedical Engineering [...]
FunGlass has registered Utility model
FunGlass has registered Utility model It is a great pleasure to announce that Dr. Jozef Kraxner´s utility model was entered on January 20th in the Register of Utility Models in [...]
New head of Department of Coatings
New head of Department of Coatings From the January 14th the Department of Coatings has got a new head- Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht from Iran. He received his undergraduate study in materials [...]
Department of Biomaterials has new member
Department of Biomaterials has new member That´s pleasure to announce that FunGlass team has new member- Dr. Eduin Ivan González Castillo from Mexico. He received his PhD in Polymer Science [...]
Prof. Paolo Colombo at FunGlass
Prof. Paolo Colombo at FunGlass It was a great pleasure to welcome at FunGlass Prof. Paolo Colombo from Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy. On December 13th ha [...]
Autumn FunGlass School 2019
Autumn FunGlass School in Papradno From 27 to 29 November 2019, FunGlass researchers, PhD students and administrative employees spent their regular FunGlass School in Papradno. Prof. D. de Ligny [...]
FunGlass Review Meeting
FunGlass Review Meeting During November 18 – November 20, 2019 we welcomed at the premises of FunGlass Centre the representatives of the European Commission and partners institutions, namely external auditors [...]
Widening day in Brussels
Widening day in Brussels Prof. Dušan Galusek participated in November at the Widening day in Brussels organised by European Commission. The event brought together all stakeholders of the Widening programme, [...]
New possibilities of FG cooperation with industry
New possibilities of FG cooperation with industry A working meeting of M. Chromčíková, Assoc. Prof. and Prof. M. Liška with Dr. Arianna Pace from Nuova Ompi S.r.I. (NO) and Dr. [...]
IV Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Applications School
FunGlass at IV Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Applications School From 28th to 30th of October this year, Dr. José V. Garcia, Dr. Anna Prnova and Dr. N. Kamble [...]
„French“ visit at FunGlass
„French“ visit at FunGlass On November 14th we welcomed a „French“ visit at FunGlass. Ms. Helen Reveron from National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon visited FunGlass in terms of project [...]
Biomaterials project meeting at NTU Taipei
Biomaterials project meeting at NTU Taipei Prof. Galusek, Dr. Michálek, and dr. Galusková met on November 5th the project partners of the joint SAS-MOST project Scaffolds and biocomposites for tissue [...]
“LFC at FunGlass” submitted
Era Chair proposal "LFC at FunGlass" submitted We are very pleased to inform that the Era Chair proposal named Establishing Laboratory of Functional Coatings at Alexander Dubček University of Trenčin [...]
FunGlass at the 14th Pacrim conference in Okinawa
FunGlass at the 14th Pacrim conference in Okinawa Prof. Galusek and dr. Galuskova participated at the 13th Pacific Rim Conference (LINK: http://www.ceramic.or.jp/pacrim13/), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, in [...]
Sol-gel course with Prof. Alicia Duran
Sol-gel course FUNGLASS INTRODUCTION TO SOL-GEL SCIENCE Alicia Durán Research Professor CSIC, Madrid Last days FunGlass researchersa and PhD. students spent their time with Alicia Duran- Research Professor of Institute [...]
FunGlass- Scientific and Technical Team of the year 2019
FunGlass- Scientific and Technical Team of the year 2019 On 7 November 2019, 14 scientists and researchers and 3 science and technology teams from Slovakia received the Science and Technology [...]
Successful minimal thesis exam
Successful minimal thesis exam We are pleased to announce that today, November 15th, our PhD students Nurshen Mutlu, MSc. and Fulden Dogrul, MSc. have successfully passed their minimal thesis exam. [...]
Slovak Science and Technology Week at FunGlass
Slovak Science and Technology Week at FunGlass On November 6th, 2019, within the Science and Technology Week, FunGlass center was visited by students from grammar school – Piaristické gymnázium Jozefa [...]
Meeting of the Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre
Meeting of the Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre On 24th October, 2019 Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre organized its third meeting. Industrial Board comprises the representatives of both Slovak-regional (AGC [...]
3rd annual meeting of International Advisory Board of FunGlass Centre
3rd annual meeting of International Advisory Board of FunGlass Centre It is with pleasure that we can report on 3rd annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) held on October [...]
New FG colleague from Jena
New FunGlass colleague from Jena From the middle of October Department of Functional Materials team has a new member from Jena, Germany- Dr. Kristin Griebenow. She studied chemistry and received [...]
Assoc.prof. Mária Chromčíková at the 3rd Thermoanalytical Workshop (TAS 2019) in Brno
Assoc.prof. Mária Chromčíková at the 3rd Thermoanalytical Workshop (TAS 2019) in Brno The 3rd Thermoanalytical Workshop (TAS 2019) organized by Expert Group of Thermical Analysis was held on October 10, [...]
Workshop with Prof. Himanshu Jain from Lehigh University, USA
Workshop with Prof. Himanshu Jain from Lehigh University, USA It was a pleasure to welcome to FunGlass Centre Prof. Himanshu Jain from Lehigh University in USA. Professor Jain is a [...]
CEITEC and FunGlass Collaboration
CEITEC and FunGlass Collaboration It was a pleasure to invite Dr. Václav Pouchlý, from CEITEC, Brno (https://www.ceitec.eu), to FunGlass. During his stay at our centre (14th -18th October), Dr . [...]
FunGlass researchers start their research training program in the Institute of Biomaterials in Erlangen
FunGlass researchers start their research training program in the Institute of Biomaterials in Erlangen Three researchers of the FunGlass Centre have started their research activities at the Institute of Biomaterials, [...]
Prof. Delia Brauer´s lectures at Funglass
Prof. Delia Brauer´s lectures at Funglass It was a pleasure to welcome to FunGlass Prof. Delia Brauer from Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Fridrich Schiller University, Jena (LINK: https://www.brauergroup.uni-jena.de/). [...]
Dr. Nasima Afsharimani´s training at the University of Bath
Dr. Nasima Afsharimani´s training at the University of Bath, UK Dr. Nasima Afsharimani, researcher in Department of Coating Processes at FunGlass, is back from a short stay visit in Bath, [...]
Prof. Osipov´s lectures at FunGlass
Prof. Osipov´s lectures at FunGlass Last two weeks there was a possibility to attend the lectures given by by visiting prof. Armenak Osipov, the recognized expert in the area of vibrational [...]
FunGlass participated at the 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials in Dresden
FunGlass participated at the 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials Dr. Martin Michálek, Dr. Si Chen and Fatih Kurtuldu actively participated at the 30th Annual Conference of [...]
Research staff of FunGlass has new members
Research staff of FunGlass has new members That´s pleasure to announce that in the beginning of September FunGlass Research staff was enriched by two new members: Martin Blaško recived a [...]
Prof. Boccaccini elected vice-president of the European Society for Biomaterials
Prof. Boccaccini elected vice-president of the European Society for Biomaterials Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) and member of the Scientific Board of the [...]
FunGlass in Padua
FunGlass in Padua As part of the continuing training activities of the project FunGlass, the head of the Administration department Peter Hostak PhD has visited University of Padua. The purpose [...]
FunGlass School 2019/part 2 / November 27-29
FunGlass School 2019/part 2 Date: November 27-29 Place: Hotel Podjavorník, Papradno (LINK: http://hotelpodjavornik.sk/) Invitation with detailed information: Invitation FGschool 2019-2
Dr. Michálek and Dr. Si Chen back to FunGlass
Dr. Michálek and Dr. Si Chen back to FunGlass Dr. Martin Michalek and Dr. Si Chen just completed the one-year training stay at The Institute of Biomaterials at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. [...]
Visit from AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow
Visit from AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow Dr. Ing. Elżbieta Greiner-Wrona from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Department [...]
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini elevated to Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, FAU) elevated to Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology Prof. Boccaccini (Head, Institute of Biomaterials, FAU, and member of the Scientific Board [...]
FunGlass participation in Medicta2019 in Roma
FunGlass participation in Medicta2019 in Roma FunGlass researchers, Assoc. prof. Mária Chromčíková, Ph.D., and Branislav Hruška, PhD. participated from the 27th to the 30th of August 2019 in 5th Central and [...]
The big poll of Slovak scientists
The big poll of Slovak scientists The SME daily cerated a poll, in which twice per month asks Slovak scientists, researchers and innovators for their opinion on different social and cultural [...]
Notice of defence proceedings
Notice of defence of dissertations- Ing. Jana Vráblová On August 22nd, 2019 there will be a defence of dissertations of PhD student Jana Vráblová, A. Dubček University of Trenčín, in [...]
Prof. Galusek appointed editor of the JECS
Prof. Galusek appointed editor of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society As for July 22, 2019, prof. Galusek, the FunGlass director, has been appointed a member of editorial board of [...]
FunGlass team joined the 11th International Summer school in Montpellier
FunGlass team joined the 11th International Summer school in Montpellier The team from Funglass, has joined the 11th International Summer school in Montpellier, traditionally organized by the International Commission on [...]
FunGlass in Burgas
FunGlass in Burgas- International Symposium on Materials, Methods And Technologies Our researchers assoc. prof. Mária Chromčíková, PhD., Branislav Hruška, PhD. and PhD. student Ola Nowicka successfully presented their scientific results [...]
New member of European Projects Office team
New member of European Projects Office team It is our pleasure to announce that the administration department of FunGlass has expanded! As of July Ms. Lucia Kuníková joined us to become [...]
FunGlass team in ECerS Torino
FunGlass team in ECerS Torino FunGlass team, prof. Dušan Galusek, Arish Dasan, PhD., Jozef Kraxner, PhD., Alexandra Nowicka, MSc., Babu Singarapu, PhD. and Ali Talimian, PhD. participated from the 16th [...]
FunGlass researchers participate in 2nd JTAC Conference
FunGlass researchers participate in 2nd JTAC Conference On 18th – 21st June, 2019 the 2nd Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Conference/ (2nd JTACC+V4 2019) was held in Budapest , Hungary. [...]
Seminar on the preparation of project proposals for the TWINNING call in Prague
Seminar on the preparation of project proposals for the TWINNING call in Prague On 19th May, 2019 Peter Hošták, PhD., Head of CAU, participated in seminar on the preparation of [...]
FunGlass team at ICG 2019 in Boston
FunGlass team at ICG 2019 in Boston FunGlass team has attended the annual 25th International congress on glass (ICG2019) in Boston, MA, USA. FunGlass was represented by Radoslav Varga and [...]
FunGlass participation at the Teaming club meeting in Riga
FunGlass participation at the Teaming club meeting in Riga, Latvia The FunGlass director, prof. Dušan Galusek and the Head of CAU, Peter Hošták, PhD. participated at the Teaming club meeting, [...]
Spring FunGlass School in picturesque Čertov again
Spring FunGlass School in picturesque Čertov again! During May 20 – 22, 2019, we met for the third time at the FunGlass School which took place again in Čertov – [...]
Experience and knowledge of FunGlass project presented at ERA and COST workshop
Experience and knowledge of FG project presented at ERAdiate and COST workshop On 20th May 2019 Peter Hošták, PhD., Head of EP Office and acting Head of CAU, shared our [...]
FunGlass team at „Engineering Ceramics 2019“ workshop in Smolenice
FunGlass team at „Engineering Ceramics 2019“ workshop in Smolenice Advanced Research Workshop „Engineering Ceramics 2019“- Ceramics for people was organized in Smolenice castle (May 12-16, 2019). The FunGlass team was [...]
FunGlass participated in the joint meeting of DGG-USTV in Nürenberg, Germany
FunGlass representatives participated in the joint meeting of DGG-USTV in Nürenberg, Germany from 13th to 15th of May 2019 On 15th May 2019, Prof. Dusan Galusek the director of the [...]
Dr. J. Velázquez García back to Slovakia
Dr. J. Velázquez García back to Slovakia It is a pleasure to inform that Dr. José J. Velázquez, one of our researchers at Department of Coatings, has successfully complete his [...]
Jacob Peterson – New FunGlass Team Member
Jacob Peterson - New FunGlass Team Member Jacob Peterson aquired his bachelor´s degree in chemical engineering from Washington State University. He then worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for [...]
“Tour de ERA workshops” were going on
“Tour de ERA workshops” were going on On 29th – 30th April 2019 Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI) of the Slovak Republic organised two-day workshop in the frame [...]
Professor Alicia Durán – Glass Person of the Year 2019
Professor Alicia Durán – Glass Person of the Year 2019 That´s pleasure to announce that Prof. Alicia Durán, Research Professor of Institute for Ceramic and Glass (CSIC), Spain, and member [...]
Dr. Miroslava Hujová joining FunGlass as of April 2019
Dr. Miroslava Hujová joining FunGlass as of April 2019 Miroslava Hujová has returned to Slovakia after eight years spent in Czech Republic and in United States of America to join [...]
FunGlass representatives participeted in workshop of „Tour de ERA“
FunGlass representatives participeted in workshop of „Tour de ERA“ On 15th April 2019, dr. Zuzana Neščáková, researcher of Dpt. of Biomaterials and dr. Andrea Chrastinová, EP office manager, participated in [...]
Dr. Michal Žitňan completed his training in Jena
Dr. Michal Žitňan completed his training in Otto Schott Institute in Jena Dr. Michal Žitňan left in 2017 to undergo 17 month of training at the Otto Schott Institute, Friedrich [...]
Dr. Dasan returned from his one year training in Padova
Dr. Dasan returned from his one year training in Padova It is a pleasure to note that Dr. Arish Dasan, one of our FunGlass researchers at the Department of the [...]
CEGLASS project contract approved
CEGLASS project contract approved FunGlass team, led by prof. Dušan Galusek, DrSc., succeeded as the first among the applicants in the Slovak Republic in receiving complementary funding from the Operational [...]
Another successful project approved by the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA)
Another successful project approved by the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA) A project with the title Multi-layered bioglass structures for regenerative medicine prepared by tape casting and lamination, led by Dr. Martin Michálek from [...]
FunGlass participated in training program for project managers in Brussel
FunGlass participated in training program for project managers in Brussel From 27 to 29 March 2019 a spring edition of intensive training program for project managers from the Visegrad countries [...]
Dr. Nasima Afsharimani completed her one year of training in Spain
Dr. Nasima Afsharimani completed her one year of training in Spain It is a pleasure to inform that Dr. Nasima Afsharimani, one of our postdoc colleagues at Department of Coatings, has [...]
Two year anniversary of FunGlass
FunGlass evaluated its two-year progress The Scientific Board held its regular annual meeting in FunGlass on March 14-15, 2019. It was attended by all its members - Prof. Dušan Galusek, [...]
FunGlass sharing experience at Workshop on tools and developments for Widening NCP
FunGlass sharing experience at Workshop on tools and developments for Widening NCP FunGlass centre accepted the invitation to attend the Workshop on Tools and Developments for National Contact Points (NCPs) for [...]
Visit of Ambassador of the Islamic republic of Iran
Visit of Ambassador of the Islamic republic of Iran On March 18th, 2019 we welcomed ambassador of the Islamic republic of Iran, His Excellency Ebadollah Molaei at our university. The [...]
Aldo R. Boccaccini elected to the Acatech
Aldo R. Boccaccini elected to the National Academy of Science and Engineering of Germany Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and member [...]
Presentation of FunGlass at the event of SLORD in Brussels
Presentation of FunGlass at the event of SLORD in Brussels On March 7, 2019, a ceremonial event was held on the premises of the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic [...]
Prof. Galusek- memeber of the International Advisory board of CeRTEV, Brazil
Prof. Galusek- memeber of the International Advisory board of CeRTEV, Brazil Prof. Dušan Galusek, Director of FunGlass, has accepted the invitation to become a member of the International Advisory Board [...]
Dr. Zulema Vargas – new FG member
Dr. Zulema Vargas - new member of FunGlass team It is a pleasure to welcome a new member of FunGlass team, Dr. Zulema Vargas, who is joining Department of Biomaterials. [...]
Cooperation with University of Pardubice
Cooperation with University of Pardubice During the week 18-22th February 2019 FunGlass Centre provided training for Dr. Bělina from University of Pardubice. The training´s topic: Thermal and phase analysis of [...]
New PhD Theses
New PhD Theses 2019/2020 More information about PhD. study program you can find here: https://www.funglass.eu/study-programs/doctoral-study-phd/ Here is the list of recent PhD theses for the Academic year 2019/2020: Corrosion and weathering [...]
Sport day at FunGlass
Sport Day at FunGlass Friday, February 8, 2019 was a Fun day at FunGlass as together with colleagues from Institute of Inorganic Chemistry in Bratislava we held common Sports Day! [...]
FunGlass would like to apply for HRS4R Award
FunGlass would like to apply for HRS4R Award FunGlass Centre has the ambition to become a member of European organisations investing in researchers’ talents, skills and career development by implementing [...]
Dr. Liliana Liverani elected to the Young Scientists Forum of the European Society for Biomaterials
Dr. Liliana Liverani elected to the Young Scientists Forum of the European Society for Biomaterials We congratulate Dr. Liliana Liverani, research associate at the Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, [...]
Title Doctor Honoris Causa for Prof. Marek Liška, DSc
Title Doctor Honoris Causa for Prof. Marek Liška, DSc It is a great pleasure to inform you that prof. Marek Liška, DSc was awarded the honourable scientific title doctor honoris causa [...]
Participation of FunGlass in the Workshop – “EU Research Infrastructure – Science and society“
Participation of FunGlass in the Workshop – “EU Research Infrastructure - Science and society“ On 14th-15th January 2019, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager, participated in the Workshop – “EU Research Infrastructure [...]
Scaffolds and biocomposites for tissue regeneration – new project approved
Scaffolds and biocomposites for tissue regeneration – new project approved We are pleased to inform our colleagues, friends and partners about the approval of project application submitted within bilateral scientific [...]
Presentation of FunGlass at the JOINT MEETING of DGG – USTV
Presentation of FunGlass at the JOINT MEETING of DGG – USTV We would like to extend a cordial invitation to the FunGlass Special Session which will take place in the framework [...]
FunGlass researchers at department of Ceramic Materials Engineering at University of Bayreuth
FunGlass researchers at department of Ceramic Materials Engineering at University of Bayreuth In the frame of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) two researches of FunGlass, Dr. Ivana Petríková and [...]
FunGlass PhD students actively participating at APVV project
FunGlass PhD students actively participating at APVV project From 19th of November to 8th of December, 2018 our PhD student Aleksandra Nowicka, participated in the research stay at Mateis, INSA [...]
Funglass’s first ‘graduate’
Funglass’s first ‘graduate’ We would like to happily announce that FunGlass has its first ‘graduate’ of one year training at a partner institution: Dr. Zuzana Neščáková just completed and returned [...]
FSU Jena success at 2018 Innovation Radar Prize of the European Commission
FSU Jena success at 2018 Innovation Radar Prize of the European Commission The European Commission has awarded Europe's most promising digital innovations emerging from EU funded research and innovation projects. It is with [...]
Participation of FunGlass in the Training/Networking – “V4 Project management “
Participation of FunGlass in the Training/Networking – “V4 Project management “ From 4th to 7th December 2018, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager, participated in the Training/Networking – “V4 Project management [...]
Morning cup of cocoa offered by Saint ‘Mikulas’
Morning cup of cocoa offered by Saint ‘Mikulas’ FunGlass stands not only for ‘functional’ but also for FUN – as a proof, this morning we got together for a morning [...]
2nd part of FunGlass school 2018 successfully completed
2nd part of FunGlass school 2018 successfully completed Following-up on the 1st part of FunGlass school, we are gladly reporting that we successfully organized the 2nd half of this important [...]
Reserachers´ career development at FunGlass Centre
Reserachers´ career development at FunGlass Centre It is our pleasure to announce that our colleagues, Robert Klement, PhD. and Mária Chromčíková, PhD. were awarded titles of “Associate Professor” in the [...]
Prof. Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) in the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018
Prof. Boccaccini (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) in the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018 Professor Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials, at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and scientific board [...]
Dr. Wolfgang Wisniewski – visiting researcher at FunGlass
Dr. Wolfgang Wisniewski - visiting researcher at FunGlass This week we welcomed Dr. Wolfgang Wisniewski who will spend two weeks with FunGlass focusing on EBSD analysis. Dr. Wisniewski is a [...]
2nd Annual Meeting of International Board
2nd Annual Meeting of International Board It is with pleasure that we can report on 2nd annual meeting of International Board (IAB) held on November 8, 2018 in Trencin, Slovakia. [...]
New colleague joining FunGlass
New colleague joining FunGlass It is our pleasure to announce that the administration department of FunGlass has expanded! As of November Ms. Monika Šandrejová joined us to become a member [...]
Interview with Professor Dušan Galusek for The Slovak Spectator
Interview with Professor Dušan Galusek for The Slovak Spectator The director of FunGlass Centre Prof. Dušan Galusek gave the interview for The Slovak Spectator- the only one Slovak English-language newspaper. [...]
Corrosion of dental materials at FunGlass
Corrosion of dental materials at FunGlass Dr. Helen Reveron from Mateis, INSA Lyon, France, visited FunGlass on October 22-24, in the frame of a joint bilateral project APVV project SK-FR-2017-0008 [...]
Art and science overlapping
Art and science overlapping On October 22, the FunGlass centre was visited by Mr. Patrik Illo, a renowned Slovak glass designer and the head of the Department of glass design [...]
FunGlass researcher at MS&T 18, Columbus OH, USA
FunGlass researcher at MS&T 18, Columbus OH, USA FunGlass researcher Dr. Jozef Kraxner took part at conference Materials Science & Technology 2018, combined with ACerS 120th Annual Meeting hold on [...]
Success for Dr. Ivana Petríková in Competition of Young Scientists
Success for Dr. Ivana Petríková in Competition of Young Scientists On October 18th there was held the Competition of Young Scientists at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of Slovak Academy of [...]
FunGlass researchers start their training period in the Erlangen Institute of Biomaterials
FunGlass researchers start their training period in the Erlangen Institute of Biomaterials This brief article is to bring ‘regards’ from current team of 4 senior researchers undertaking their training period [...]
Widening day in Brussels
Widening day in Brussels At the Widening day organized by the REA in Brussels on October 16, the FunGlass centre has been represented by its director, prof. Galusek. The day [...]
FunGlass Open Day / November 6
FunGlass Open Day / November 6 FunGlass invites to OPEN DAY within the Science and Technology Week in the Slovak Republic, which is oganized by Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the [...]
Participation of FunGlass in the conference „Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions beyond 2020“ in Vienna
Participation of FunGlass in the conference „Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions beyond 2020“ in Vienna On 1st and 2nd October 2018, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager participated in the MSCA Conference and [...]
FunGlass doctorate students at the Young Ceramists Network (YCN) Workshop in Smolenice, Slovakia
FunGlass doctorate students at the Young Ceramists Network (YCN) Workshop in Smolenice, Slovakia 1st YCN networking workshop organized by ECerS was held from 2nd to 4th October in Smolenice Castle, [...]
FunGlass researchers at the ICG Annual Meeting 2018 in Yokohama, Tokio
FunGlass researchers at the ICG Annual Meeting 2018 in Yokohama, Tokio Dr. M. Chromčíková has presented work with co-authored by B. Hruška, A. Černá, J. Michálková, M. Liška focused on [...]
FunGlass & Researchers’ Night (University of Padova)
FunGlass & Researchers' Night (University of Padova) The Researchers' Night is a mega event taking place every year on a single September night in about 300 cities all over Europe, [...]
FunGlass participation in the 2nd Polish – Slovak – Chinese Seminar on Ceramics, Krakow, Poland 2018
FunGlass participation in the 2nd Polish – Slovak – Chinese Seminar on Ceramics, Krakow, Poland 2018 Two of our FunGlass researchers attended the 2nd Polish – Slovak – Chinese Seminar [...]
FunGlass extended helping hand in a voluntary project
FunGlass extended helping hand in a voluntary project or Teambuilding by the river... After summer „break“ there was a great time to start new season with common teambuilding activity. On [...]
Business meeting with LG Chemistry
Business meeting with LG Chemistry On invitation from LG Chemistry, Korea, the FunGlass director, prof. Galusek visited on August 29 the LG research and development centre in Seoul. At the [...]
FunGlass is welcoming new colleague Dr. Nitin Kamble
FunGlass is welcoming new colleague Dr. Nitin Kamble We are glad to report that FunGlass is welcoming a new team member again! Dr. Nitin Kamble arrived from Mumbai, India to [...]
Congratulations to fresh PhD graduates!
Congratulations to fresh PhD graduates! It is with pride that we can inform about successful completion of PhD studies of four doctorate students who pursued their PhD study program in [...]
First periodical meeting held on July 25-26, 2018
First periodical meeting held on July 25-26, 2018 In spite of holiday season, summer in FunGlass keeps everybody really busy: Working hard on reports closing the 1st reporting period, deliverables [...]
Lecturer from the University of the West Indies at FunGlass
Lecturer from the University of the West Indies at FunGlass Venkateswara Rao Penugonda, M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D. Physics lecturer from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica has [...]
Project WLEDMAT approved for funding
Project WLEDMAT approved for funding A new project APVV-17-0049 “Novel glass and glass-ceramic rare-earth aluminates-based phosphors for energy-saving solid state lighting sources emitting white light (pc-WLEDs)” (acronym WLEDMAT) has been [...]
FunGlass participants at the PNCS-ESG2018 conference in St. Malo France
FunGlass participants at the PNCS-ESG2018 conference in St. Malo France Three FunGlass researchers attended the 15th international conference on Physics of Non-Crystalline Physics organized in conjuction with the bi-annual 14th [...]
2nd annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) of FunGlass in Saint Malo
2nd annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) of FunGlass in Saint Malo It is with pleasure that we can report on 2nd annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) [...]
10th ICG Montpellier Summer School
10th ICG Montpellier Summer School Our PhD students Fatih Kurtuldu, Petr Chrast, Susanta Sengupta and researcher Dr. Jozef Prachar take part in 10th ICG Montpellier Summer School held on July [...]
ICC7 2018 congress in Brasil with a FunGlass representative
ICC7 2018 congress in Brasil with a FunGlass representative The International congress on ceramics ICC2018 (http://www.icc7.com.br) organised by the Brasilian Ceramic Society on June 17-21 in Foz do Iguaçú with [...]
Teaming club meeting in Nikosia
Teaming club meeting in Nikosia The FunGlass director, prof. Galusek participated at the teaming club meeting, which took place from May 31 till June 1, 2018, at the premises of [...]
FunGlass participation in DGG annual meeting in Bayreuth
FunGlass participation in DGG annual meeting in Bayreuth From May 27 till May 30 the researchers and PhD students from FunGlass team participated at the DGG annual meeting in Bayreuth, [...]
Visit from the National Center for Scientific Research (France) at FunGlass
Visit from the National Center for Scientific Research (France) at FunGlass Dr. Matthieu Allix and his colleague from CNRS, Orléans - Laboratoire CEMHTI, France, visited FunGlass on May 23, 2018. During [...]
Workshop in Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg
Workshop in Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg We would like to inform you that our collegue Peter Otrubčák was one of three successful applicants from the whole EU in Call for [...]
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY training with Kristin Griebenow, PhD.
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY training with Kristin Griebenow, PhD. Last week we launched a series of workshop sessions focusing on Raman spectroscopy. Lectures and seminars are delivered by Ms. Kristin Griebenow, PostDoc [...]
Come to visit us from June 7th to 9th at the Science Fair in Prague!
Come to visit us from June 7th to 9th at the Science Fair in Prague! Two representatives of FunGlass Fatih Kurtuldu and Liene Sable are presenting the Centre activities as [...]
For the first time FunGlass hosted its ‘FunGlass school’
For the first time FunGlass hosted its ‘FunGlass school’ Attended by all FunGlass researchers, PhD students and staff members, the three day event took place in the venue of Hotel [...]
New Colleagues Joining FunGlass today
New Colleagues Joining FunGlass We are happy to welcome new colleagues joining FunGlass research center as of May 14th – Dr. Durgaprasad D. Ramteke who will become a member of [...]
Slovak Business Agency at FunGlass
Slovak Business Agency at FunGlass Representatives of the Slovak Business Agency, Ms. Olga Nemethova and Mr. Lukas Dzurik visited FunGlass on April 24. During their meeting with the FunGlass director, [...]
New Colleague Joining FunGlass as of May 2018
New Colleague Joining FunGlass as of May 2018 It is our pleasure to announce that FunGlass welcomed a new staff member, Mgr. Peter Otrubčák, who joined the EU Office within [...]
EARMA 2018 Conference Panel Discussion
EARMA 2018 Conference Panel Discussion On invitation of the NCP Poland Deputy Director Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk the FunGlas director, prof. Galusek participated at the panel discussion entitled “Overcoming the participation gap: [...]
Susanta Sengupta -New FunGlass PhD student
Susanta Sengupta -New FunGlass PhD student Susanta Sengupta completed his M.Sc in Chemistry from University of Kalyani in 2013 (INDIA). He did his specialization in Inorganic chemistry and his master [...]
Arish Dasan at international partner of FunGlass in Padova
Arish Dasan at international partner of FunGlass in Padova Dr. Arish Dasan has joined for his research training programme with our FunGlass international collaborator Prof. Enrico Bernardo and his team, [...]
New research on persistent phosphors will be funded at FunGlass
New research on persistent phosphors will be funded at FunGlass A grant No 1/0527/18 „Long persistent phosphors based on stoichiometric aluminates and silicates for optical and biomedical applications“ led by dr. [...]
A grant on corrosion and weathering of tableware glass approved for funding by the VEGA grant agency
A grant on corrosion and weathering of tableware glass approved for funding by the VEGA grant agency A grant No 1/0064/18 „Corrosion and weathering of tableware glass“ led by prof. Marek Liška [...]
The grant agency of the Slovak ministry of education approved for funding a new research grant for the FunGlass centre
The grant agency of the Slovak ministry of education approved for funding a new research grant for the FunGlass centre The project No 1/0431/18 „The relationship between composition, structure and properties [...]
New Colleague Joining FunGlass as of April 2018!
New Colleague Joining FunGlass as of April 2018! It is our pleasure to announce that as of April 2018 FunGlass has expanded by another team member, Dr. Radoslav Varga, who [...]
Additive Manufacturing at the University of Padova
Additive manufacturing at the University of Padova On March 21 prof. Galusek and dr. Kraxner met prof. Enrico Bernardo, dr. Hamada Elsayed, and prof. Paolo Colombo from the Department of [...]
Visit at Nuova Ompi
Visit at Nuova Ompi, Piombino Dese On March 20 prof. Galusek and dr. Kraxner visited the company Nuova Ompi S.r.l. located in Piombino Dese, close to Padova, Italy. The company [...]
PhD Study at FunGlass
Study your PhD in a newly established FunGlass centre funded from EU H2020 program! WHO? Graduates of master study WHAT? Inorganic technologies and non-metallic materials WHY? Unique opportunity to play [...]
Research training program at the Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research training program at the Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg In the framework of the EU funded (Horizon 2020) FunGlass project (GA n. 739566), (http://www.funglass.eu/), Dr. Zuzana Nescakova is [...]
Another researcher has joined the training program of FunGlass international partner
Dr. Nasima Afshar Imani has joined the training program of FunGlass international partner Dr. Nasima Afshar Imani moved in order to join training programs at the international partners of FunGlass [...]
New Researchers at Department of Coating Processes
New Researchers at Department of Coating Processes Rajesh Dagupati received his PhD degree (2014) in Solid State Spectroscopy from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. The title of [...]
Video Report on FunGlass on Regional TV
Video Report on FunGlass on Regional TV Regional TV Raj published these days video report on FunGlass and informed about the first year of Centre existence. You can watch it HERE [...]
1st Anniversary of FunGlass Centre
1st Anniversary of FunGlass Centre The Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín research center of excellence, FunGass, evaluates its first year of activity Twelve months have elapsed since the launch of [...]
Liene Šāble – Erasmus Student from Latvia
Liene Šāble - Erasmus Student from Latvia Liene Šāble is a new member of FunGlass team from the beginning of March. She has graduated her master degree in Civil Engeneering [...]
Successful Outcome of a VEGA Grant
Successful Outcome of a VEGA Grant The Commission of the grant agency VEGA for machinery engineering, information and communication technologies and materials science evaluated the research projects, which have ended [...]
Round Table at the Research Agency
Round Table at the Research Agency On February 21 the Research Agency of the Slovak republic organized a round table with all successful Teaming applicants from Slovakia, presenting their activities, [...]
New Research Project Approved for Funding
New Research Project Approved for Funding A new project SK-FR-2017-0008 Corrosion and low temperature degradation of zirconia based bioceramics (acronym CoroDent) has been approved for funding by the Slovak research [...]
Funglass Coordinator at REA Hedquaters in Brussels
Funglass Coordinator at REA Hedquaters in Brussels On February 8th prof. Galusek, the FunGlass project coordinator and the FunGlass centre director, visited the Research Executive Agency (REA) headquarters in Brussels. [...]
Metrology in Chemical Laboratory / expert workshop on ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Metrology in Chemical Laboratory under the ISO standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Expert workshop on new ISO standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories Explanation [...]
IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY with Prof. Petr Viscor
IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY with Prof. Petr Viscor These days we have at FunGlass Centre a visiting professor, dr. Peter Viscor, recognised expert in the field of impedance spectroscopy. He will give several [...]
Crystal Wing Award Nomination for Prof. Galusek
Crystal Wing Award Nomination for Prof. Galusek A total of 27 people have been nominated for the 2017 Crystal Wing awards. These awards recognize exceptional people working in nine areas: [...]
New Researcher from Spain at FunGlass
New Researcher from Spain at FunGlass José Joaquín Velázquez García received his PhD in Applied Physics at Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). The topic of his PhD thesis was Lanthanides [...]
FunGlass Has a New Member
FunGlass Has a New Member Hesham El-Maghraby earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials from the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), Prague, Czech Republic in 2008. [...]
New Organization Entity of FunGlass
New Organization Entity of FunGlass On January 1, 2018 the Centre for Functional Surface Functionalized Glass came into life as a new organization entity in the framework of the Alexander [...]
Dr. Arish Dasan- New FunGlass Researcher
Dr. Arish Dasan- New FunGlass Researcher Dr. Arish Dasan, after completing his Ph.D in inorganic chemistry from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu, India, he served as a faculty member in the [...]
The New Year with New Colleagues
The New Year with New Colleagues It is pleasure to announce that the Funglass has expanded by new colleagues Martin Michalek and Monika Michalek. Martin Michálek received his PhD degree [...]
Stevanato Group and FunGlass Discussed about Potential Cooperation
Stevanato Group and Funglass Discussed about Potential Cooperation On December 12, 2017 FunGlass Centre welcomed visitors from Research Pharma – Pharmaceutical System Division of the Stevanato Group, Italy, a major [...]
Ali Talimian – New Researcher at FunGlass
Ali Talimian – New Researcher at Funglass On December 12, 2017, the Funglass team has been enriched by new researcher Dr. Ali Talimian. Ali Talimian received a PhD in Materials Science [...]
New Member of FunGlass Team
New Member of Funglass Team Jozef Prachar received his MSc. degree in 2012 in Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava for the topic of computational design and [...]
National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU in Poland
National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU in Poland On invitation of the National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU in Poland Prof. Galusek, the teaming project coordinator [...]
CEITEC Brno receives funding from Czech government on collaboration with FunGlass
CEITEC Brno receives funding from Czech government on collaboration with FunGlass FunGlass and the research group of Advanced Ceramic Materials of CEITEC BUT fulfil the common Memorandum of Understanding (2017-2023) [...]
Our researcher in Ghent University laboratories
Our researcher in Ghent University laboratories On the basis of bilateral agreement between Slovak Academy of Sciences and Research Foundation Flanders FWO /Belgium/, Dr. Anna Prnová (Joint Glass Centre Department) [...]
PhD student from University of Bologna at FunGlass
PhD student from University of Bologna at FunGlass Sara Fiorentino stayed at FunGlass from the 13th to 24th of November based on mutual collaboration of Dr. Dagmar Galuskova with Prof. Mariangela [...]
Kick-off meeting of International Advisory Board
Kick-off meeting of International Advisory Board On 20th November International Advisory Board of FunGlass Center organized its first meeting. International Advisory Board consists of representatives from relevant research field of [...]
Nursen Mutlu – student under Erasmus Programme
Nursen Mutlu – student under Erasmus Programme Nursen Mutlu has graduated bachelor degree from Kocaeli University in 2014 and M.Sc. degree in Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Sakarya University, [...]
New PhD. student at FunGlass
Fatih Kurtuldu - new PhD. student at Funglass Fatih Kurtuldu completed his undergraduate education in Metallurgical and Material Engineering at Kocaeli University and he received his M.Sc. degree in Material [...]
Prof. Dr. Petr Viscor at FunGlass
Prof. Dr. Petr Viscor at FunGlass It is our pleasure to announce that Prof. Petr Viscor from Denmark, an expert on impedance spectroscopy of solids, has visited FunGlass from November 20th [...]
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass – Workshop in Belá
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass - Workshop in Belá Under the auspices of FunGlass, Vitrum Laugaricio and Slovak Silicate Scientific-Technological Society was organized the „Processing and Properties [...]
New postdoctoral researcher Dr. Nasima Afsharimani at FunGlass
New postdoctoral researcher Dr. Nasima Afsharimani at FunGlass Nasima Afsharimani received her PhD degree in Engineering Science from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium in 2013. From 2014 to 2016 [...]
FunGlass at Vitrum 2017 – Italy’s international trade fair for the glass processing industry
FunGlass at Vitrum 2017 – Italy’s international trade fair for the glass processing industry From October 3rd until October 6th FunGlass representatives participated in the eagerly-anticipated event, Vitrum 2017, ranking [...]
Big Day for FunGlass Team!
Big Day for FunGlass Team! November 1st is ‘the’ day when first two researchers are leaving their home base in Trencin in order to join training programs at the international [...]
Funglass at the 2017 ICG Annual Meeting & 32nd SISECAM Glass Symposium
Funglass at the 2017 ICG Annual Meeting & 32nd SISECAM Glass Symposium Prof. Galusek and dr. Kraxner participated at the 2017 ICG Annual Meeting & 32nd SISECAM Glass Symposium held [...]
PhD students from Bayreuth University at FunGlass
PhD students from Bayreuth University at FunGlass Foreign Ph.D. students Mateus Lenze Leite and Alexander Horcher from Department of Ceramic Materials Engineering in Bayreuth are visiting the Alexander Dubcek University [...]
Helpful Teambuilding
Helpful Teambuilding On 17th October FunGlass employees went out from interier (offices and laboratories) and spent their time together on fresh air by physical activity in public place Cherry Tree [...]
Success of FunGlass project presented at NCP Workshop in Tallinn
Success of FunGlass project presented at NCP Workshop in Tallinn On 10 - 11 October, 2017 NCP WIDE.NET and NCP Academy organized in Tallinn, Estonia workshop "The key factors for [...]
Success of Ola Nowicka at Competition of Young Professionals aged 35 and under
Success of Ola Nowicka at Competition of Young Professionals aged 35 and under On October 6, 2017 there was held the Competition of Young Professionals aged 35 and under at [...]
FunGlass presented at STU Alumni meeting
FunGlass presented at STU Alumni meeting Professor Dušan Galusek received an invitation from the Alumni Club of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava to take part in a popular [...]
Prof. Bernardo at FunGlass
Prof. Bernardo at FunGlass Prof. Bernardo lecturing on "Materials selection" On September 4-9, 2017, we received a visit by prof. Enrico Bernardo from the Department of Industrial Engineering [...]
Industrial Board´s kick-off meeting
Industrial Board´s kick-off meeting On 25th September Industrial Board of FunGlass Center organized its first meeting. Industrial Board comprises the representatives of both Slovak-regional (AGC Trenčín, s. r. o., Johns [...]
Visit from Russian Academy of Sciences
Visit from Russian Academy of Sciences At the beginning of July 2017 VILA Centre was visited by the researchers of the Institute of Mineralogy of the Russian Academy of [...]
FunGlass research center in Slovakia
FunGLASS research center in Slovakia established with €25M, including €15M from EU’s Horizon 2020 Kick-off meeting at TNUAD in Trencin on 7th March 2017 The global glass community received excellent [...]
15 miliónov eur pre FunGlass
15 miliónov eur pre FunGlass Dňa 16. februára 2017 sa uskutočnilo v Bruseli stretnutie koordinátorov a partnerov desiatich úspešných Teamingových projektov európskeho programu Horizont 2020 spojené s oficiálnym podpísaním grantovej zmluvy. Za konzorcium [...]
Spreading of Slovak Science abroad
Spreading of Slovak Science abroad Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín (Slovakia) is one of the succesfull applicants of the call H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-1 - „Spreading excellence and widening participation“ of the European [...]