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Delbert E. Day Curators' Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Senior Research Investigator Graduate Center for Materials Research University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-1170  Phone: (573) 341-4354 Fax: (573) 341-2071 E-mail: day@umr.edu Click here to see curriculum vitae

Research
	Glass --
		Structure/Property Relationships Nucleation/Crystallization Chemical Durability Mass Transport Production & Application of Special Glass Microspheres & Glass Fibers
	Nuclear Waste Disposal --
		Vitrification of Waste with Iron Phosphate Glasses
	Composites
		High Strength Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites of High Optical Transparency
	Bio-Materials / Biological Uses of Glass
		Development and Properties of Biodegradable, Bioactive and Bioinert Glasses for In-Vivo Applications -- Glass Microspheres for the In-Vivo Irradiation of Malignant Tumors (Liver and Kidney Cancer)
	Solid Waste Recycling --
		Glasphalt -- Use of Waste Glass in Bituminous Paving
	Author or coauthor of 318 technical publications, editor of 3 technical books, and holder of 44 U.S and foreign patents (3 U.S. and 3 foreign patents pending).

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Other
		American Ceramic Society, Past President, 1995-96
		Consultant to state and federal agencies and to private industry in the field of glass, refractories, biomaterials, new product development, production methods and product behavior.
		Expert witness for patent infringement, glass failure analysis and performance of glass products.
		President of Mo-Sci Corp a manufacturer of special prupose glass microspheres, fibers and frot.
		Honors & Awards
		Research News

	Teaching
	Structure and Properties of Oxide Glasses
	Glass Melting and Manufacture
	Glass to Metal Seals
	Crystal Chemistry and Crystal Structure