David L. Morse, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Corning Incorporated, will give the plenary talk on “A Day Made of Glass—Vision Becoming Reality,” at the 2013 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston. His talk will be based on an Internet video series presented by Corning on the future of glass (see www.corning.com/adaymadeofglass). Morse will discuss advanced glass materials and applications from high-performance liquid-crystal display glass to super tough, thin, lightweight substrates to very high bandwidth and very low loss optical fibers and connectors for wire line and wireless applications. These developments, including novel materials modeling to the latest in optical fiber design, and their technical trajectories will be discussed. The presentation will be given on Monday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel.
Morse joined Corning in 1976 as a composition scientist in glass research after receiving his PhD degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is now a member of the management committee of the corporation, is an invited participant to meetings of Corning’s board of directors, is a member of the board of directors of Dow Corning Corporation, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Corning Incorporated Foundation.
Over the course of his career at Corning, he has had many senior leadership roles in materials research, product development, and technology leadership in several business divisions. Prior to his current position, Morse was senior vice president, Science & Technology and director, Corporate Research. He has been active in the development of Corning’s glass strategy.
Morse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, chair of the McDonnell International Scholars External Advisory Committee at Washington University in St. Louis, the Board of Industry Advisors of International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass, and the National Science Foundation National Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.
