Glass has a long history and has been used as an indispensable material for human society since BC. Today, glass is used not only for glass containers and sheet glass, but also for displays and optical fibers that support our cutting-edge IT society. Glass is truly an eco-friendly material. There must be other fields in which glass can play an active role. In our laboratory, we are engaged in research based on the creation and process development of new functional glasses and glass ceramics that will contribute to the construction of a future society. Recently, we have succeeded in the development of an all-solid-state sodium ion battery composed of oxide ceramics that do not use rare metals, in collaboration with industry and academia.
　The department fosters students who can be active in a wide range of fields, not only in the fields of materials engineering and chemistry, but also actively incorporating mechanics, electrical and electronics, and ICT.