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Visit of Dr. J. Kraxner in the company – Window Glass Slovakia
Dr. Kraxner in Window Glass On 29th November 2021, Dr. Jozef Kraxner visited the company of Window Glass located in Dunajska Streda (Slovakia). During his visit, he discussed following topics: [...]
Dr. E. González Castillo – strong participation at ALBA Synchrotron Barcelona (Spain)
Dr. González Castillo at ALBA synchrotron After performing successful experiments at BL01-MIRAS beamline at ALBA synchrotron in October 2021, a new project conducted by Dr. Eduin González Castillo has been [...]
Dr. O. Sisman has started his 1-year training stay at FSU Jena (Germany)
Dr. Sisman at FSU Jena. We are thrilled to inform you that Dr. Orhan Sisman has started his 1-year training stay under the supervision of Prof. Lothar Wondraczek at Otto [...]
Papers published by FunGlass
Articles published by FunGlass people Mutlu, N.; Beltrán, A.M.; Nawaz, Q.; Michálek, M.; Boccaccini, A.R.; Zheng, K.: Combination of Selective Etching and Impregnation toward Hollow Mesoporous Bioactive Glass. In: Nanomaterials [...]
I. Sokolov from CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic) on 3-month internship at FunGlass
Internship of Ilya Sokolov (CEITEC, Brno) at FunGlass Centre Ing. Ilya Sokolov has graduated his master’s degree in materials science, production and treatment of materials with special properties at the Faculty [...]
Dr. A. Pakseresht – successful defense of habilitation thesis
Congratulations to Dr. Pakseresht On 16th November 2021, Dr. Amir Hossein Pakseresht successfully defended the habilitation thesis on Plasma Sprayed Coatings: From Splat Morphology to New Thermal Barrier Coatings. After [...]
M. Chladkova from the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic) on 1-month training stay at FunGlass
PhD student Monika Chládková under the Erasmus project at FunGlass The FunGlass Center trains not only its own graduates, but also trainees who come to the workplace as part of [...]
Dr. J. Kraxner – presentation at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology (STU Bratislava)
We are delighted to inform you that Dr. Jozef Kraxner had a presentation on topic - "Preparation of novel 3D scaffolds by combining the flame syntehsis and additive manufacturing“, which was [...]
Invitation to the habilitation lecture of Dr. A. Pakseresht
Defence of habilitation thesis of Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht We would like to invite you to the habilitation lecture and the defence of habilitation thesis of our colleague Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht, [...]
Cooperation of FunGlass with Nafigate Corporation (Czech Republic)
Industrial cooperation On 27-OCT, FunGlass members (J. Kraxner, P. Otrubcak and M. Michalek) participated in the kick-off meeting with the Czech company - NAFIGATE Corporation located in Prague and they [...]
FunGlass scientists on 1-year training stay at CSIC Madrid (Spain)
FunGlass researches at CSIC Madrid Despite the unfortunate Covid-19 pandemic situation, three of our colleagues have left for their 1-year training stay at our partner institution. Dr. Andressa Trentin, Dr. Ashokraja [...]
PhD students on 1-year trainings at FunGlass partners in Germany, Italy and Spain
PhD students in training at FunGlass partners At the beginning of this academic year 2021/ 2022, five PhD students have left to FunGlass partner institutions for a long-term training stay: [...]
Prof. D. Galusek (Director of FunGlass) – elected the chairman of the Slovak Glass Society
Dušan Galusek - new chairman of the Slovak Glass Society On its regular annual meeting on October 22, 2021, the members of the Slovak Glass Society elected prof. D. Galusek [...]
Prof. D. Galusek and Dr. A. Talimian at CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic)
FunGlass lectures at CEITEC In the frame of the INTERREG project "Strengthening of cross-border educational potential in the area of innovative technologies of production and characterization of glass and ceramic [...]
Special issue of “International Journal of Applied Glass Science” for FunGlass
International Journal of Applied Glass Science: FUNGLASS: Special issue of International Journal of Applied Glass Science (Vol.12, No. 4) edited by heads of FunGlass partner´s institution: Enrico Bernardo, Aldo R. [...]
Dr. O. Sharifahmadian – on the 3-months training stay in CEITEC, Brno (Czech Republic)
FunGlass researcher in CEITEC, Brno Dr. Omid Sharifahmadian (member of the Ceglass project / ITMS code 313011R453) has started his 3-months training in CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Brno [...]
Participation of Funglass in the Teaming club meeting (20th October 2021)
Funglass in the Teaming club meeting Prof. Dušan Galusek and Dr. Peter Hošták participated in the on-line "Teaming club meeting", which was held on 20th October, 2021. The Teaming club is [...]
FunGlass on Twitter – @FunGlass_Centre
Funglass on social networks We would like to inform you that the FunGlass Centre has a new account on Twitter with a handle @FunGlass_Centre. The Twitter account will present interesting [...]
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass conference in Osrblie (13th-15th October 2021)
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass conference in Osrblie The FunGlass team together with the Slovak Silicate Scientific-Technological Society was honored to organize this year conference named PROCESSING [...]
FunGlass School in Osrblie (10th-13th October 2021) – autumn section
A popular FunGlass School was organized again, after a nonvoluntary Covid break, from October 10th till October 13th, 2021. This time, the FunGlass researchers, PhD students and administrative employees met [...]
Dr. M. Blaško and Dr. E. González Castillo – granted with computational resource in the IT4Innovations National Supercomputer Center, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Success of FunGlass in the 23rd Open Access Grant Competition We would like to congratulate to our scientist colleagues Dr. M.Blaško and Dr. E. González Castillo because of their successfulness [...]
FunGlass partner Prof. A. R. Boccaccini (FAU Erlangen, Germany) elected Vice-president of Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS)
Prof. A. R. Boccaccini- elected Vice-president of Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), long-term international collaborator [...]
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) approved a short-term research grant of N. Mutlu
Nurshen Mutlu has obtained a grant supported by DAAD We are delighted to inform you that our PhD student Nurshen Mutlu has obtained a grant supported by DAAD (German Academic [...]
Dr. A. Pakseresht – on training at the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Dr. A. Pakseresht at Delft University of Technology. Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht, the Head of FunGlass Department of Coating Processes, as other his researcher colleagues took an opportunity to gain new [...]
Success of N. Mutlu in the Young Scientists Speech Contest of IIC SAS
Young Scientists Speech Contest of IIC SAS (Slovak Academy of Science) We would like to congratulate our PhD student - Nurshen Mutlu for sharing 2nd place in the Young Scientists Speech [...]
Prof. M. Liška has received an exceptional award for “Longlife support of science” from the Slovak Academy of Science
Prof. M. Liška has received an exceptional award for "Longlife support of science" from the SAS We are pleased to announce that Professor Marek Liška has received an exceptional award [...]
Dr. M. Blaško as the visiting scientist at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
Dr. Martin Blaško has started his 3-months stay as the visiting scientist in prof. Anastasia Borschevsky group at the University of Groningen. During the visit, his research will mainly focus on [...]
JECS Trust approved a project of Susanta Sengupta
JECS Trust approved a project of Susanta Sentupta We would like to congratulate our PhD student Susanta Sengupta for obtaining a grant by JECS Trust Fund. JECS Trust approved Susanta´s [...]
Assoc. Prof. M. Chromcikova completed 1-month training stay at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)
Assoc. Professor Mária Chromčíková, Ph.D. completed 1-month training stay at the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice (CZ) in cooperation with Doc. RNDr. [...]
Asghar Esknadarinia from Iran conducts research at FunGlass under the National Scholarship Programme (NSP)
Asghar Esknadarinia´s training at FunGlass Asghar Esknadarinia is a new member of the FunGlass team from the beginning of July. Currently, he is a researcher and conducts research under the supervision [...]
A. Najafzadeh, F. Kurtuldu, N. Mutlu and F. Dogrul participated in EUROMAT 2021
FunGlass participation at EUROMAT 2021 We are pleased to inform you that our collegues Ali Najafzadeh, Fatih Kurtuldu, Nursen Mutlu and Fulden Dogrul participated in EUROMAT 2021, which is the [...]
Dr. A. Dasan as the visiting scientist at the University of Padova (Italy)
Dr. Arish Dasan has started his 3-months stay at the University of Padova Dr. Arish Dasan has started his 3-months stay as the visiting scientist at the University of [...]
Anna Svancarkova has successfully passed her doctoral thesis defence at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology (STU Bratislava)
We would like to congratulate our collegue Dr. Anna Svancarkova who has successfully passed her doctoral thesis defence on topic: Corrosion of glass and ceramic biomaterials in aqueous environments, at [...]
Bruno Wolfrum´s minimal thesis exam
Successful dissertation project presentation We are glad to announce that our PhD student Bruno Wolfrum passed his minimal dissertation exam with his dissertation project: Title: Oxide phosphors for solid state [...]
Karolina Milewska from the Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland) on 2-months training stay (Erasmus+) in FunGlass
Karolina Milewska from the Gdańsk University of Technology in FunGlass In August, we could welcome to FunGlass the PhD student Karolina Milewska from Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdańsk [...]
FunGlass Researchers as Guest Editors for a Special Issue on “Bioceramics, Bioglasses and Gels for Tissue Engineering”
FunGlass Researchers as Guest Editors We are pleased to inform Dr. Arish Dasan (Department of Glass Processing) and Dr. Ashokraja Chandrasekar (Department of Coating Processes) have been appointed as Guest [...]
The project APVV-20-0322: “Nanostructured, functionally graded and bioinspired 3D Ti-based implants” has been approved
APVV project has been approved We would like to inform you that the project APVV-20-0322: “Nanostructured, functionally graded and bioinspired 3D Ti-based implants” has been approved. The project was [...]
Fulden Dogrul completed her one-year training stay at FAU Erlangen (Germany)
Fulden Dogrul completed her training at FAU, Erlangen Ms. Fulden Dogrul, FunGlass PhD student, completed at the end of July 2021 her 9 month training period at Institute of Biomaterials [...]
Lecturer from the University of the West Indies at FunGlass under SAIA, NSP
Lecturer from the University of the West Indies at FunGlass Venkateswara Rao Penugonda, M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, [...]
Implementation of CEGLASS Project – reconstruction of FunGlass premises
Reconstruction of FunGlass premises In July 2021, we started to implement another step of the project Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass "CEGLASS", project code: 313011R453 and it is [...]
Two PhD students from CEITEC Brno (Czech Rep.) on a summer internship at FunGlass supported by Interreg V-A SK-CZ
Two PhD students from CEITEC (Brno) on a summer internship at FunGlass In July we could welcome to FunGlass centre two PhD students Michaela Vojníková and Martin Chvíla from CEITEC scientific [...]
Mokhtar Mahmoud at PhD long-term training at the University of Padova (Italy)
Mokhtar Mahmoud at PhD long-term training in Padova Mokhtar Mahmoud, our PhD student of doctoral study programme Inorganic Technology and Non-metallic Materials, participates in long-term training at the Department of [...]
FunGlass – video supported by the Visegrad fund project (IVF 22010227 “From brain drain to brain gain”)
FunGlass promo video We would like to inform you about a new FunGlass promo video, which was released with the help of the Visegrad fund (IVF 22010227 “From brain drain [...]
Three-week stay of students from the Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)
Three-week stay of students from Masaryk University in Brno at FunGlass During the end of June and early July, two students from Masaryk university in Brno, Department of Physical Electronics, [...]
FunGlass project as good practice example for Spanish researchers
Spreading Excellence and Widening Particaption On 25 June 2021, prof. Alicia Durán presented project FunGlass at Spanish webinar “"Spreading Excellence and Widening Particaption" within Horizon Europe. The webinar was organized [...]
The 14the International Conference on Solid State Chemistry (SSC) 2021 successfully completed
The 14the international Conference on Solid State Chemistry (SSC) 2021 is over We, at FunGlass Centre, were really honored by the trust to organize this 14th of the series of conferences, [...]
YOUNG SCIENTIST POSTER AWARD at SSC2021
The best SSC 2021 poster authors The last day of the virtual Solid State Chemistry conference which was held on-line from 14 – 17 June 2021 from FunGlass Trenčín, we [...]
The workshop “From brain drain to brain gain” at SSC2021
The workshop "From brain drain to brain gain" at SSC2021 The purpose of the workshop was to identify and explore the best practices in attracting talent from abroad to the [...]
Implementation of Visegrad Fund project (IVF 22010227) – “From brain drain to brain gain”
SSC 2021 supported by Visegrad Fund We are pleased to announce that 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry and related activities of the project “From brain drain to brain [...]
FunGlass SYMPOSIUM 2021 at SSC 2021
FunGlass SYMPOSIUM 2021 On 14 June, 2021 virtual „FunGlass Symposium 2021“ was held on-line from FunGlass Centre in Trenčín. This year, FunGlass Symposium was organized within the 14th International Conference [...]
SSC 2021 conference has started
14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry has started today 14th International Conference on Solid State Chemistry SSC 2021organized by FunGlass centre has started today. It takes 4 days, June [...]
Big success of Dr. A. H. Pakseresht and Dr. O. Sharifahmadian
Proposal for publishing a book We would like to congratulate our colleagues - Dr. A. H. Pakseresht and Dr. O. Sharifahmadian from the Department of Coating Processes. Their proposal for publishing [...]
Our PhD. student – Susanta Sengupta won a Slovak round of ECERS student speech contest
ECERS student speech contest We would like to congratulate our PhD. student - Susanta Sengupta because he won a Slovak round of ECERS student speech contest, which was held on [...]
ALBA Barcelona synchrotron updates!
Success of Dr. E. Gonzalez Castillo Even though the delays caused by the COVID-19 situation, one of the proposals that was submitted by Dr. Eduin Ivan Gonzalez Castillo to ALBA [...]
FunGlass published paper – the most downloaded article from Materials Science and Engineering: C in May 2021.
The most downloaded article from Materials Science and Engineering: C in May 2021. It is pleasure for us to inform you that the paper published in cooperation with the FunGlass [...]
D-day for FunGlass PhD students
Big day for our PhD students We are pleased to announce that all Phd students have successfully passed the minimal thesis exams by presenting their dissertation projects. Ajitha Haritha Haridasan [...]
Recent contributions published by Funglass
Recent contributions published by Funglass R. Dagupati, R. Klement, D. Galusek: Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped oxyfluoro tellurite glasses: Analysis of optical temperature sensing based on up-conversion luminescence. In: International Journal of Applied [...]
FunGlass researchers explore Horizon Europe opportunities
European Projects Office presentation Horizon Europe is the name of the new European Union's Research and Innovation Programme for the period of 2021 – 2027 with the budget of €95.5 [...]
The support of FunGlass to the International Year of Glass 2022 appreciated by the Permanent mission of Slovakia to the UN
The support of FunGlass to the IYG 2022 We would like to inform you that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic - Ivan Korcok and the Ambassador [...]
Dr. E. Gonzalez Castillo has started his long-term training stay at FAU Erlangen (Germany)
Long term training stay at FAU Erlangen Dr. Eduin Ivan Gonzalez Castillo has started his research activities at the Institute of Biomaterials (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) in the framework of the [...]
2022 – International Year of Glass
International Year of Glass We would like to congratulate our partner - Prof. Alicia Duran (CSIC Madrid) and her team because the IYOG 2022 has surpassed the process of silence [...]
Dr. G. Clavijo from Colombia – a new member of FunGlass team
New member of Biomaterials department Dr. Germán Clavijo received a Ph.D. in Ceramic Materials and Surface Treatments from the University of Limoges, France, and a Ph.D. in Materials Sciences from The Centre for Research and Advanced Studies [...]
Dr. A. Raja from India – a new researcher at FunGlass
New researcher at FunGlass That´s a pleasure to announce that Department of coating processes was enriched by a new member - Dr. Ashok Raja. He received his Ph.D. in the [...]
Framework Agreement on the Co-tutelage of doctoral thesis with University of Padova (Italy) signed.
Co-tutelage of doctoral thesis We are happy to announce you that FunGlass Centre (A.Dubcek University of Trencin) and University of Padova signed a Framework Agreement on Co-tutelage of Doctoral thesis [...]
FunGlass participated in unique industrial research of ATC Crystals
Industrial research of ATC Crystals In February 2021, there was achieved another significant success in the research of nanomaterials in Slovakia. In 2019, the research company - AT Crystals in [...]
FunGlass shares its experiences in webinar on “Widening”, organized by Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Bratislava
Widening (Horizon Europe) In January 2021, Horizon Europe, the new ambitious European Framework Programme on Research and Innovation for the period of 2021 to 2027, was launched. In this context, [...]
Actual articles published by FunGlass researchers
Actual articles published by FunGlass researchers Liška, M., Macháček, J., Chromčíková, M., Holubová, J. and Černošek, Z.: Thermodynamic model of ZnO‐Nb2O5‐P2O5 glasses – parameterization and validation. In: International Journal of [...]
2nd round of Admission process for PhD Study Program: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES: Inorganic Technology and Non-metallic Materials. (2021/2022)
The second round is announced Let us present the dissertation topics to the second round 2021/22 of admission procedure for PhD. Study Program: Chemical Engineering and technologies- Inorganic Technology and [...]
Meeting with the Slovak Business Agency (SBA)
Meeting with SBA On 21st April, Dr. J. Kraxner, Dr. M. Michalek and Mgr. P. Otrubcak participated in meeting with the Regional director of Slovak Business Agency (SBA), Dr. J. [...]
Dr. O. Sharifahmadian from Iran – new member of FunGlass team
Department of Coating has a new member Dr. Omid Sharifahmadian received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran in 2019 with the thesis entitled “Effect of [...]
Dr. K. Griebenow has completed her long-term training stay at CSIC Madrid (Spain)
Long-term training stay at CSIC Madrid Dr. Kristin Griebenow has completed her post-doctoral training in the group of Prof. Alicia Durán at the Institute of Ceramics and Glasses in Madrid, [...]
S. Sengupta participated in short-term training at FAU Erlangen (Germany)
Short term training at FAU Erlangen Our PhD student in last year of doctoral study programme Inorganic Technology and Non-metallic Materials, participated in short-term training at the international partner Institute [...]
Prof. D. Galusek – member of European Society for Bioresorbable Implants
Invitation to join the newly founded scientific society: Upon invitation from the Danube Private University in Krems (Austria), prof. D. Galusek has become a member of the newly founded European [...]
Open Week (online) – All about PhD Study programme at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (in Slovak language)
Slovak Academy of Sciences - PhD Study Programme Slovenská akadémia vied otvára dvere záujemcom o doktorandské štúdium Najväčšia vedecká inštitúcia na Slovensku prvýkrát predstavuje témy doktorandského štúdia interaktívnou online formou. Dnes [...]
Seminar on “Plasma technologies for surface treatment of materials“ presented by Assoc. Prof. J. Rahel, PhD. from MUNI Brno (Czech Republic)
Online seminar from Dpt. of Applied Plasmochemistry, Masaryk University It was pleasure for us to host the seminar, which was presented on 8th April 2021 by Assoc. Professor Jozef Rahel, PhD. [...]
Prof. D. Galusek elected a Fellow of the European Ceramic Society
Prof. D. Galusek elected a Fellow of the European Ceramic Society The Permanent Executive Committee of the European Ceramic Society, during its meeting of February 17th, 2021, and upon the [...]
Seminar on “Scientific Writing” presented by Dr. W. Wisniewski from FSU Jena (Germany)
Seminar - Scientific writing: On 31st March, FunGlass organized the first lecture entitled "Types of Publications" of the seminar - Scientific Writing led by Dr. Wolfgang Wisniewski from FSU Jena [...]
Workshop on “Correlative AFM in SEM image & data processing” organized by NenoVision Brno (Czech Republic)
Workshop on Correlative AFM in SEM image & data processing: FunGlass researchers and PhD students attended on the 30th of March free online workshop on Correlative AFM in SEM image [...]
Dr. Z. Nescakova participated in Webinars on “Cell and Tissue Engineering” organized by the University of Aveiro (Portugal)
International Webinars on Topics in Cell and Tissue Engineering: On 19th March, Dr. Z. Nescakova participated in the 1st session of International Webinars on Topics on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng), [...]
Meeting with EEN representative
Cooperation with EEN and BIC in Grants proposal writing of Horizon Europe calls On 26th March, Dr. M. Michalek, Dr. J. Kraxner and Mgr. P. Otrubcak had meeting with Ing. [...]
FunGlass participated in COLD SPRAY CLUB (Session II) organized by MINES PARISTECH (France)
Seminar of Cold Spray Club: On 23rd March, Amirhossein Pakseresht (Head of Department of Coating Processes) and Mehdi Alebrahim (PhD student) participated in Réunion virtuelle Club Cold Spray Club / [...]
FunGlass in Widesperad Success Stories Guide
FunGlass in Widesperad Success Stories Guide: We are presenting you publication The Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation Success Stories guide which was created under the NCP_WIDE.NET project. This guide includes [...]
FunGlass is hiring new researchers
FunGlass is hiring new researchers: FunGlass center is looking for new researchers to join its team. Several positions have been announced for various departments. Most of them are funded from [...]
YCN – webinar series (6-MAY, 15:00)
YCN webinar: We would like to inform you about YCN webinar series (6th Webinar) organized on 6th May 2021 (15:00-16:00 CET). Link for registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc75sRrEanicxCLX2EoFlybQzxBpBzLbn-mq24ZuP406aHMTw/viewform [...]
Meeting with CVTI Bratislava about Horizon Europe Calls
Horizon Europe Calls: On 15th March, Dr. M. Michalek, Dr. J. Kraxner and Mgr. P. Otrubcak discussed with Mgr. E. Hlavata (Horizon Europe National Contact Point - Cluster 4) and [...]
FunGlass Scientific Board meeting
FunGlass Scientific Board meeting: On 12 March, 2021, the Scientific Board of FunGlass project held its regular annual meeting. As a year before, given the situation related to corona virus spreading, [...]
COVID 19 – instructions
What to do if you are positive for Covid-19 or you have been in close contact A COVID-19 positive person Epidemiological measures currently in force: A disease positive person is [...]
New articles published by FunGlass scientists
New articles published by FunGlass in February: González-Rodríguez, J.; Fernández, L.; Vargas-Osorio, Z.; Vázquez-Vázquez, C.; Piñeiro, Y.; Rivas, J.; Feijoo, G.; Moreira, M.T.: Reusable Fe3O4/SBA15 Nanocomposite as an Efficient Photo-Fenton [...]
How to improve participation of Slovakia in Horizon Europe (17th MAR 2021)
Horizon Europe: Radi by sme Vás pozvali na e-podujatie Ako zlepšiť účasť Slovenska v programe Horizont Európa, ktoré sa uskutoční 17.3.2021 od 13:00 do 16:00 a sledovať ho môžete na uvedenom [...]
EIC – Launch of the new European Innovation Council (18th-19th MAR 2021)
EIC Info Day: We would like to inform you about the scheme of EIC - European Innovation Council (EIC), which is a key novelty of Horizon Europe and represents the most [...]
Introduction of National Contact Points for Horizon Europe (10th MAR 2021)
Predstavenie Národných kontaktných bodov pre program Horizont Európa, ich činnosti a jednotlivých oblastí programu: Dňa 10. 3. 2021 v čase od 9:00 do 12:00 organizuje Národná kancelária Horizontu podujatie s názvom: [...]
Ongoing long-term trainings of FunGlass researchers in Padova (Italy)
Long term training at the University of Padova Despite the unfortunate Covid-19 pandemic situation, two of our colleagues have left for their one-year training stay at our partner institution. Dr. [...]
FunGlass PhD students at FAU Institute of Biomaterials, Erlangen/Nurnberg (Germany)
FunGlass PhD students at FAU Erlangen Nurshen Mutlu and Fatih Kurtuldu completed their visiting training period at the international partner - Institute of Biomaterials, (LINK: https://www.biomat.tf.fau.eu/) at the University of [...]
I. Sokolov from VUT CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic) on short term stay in FunGlass covered by JECS Trust mobility grant
I. Sokolov from VUT CEITEC Brno on short term stay in FunGlass: We are pleased to inform that FunGlass will host Ilya Sokolov from VUT CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic) for [...]
A. Nowicka received JECS Trust mobility grant on short training stay in INSA Lyon (France)
JECS Trust - mobility grant: We would like to congratulate Alexandra Nowicka for obtaining a project financed by JECS Trust – mobilty grant on title : “Acid corrosion surface modification [...]
New PhD. dissertation topics for the year 2021/2022
Here is the list of new PhD theses 2021/22: High entropy oxide ceramics by pressure-assisted sintering of multi-component rare-earth oxide based glasses Strengthening of transparent glass-ceramics Gamma radiation effects on the [...]
SAIA scholarships accepted – FunGlass will host Mr. A. Eskandarinia (Iran) and Dr. V. Rao Penugonda (India)
We are pleased to announce that Funglass is attracting attention as the host institution for researchers from abroad. Two scholarship application have been accepted for funding via the National Scholarship Programme (NSP) [...]
Orhan Sisman – new researcher from Turkey at Department of Functional Materials
New researcher at Department of Functional Materials: That´s a pleasure to announce that FunGlass Centre was enriched by a new member Dr. Orhan Sisman from Turkey. He started to work [...]
Andressa Trentin – new researcher from Brazil at Department of Coating
New researcher at Department of Coating: It is a pleasure to welcome a new member of FunGlass team, Dr. Andressa Trentin, who is joining Department of Coating. She received her Ph.D [...]
Articles published by FunGlass researchers
Articles published by FunGlass researchers 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 Partner and the ICG president prof. Alicia Durán gives lecture in the frame of the YCN webinar series
We would like to inform you about the possibility to register on YCN WEBINAR SERIES, which is going to be presented by the FunGlass Partner and the ICG president prof. Alicia [...]
Prof. B. Basu from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (INDIA) – online lectures
The online lectures on topic of "Ceramics and Glasses for Functional and Healthcare applications: Manufacturing and Properties", which are being presented by the visiting scientist - Prof. Bikramjit Basu from Indian Institute [...]
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass – Book of Abstracts
Under normal epidemiological conditions to which we were used to before coronacrisis, a regular annual scientific seminar Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass would be held in November 2020. This [...]
FunGlass attracts talents from all over the world
The FunGlass Centre has reached two significant milestones in the middle of implementation of the biggest Slovak academic project within the European Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The first milestone [...]
New articles published by FunGlass researchers
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 [...]
Dr. V. Pouchly and Dr. D. Salamon from CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic) – online lecture on “Unconventional sintering techniques”
We would like to thank Dr. Vaclav Pouchly and Dr. David Salamon from CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic), who presented online lecture on the topic of "Unconventional sintering techniques”. The lecture was [...]
FAU Erlangen – online lecture on “Phosphate-based glasses prepared via in solution methods for biomedical applications”
We would like to thank Prof. A. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials (FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany), who organized an interesting online lecture, which FunGlass scientists and students could participate in. [...]
The meeting of Industrial Board of the FunGlass Centre
Industrial Board of the FunGlass Centre organized its virtual meeting on 3rd December 2020. Prof. Dušan Galusek (Director) and Dr. Peter Hošták (Head of Administration Unit) explained progress in development of [...]
International Year of Glass 2022 – Worldwide presentation
It is pleasure for us to announce that the President of the ICG - Prof. Alicia Durán from our Consortium´s partner CSIC Madrid (Spain) introduced on 3rd December 2020 at 14:00 [...]
The 4th annual meeting of International Advisory Board of the FunGlass Centre
We are pleased to announce that the 4th annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) of FunGlass Centre was taking place online during December 2nd, 2020. The meeting was led by [...]
Great success of Dr. E. González Castillo – two of his projects approved for being carried out in ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona (Spain)
We would like to congratulate to Dr. E. González Castillo because two of his projects have been recently approved for being carried out in the ALBA synchrotron facilities located near Barcelona [...]
FunGlass Centre and FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg signed “Agreement on the Joint Supervision of a Doctoral Thesis”
It is pleasure for us to inform you, the FunGlass Centre, University of Trencin (Slovakia) and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany) have agreed upon the joint supervision and examination of the doctoral [...]
New articles published by FunGlass
New articles published by FunGlass F. Sharifianjazi, M. Moradi, A. Abouchenari, A. Pakseresht, A. Esmaeilkhanian, M. Shokouhimehr, M. S. Asl: Effects of Sr and Mg dopants on biological and mechanical [...]
HORIZON EUROPE Workshop for Project Managers
HORIZON EUROPE Workshop for Project Managers On 23th and 24th November 2020, Monika Šandrejová and Andrea Chrastinová, FunGlass project managers, joined on-line „V4 Training“. The purpose of the V4 Training [...]
Virtual FunGlass Symposium 2020
Virtual FunGlass Symposium On 18 November, 2020 virtual „FunGlass Symposium 2020“ was held live from FunGlass Centre in Trenčín. The aim of the symposium session was to highlight and share [...]
Additive Manufacturing European Conference (2nd December 2020)
AMEC 2020 will take place on 2 December 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (CET), ONLINE. The rapid rise of innovations and on-demand productions are ushering in a profound new era of [...]
Dr. M. Hujova is back from her training stay at the University of Padova (Italy)
Miroslava Hujová has returned from her year long training at our partner, University of Padova (UNIPD), Department of Industrial Engineering with professor Bernardo. In her previous studies, she has focused on [...]
Award of the Rector of the Trencin University for FunGlass researchers
On the occasion of the Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia, the Rector of A. Dubček University of Trenčín, Jozef Habánik, gave out the awards to researchers, teams and employees [...]
Dr. J. Velázquez García – Guest Editor of the special issue of “Molecules”
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Jose Joaquin Velázquez García has become the Guest Editor of Special Issue of "Molecules" (an Open Access Journal by MDPI). The Special Issue [...]
Dr. A. Pakseresht and Dr. J. Velázquez García are approved as new PhD supervisors.
We are pleased to inform you that on 22th October, Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht and Dr. Jose Joaquin Velázquez García have been approved by the Scientific Board of University of Trenčín as [...]
PhD Student Seminar – 3rd Round (11th November 2020)
PhD FunGlass Seminar We would like to inform you that today the FunGlass Centre is organizing 3rd round of PhD Student seminar. The seminar, due to COVID-19 situation, will consist [...]
New articles published by the FunGlass scientists
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 [...]
FunGlass PhD students are trained in “Ethics in research”
Our PhD students are taking lectures of Ethics in research as a part of their doctoral studies. The first part of interactive on-line course was held on 3 November 2020. The [...]
Dr. Z. Vargas completes training at Institute of Biomaterials (FAU Erlangen, Germany)
Last week, Dr. Zulema Vargas completed her post-doctoral research training at the Institute of Biomaterials, FAU, Erlangen, Germany. She spent 1 year in Erlangen in the framework of the training program [...]
Horizon Europe Kick off meeting organized by CVTI Bratislava
On 29th October, members of EU Project Office of FunGlass participated in Horizon Europe - Kick off meeting organized by CVTI Bratislava. The main objective of this event was to [...]
FunGlass trained ERASMUS+ student from the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)
FunGlas Centre trains also Erasmus+ students The FunGlass Centre supports the training mobility not only of its own PhD students, but also foreign students from partner institutions coming to our [...]
Prof. A. Boccaccini marks 10 years as Editor-in-Chief of Materials Letters
Prof. Boccaccini marks 10 years as Editor-in-Chief of Materials Letters Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Scientific Board member of FunGlass Centre and Head of Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, [...]
Successful recertification of QMS according to standard EN ISO 9001:2015
University of Trencin and FunGlass Center as its part, successfully passed the recertification audit of QMS according to the standard EN ISO 9001:2015. It is pleasure for us to announce [...]
“Bike to Work 2020” – Slovak National Contest
September 2020 belonged to bikers. FunGlass teams together with colleagues from the University of Trencin joined the national contest titled Bike to Work 2020. 15 members of the FunGlass Center [...]
FunGlass scientific presentations at the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic)
On 24th September, 2020 the 22nd Conference On Special Inorganic Pigments and Powder Materials was held at Faculty of Chemical Technology of the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic. Due to the [...]
“The European Research and Innovation Days” organized by the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium)
On 22-24th September 2020, members of EU Project Office participated in European Research and Innovation Days organized by European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. This annual flagship Research and Innovation event, brought together [...]
L. Bunova and A. Svancarkova – new Laboratory Technicians at FunGlass
New laboratory technicians at FunGlass That´s pleasure to inform that at the beginning of September two new colleagues joined FunGlass center: Lenka Buňová received her Ph.D. from Faculty of Industrial [...]
PhD study program – Schedule of the Academic year 2020/2021
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, University of Trencin complied with the recommendation of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and postponed the beginning of [...]
Prof. B. Basu from University of Lille (France) – online lecture series
These days FG students and young reasearchers have great opportunity to attend online lecture series that are delivered by Prof. Basu as part of a University of Lille teaching programme. Prof. [...]
Meeting with EIT Manufacturing Hub Bratislava (Slovakia)
On 7th September, Dr. M. Michalek, Dr. J. Kraxner and Mgr. P. Otrubcak discussed with Mgr. E. Hlavata (Project manager of EIT Manufacturing Hub Slovakia) options of potential participation of FunGlass in [...]
Visit of Dr. V. Hotar from the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic).
It was pleasure for us to welcome Ing. Vlastimil Hotar, PhD. in FunGlass Centre. Dr. V. Hotar acts as a Head of Department of Glass producing machines and robotics at the [...]
Project “SKLOKERAM” – Cooperation of FunGlass with CEITEC, Brno and Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)
On 4th September, FunGlass hosted our partners from the Czech Republic - CEITEC, Brno and Masaryk University, Brno for a kick-off meeting of the project Sklokeram, „Intersectoral collaboration of SMEs with [...]
Project meeting of the new APVV project – “Advanced materials with eutectic microstructure for high temperature and functional applications”
Leaders of the project teams from FunGlass (Prof. Galusek), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SAS (Dr. Prnova), and University of Žilina (Dr. Kajan), met on September 9, 2020 in Trenčín to discuss [...]
PhD thesis defense and minimal thesis exam at FunGlass
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 [...]
Cooperation of FunGlass with Eczacıbaşı Monrol Nuclear Products, Istanbul (Turkey)
In July and August 2020, FunGlass members (Dr. J. Kraxner, Dr. M. Michalek and Mgr. P. Otrubcak) participated in several meetings with Eczacıbaşı Monrol Nuclear Products from Istanbul (Turkey) and discussed [...]
UPDATED measures against the spread of COVID-19 infection in FunGlass Centre
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 [...]
Project INTER-TRANSFER with University of Zlin (Czech Republic)
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 [...]
Dr. A. Akansha from India – new member of Department of Glass Processing
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 [...]
Dr. F. Ivanič – new Slovak FunGlass team member
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 [...]
Melting and experiments with glass in Archeopark Hanusovce (Slovakia)
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 [...]
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini to serve a third period as FEMS Executive Committee member representing the German Materials Society
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 [...]
New articles published at FunGlass
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 [...]
Dr. Ali Najafzadeh – new FunGlass colleague from Iran
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. [...]
Alexandra Nowicka from Poland – 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 [...]
Junior FunGlass School successfully completed
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 [...]
Teambuilding of FunGlass near the River Vah in Trencin
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 [...]
Dr. Paulina Ożóg from Poland – 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 [...]
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 [...]
Prof. D. Galusek and Dr. P. Hostak at the 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 [...]
Dr. D. Galuskova and Dr. J. Velazquez – 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 [...]
Ing. Marek Sedivy – new Project manager of CEGLASS project
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
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Seminar on Scientific writing – “Titles, Keywords, Style, Authorships” (14-APR, 10.00 a.m.)
Scientific writing 2: Dear colleagues, let us remind you that we will continue with the online seminar on Scientific Writing, organized on April 14, 10:00 a.m. It will be presented [...]
Our colleagues are taking their training stay in Padova (Italy)
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 [...]
The company of VUEZ Levice (Slovakia) thanks for successful long-term cooperation with FunGlass
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 (Czech Republic)
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. P. Viscor from Denmark
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 (Belarus) 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, Florida (USA)
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, was a great opportunity [...]
Marcin Wekwejt from Poland had training at FunGlass 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 [...]
Dr. J. Kraxner from 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 [...]
Dr. Amirhossein Pakseresht from Iran – 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 [...]
Dr. Eduin Ivan González Castillo from Mexico – new member of Department of Biomaterials
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 from University of Padova 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 [...]
Prof. D. Galusek on Widening day in Brussels (Belgium)
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, [...]
Cooperation of FunGlass with Italian companies – Stevanato Group S.p.A. and Nuova Ompi S.r.I.
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. Serena Panighello from Stevanato Group S.p.A was held [...]
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 [...]
Dr. H. Reveron from National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon (France) visited FunGlass
Visit from France 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 [...]
Biomaterials project meeting at NTU Taipei (Taiwan)
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 (Japan)
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 from CSIC Madrid (Spain)
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 [...]
Dr. Kristin Griebenow – new FG colleague from Jena, Germany
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 Brno (Czech Republic) 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 from FSU Jena (Germany) has 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 (UK)
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 from Russian Academy of Sciences had 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 [...]
P. Otrubcak participated in “Information Days Horizon 2020” organized by European Commission in Brussels (Belgium)
Peter Otrubcak participated in "Information Days Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenge 5 “ Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw materials”. The event took place from 16th to 19th September 2019 in [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Peter Hostak visited University of Padova, Italy
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. M. Michalek and Dr. Si Chen finished their training stay at FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany)
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 (Poland)
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 Medicta 2019 in Roma (Italy)
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, France
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 (Bulgaria)
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 [...]
Ing. Lucia Kunikova – 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 (Italy)
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 in Budapest (Hungary)
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. [...]
Dr. P. Hostak at the “Seminar on the preparation of project proposals for the TWINNING” in Prague (Czech Republic)
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 (USA)
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 (Latvia)
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 from the USA is a new FunGlass 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“ in Kosice (Slovakia)
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 FSU Jena (Germany)
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 [...]
Dr. P. Hostak participated in V4 Training program for Project managers in Brussels (Belgium)
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 from Mexico – 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 (Czech Republic)
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! [...]
Dr. A. Chrastinova participated in HRS4R training in Brussels (Belgium)
FunGlass Centre has the ambition to become a member of European organisations investing in researchers’ talents, skills and career development by implementing the principles of the 'European Charter for Researchers and [...]
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 [...]
P. Otrubcak participated in the workshop – “EU Research Infrastructure“ organized by Milano-Bicocca University (Italy)
On 14th-17th January 2019, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager, participated in the Workshop – “EU Research Infrastructure - Science and society“, organized by Milano-Bicocca University, Italy. The aim of the workshop was [...]
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 P. Otrubcak in the training – “V4 Project management “ in Brussels (Belgium)
From 4th to 7th December 2018, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager, participated in the Training/Networking – “V4 Project management “ organized by the Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development [...]
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 from FSU Jena (Germany) – 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, Ohio (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 [...]
P. Otrubcak participated in the conference – „Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions beyond 2020“ in Vienna (Austria)
On 1st-3rd October 2018, Peter Otrubcak, FunGlass Project manager participated in the MSCA Conference and in workshops „MSCA and their innovation potential“ and „Strengthening Human Capital and Skills Development- Exchanges“ [...]
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 (Japan)
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 from Korea
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 from India
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 (France)
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 [...]
P.Otrubcak visited Institute of Biomaterials at FAU Erlangen (Germany)
Institute of Biomaterials, FAU Erlangen: As part of the continuing training activities of the project FunGlass, the Project manager - Peter Otrubcak visited Institute of Biomaterials, FAU Erlangen, Germany. The [...]
Teaming club meeting in Nikosia, Cyprus
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 (Germany)
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 [...]
P. Otrubcak participated in training stay in Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron /DESY/ in Hamburg (Germany)
We would like to inform you that our collegue Peter Otrubcak was one of three successful applicants from the whole EU in Call for Applications for Knowledge/Staff Exchange programme organized by [...]
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY training with Dr. Kristin Griebenow from FSU Jena (Germany)
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 from India and China Joining FunGlass
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, [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Radoslav Varga – new colleague Joining FunGlass
It is our pleasure to announce that as of April 2018 FunGlass has expanded by another team member, Dr. Radoslav Varga, who was selected for the position of Project Manager of [...]
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 in Padova region (Italy)
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 [...]
Hesham El-Maghraby from Egypt – new member of FunGlass
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. [...]
Mgr. Peter Otrubcak – new Project manager joining FunGlass
It is our pleasure to announce that FunGlass welcomed a new staff member, Mgr. Peter Otrubčák, who joined the EU Office within the Administration department as Project manager (Grant Proposal Services [...]
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 from India – 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 (Italy) and FunGlass discussed about potential Industrial 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 [...]
Dr. Ali Talimian from Iran – 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 at the Gent University (Belgium)
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 from Turkey – 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 from Turkey 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 from Denmark 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 to 22nd in order to meet with [...]
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 from Belgium 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 in Milano (Italy)
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 in Istanbul (Turkey)
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 (Germany) 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 (Estonia)
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 Bratislava 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. E. Bernardo from University of Padova (Italy) had lectures 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 [...]