IRradiance Glass

11/07/2016

We always love hosting students! Thanks for coming to visit us SOS CREOL

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09/09/2016

Explore optical properties of materials in this new educational post by David Musgraves (for everyone!): http://bit.ly/2bZ0PrI

In our last post, we introduced the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and talked briefly about the imaging and healthcare applications for that part of the spectrum. Now let’s discuss the optical properties of infrared materials–how materials transmit, focus, or reflect infrared light...

07/29/2016

We're starting a new blog series http://bit.ly/2axlLVb

At IRradiance Glass (we pronounce it “irradiance”), our goal is to provide our customers with the best engineering and scientific knowledge about our products—information that will help inform the decisions your company needs to make to move forward with new projects. Whether you’re a project mana...

04/12/2016

IRG moved into new facilities at the beginning of 2016. Check out our update: bit.ly/1TP65fH

04/12/2016

With great anticipation, a crowd of more than 350 local officials, partners and vendors, attended a ribbon cutting celebration last week to showcase the $5 million renovation and expansion completed at the UCF Business Incubator – Central Florida Research Park. The upgrades took 14 months to complet…

01/28/2016

The IRG team contributes to a new book on product development

http://www.irradianceglass.com/2016/01/27/the-irg-team-contributes-to-a-new-book-on-product-development/

A new book has been published that focuses on real-world materials manufacturing issues. The book highlights the underlying thought and processes that contribute to the successful development of products from new types of materials–and how these materials play a key role in our future.

10/20/2015

Exciting new project at IRG! http://bit.ly/1OGaDTL

ORLANDO, Fla. — IRradiance Glass, Inc. (IRG), an Orlando-based technology manufacturer that produces highly specialized infrared glass, was recently awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grant by the U.S. Department of Defense Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

10/05/2015

What a great project to support. Jennifer Adams McKinley of IRradiance Glass loved helping with this project!

On Saturday, Oct. 3, Volunteer UCF held its annual day of service, Knights Give Back. The UCF College of Sciences Alumni Chapter and the UCF Biology Department held one of several service project, bringing 100 UCF students and alumni volunteers together for an important cause. Volunteers gathered…

10/05/2015

http://www.irradianceglass.com/2015/10/05/irg-supports-physics-exploration-day-at-ucf/ Thanks so much for helping to encourage and educate students about careers in science, David Musgraves!

IRG’s CEO, Dr. J. David Musgraves, spoke at the Physics Career Exploration Day on Saturday, October 3, 2015. The event was hosted by the University of Central Florida Physics Department and was geared toward high school students who want to explore careers in physics.

06/23/2015

Jay Nelson discusses molding capabilities http://bit.ly/1QFwOLn

For 73 years Edmund Optics (EO) has been a leading producer of optics, imaging, and photonics technology.

04/17/2015

Featured article in the May 2015 American Ceramic Society Bulletin http://bit.ly/1b4l6qv

The May 2015 American Ceramic Society Bulletin features the work of researchers at MIT, University of Delaware, University of Central Florida, and IRradiance Glass.

02/17/2015

On Feb. 5, the University of Central Florida College of Sciences and its alumni chapter hosted the inaugural Outstanding AlumKnights award...

02/16/2015

Congratulations to IRG's Jennifer McKinley, recognized as the 2015 Outstanding AlumKnight for Chemistry: http://bit.ly/1vzBTFP

The University of Central Florida College of Sciences and the COS alumni chapter hosted the inaugural Outstanding AlumKnights award reception at the Orlando Science Center on February 5.

02/10/2015

IRG at Photonics West 2015. http://spie.org/x2584.xml Please contact us to set up a time to meet. http://www.irradianceglass.com/contact-us/

SPIE Photonics West, the world's leading biomedical optics, optical MEMs, photonics, and industrial laser conference and exhibition

11/24/2014

New President: Dr. Kathleen Richardson, CTO and professor http://bit.ly/1r3RIbb

WESTERVILLE, OHIO—The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)—the leading professional organization for ceramics and glass professionals—installed Kathleen Richardson as president for 2014–2015 during its 116th Annual Meeting in October at the Materials Science and Technology 2014 conference in Pittsburgh,…

11/05/2014

Want more information on the Optics and Photonics industry, educational videos, the Central Florida entrepreneurial scene, and UCF tech updates? The good stuff is on Twitter .

11/05/2014

This excellent PBS documentary talks about the history of glass and how this amazing material affects our lives. On the PBS website through November 19.

[Image above] Steven Johnson hosts a new PBS documentary miniseries episode, called 'How We Got to Now,' that highlights glass's intriguing past. Credit: PBS PBS has a new documentary

09/24/2014

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ORLANDO, Fla. — IRradiance Glass, Inc., which manufactures glasses for applications in infrared optical components and optical systems, was recently awarded a subcontracting role on a Phase II DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) contract.

08/13/2014

Phys.org feature: New technology to fabricate high-performance, flexible optical devices http://phy.so/326447938 via

A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a way to fabricate high-performance flexible optical devices by combining chalcogenide glass and polymers.

06/30/2014

IRradiance Glass team members publish in Nature Photonics http://bit.ly/VAGFYL

Dr. J. David Musgraves and Dr. Kathleen Richardson have contributed to a recently published article in Nature Photonics entitled, “Integrated flexible chalcogenide glass photonic devices.” The co-authors include colleagues at University of Delaware, University of Texas at Austin, and University of…