Students have learned how to select materials for a wide range of optical, electrical, structural, and other functional applications. Students have learned strategies to achieve desired materials properties by altering chemistry and processing conditions. Three take home exams, requiring the review of all course subjects covered in class. Exams are composed of knowledge-based questions and problems requiring numerical calculations. Term paper consisting of researching a particular subject in glass science and technology.
Papers are to be based on the review of the pertinent literature.
Students give a short presentation on their papers towards the end of the semester. After addressing editorial comments by the instructor, the collected papers are bound and distributed to all students. The detail, extent, and completeness to which the subject is covered in the paper.