Woldemar Weyl’s Research of Glass Leds to Better Everyday Materials

Woldemar Weyl’s research on the properties of glass led to better everyday materials.

He earned worldwide fame as a founder of the modern science of glass. He was among the first Penn State faculty to take an interdisciplinary approach to studying materials science. And he was ahead of his time in advocating an alliance between private industry and academia in supporting basic research.

He was Woldemar Weyl, who for 30 years was a teacher and researcher in what is today the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.  More on this story click here.

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