To Enroll: Please call (912) 880-3526

Dates: September 23rd - 26th, 2008

Intstructor: Dr. Eric Skaar, Ph.D and P.E.

• Associate Professor, Gilbert C. Robinson Department of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, Clemson University
• Over 20 years of experience in the field of ceramic and materials engineering.
• Author of over 70 technical publications.
• Principal Investigator responsible for numerous government and corporate sponsored research projects.

Cost: $700 per student (prepaid non-refundable: covers instruction, text, and on-site meals).

Class Limit: 25 Students

Course Schedule and Lecture Topics

Day 1
5:00 PM – All attendees should be checked in at the Hampton Inn Savannah, Georgia. (Telephone: 912-921-1515. Ask for Elan Rate)

5:30 PM – Elan Technology representatives will meet attendees in the lobby of the hotel.

6:00 PM – Introduction of Elan staff and attendees:  Cocktails and dinner in Savannah

7:00 PM – Tour of Savannah’s historic district.

Day 2
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Introduction to Materials, and the Glassy State.
Lecture 1 – Introduction to Materials
Lecture 2 – The Glassy State

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Demonstration A
Melting and Pouring of Glass

9:45 – 11:30 AM
Lecture 3 – Glass Melting and Homogenization
Lecture 4 – Viscosity

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Demonstration B
Glass viscosity, annealing and thermal shock

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch – on premises

1:00 – 1:30 PM
Fundamentals (Cont’d.)
Lecture 5 – Thermal Properties

1:30 – 2:45 PM
Glass to Metal Seals
Lecture 6 – Glass to Metal Seals
Lecture 7 – Glass to Metal Seals – Design Parameters

2:45 – 3:15 PM
Demonstration C
Matched and Mismatched Seals

3:30 – 4:00 PM
Glass to Metal Seals (Cont’d.)
Lecture 8 – Recommended Glass – Metal Combinations (Andrew)

4:00 – 5:00 PM
ELAN PLANT TOUR

5:00 PM
Class Adjourned

Day 3
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Lecture 9 – Stress in Glass to Metal Seals
Lecture 10 – Stress in Glass

9:30 – 10:00 AM
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH

10:15 – 11:30 AM

Lecture 11 – More Glass to Metal Seals
Lecture 12 – Furnace Conditions
Lecture 13 – Relevance of Water to Sealing Glass to Metals

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Lecture 14 – Some Other Important Glass Properties

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch – on premises

1:00 – 2:15 PM
Lecture 15 – Sealing with a Glass Ceramic
Lecture 16 – Special Sealing Glasses

2:15 – 3:00 PM
Lecture 17 – Spray Drying

3:00 PM
Class Adjourned

6:30 PM          
Dinner in Savannah’s Historic District.

Day 4
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Interactive open session for design, production and trouble shooting with Dr. Eric Skaar and the Elan Technology engineering staff.

12:00 – 1:30 PM
Course Evaluations
Diplomas

1:30 PM
Class Adjourned