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Joseph Gregar Junior Seminar Mission Statement: Jump to Topics | Overview | Instructors The mission of the Joseph Gregar Junior Member Seminar of the ASGS is to foster the junior members by focusing on basic techniques and procedures used in Scientific Glassblowing. The goal of the annual seminar is to increase exposure to necessary skills as well as provide expert instruction from the industries top glassblowers. A brief history of how the Joseph Gregar Junior Member Seminar came to be. The first “Junior Member Workshop” was held in 1987 at the Boston, Massachusetts Symposium. The program stated ” Instruction and demonstration of techniques as requested by Junior Members attending”. The next year in 1988 at the Atlantic City, New Jersey Symposium was the first Seminar that Joseph Gregar was an instructor. Since then Mr. Gregar has been instrumental in making the Seminar what it is today. 2013 was the last year Mr. Gregar was in charge of the Seminar. Mike Souza took over as the interim leader in 2014 until a more permanent person could be found. This only lasted one year. In 2015 Christopher Bock officially stepped up to guide the Seminar into the future. How to get into the Seminar: Perspective attendees need to COMPLETELY fill out the application and mail, email, or fax it to the National Office (Deadline to be determined). Applications received before or after the dates will not be accepted. The information on the application is to help us prepare for the Seminar. There is a total of 12 slots in the Seminar, 4 of them are for award winners and the last 8 will be picked using a lottery system. Finally, before (Date TBD) the 8 applicants will be notified to confirm their slot. Who is allowed into the Seminar? Any Junior member or Student member in good standing with the ASGS. Joseph Gregar Junior Seminar Application – Download This Years Seminar: The Joseph S. Gregar Junior Member Workshop Seminar Program is open to the first twelve National Junior / Student Members who are registered for the ASGS Symposium. This seminar is available at no cost to junior and student registrants and will be held on Monday July 24 and Tuesday July 25, 2017. This year’s symposium and the Junior Seminar program will be held at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark, Austin, Texas. It will be a very rewarding seminar with great instructors; Christopher Bock, Joseph Gregar, Klaus Paris and Robert Singer. Remember registration is limited to 12 for this seminar program. Don’t forget to register for the symposium and fill out and send in the junior seminar qualifying form. This program is a wonderful learning experience that you do not want to miss. We will have our 4-station quartz and an 8-station borosilicate set up for bench work allowing each participant to have his or her own torch and workstation. We will also have a glass lathe available for some of the projects. This year our professional instructors will be giving Read More …

To continue to show our appreciation to our Exhibitors that provide product and support for our society please visit them during the Exhibitor Reception. Visit their respective websites to become familiar with their product line by clicking on the company name listed below. Ask questions before arriving for the symposium, and possibly arrange special viewing of a particular item(s) by contacting the representative listed. Visit the following Exhibitors (Listed in alphabetical order) ABR Imagery – We carry a full line of Northstar, Glass Alchemy, Momka, Simax, Elvis – TAG glass, and Gilson Opals to list a few. We also carry all the tools you will need to start glass working, from bench rollers, molds, lathes, fume hoods, frit trays and accessories, to electroforming kits, measurement devices, molds, reamers, titanium pens, graphite tools, and many more. Contact: Ross Thackery Phone: 812-339-0147 Email: rossglass@cs.com Arnold Gruppe – Machines and equipment for the glass and silicon industry. Contact: Bob Halbreiner Phone: 215-378-1292 Email: bobhalbreiner@versizon.net Carlisle Machine Works – Contact: Mary Dougherty Phone: 856-825-0627 Chemglass Life Sciences – For more than seventy years, Chemglass, Inc. has manufactured the highest quality laboratory glassware and equipment for the scientific community. Chemglass is headquartered in Vineland NJ USA and is a secondary manufacturer of laboratory glassware. Contact: David Surdam Phone: 856-696-0014 Email: dave@cglifesciences.com Friedrich & Dimmock – Our custom glass fabrication capabilities include special profiles (square, rectangular, oval, etc.) on the ID and/or the OD in Simax Borosilicate Glass and in Heraeus Quartz. These special shapes can be combined with custom precision bores of virtually any shape. Our borosilicate glass and quartz techniques yield smooth, pristine IDs with tolerances that can range down to mere microns! Multiple bores with precise, center-to-center distances can also be produced to suit your specific requirements. Need a round OD with a locating flat? No problem! Just send us a print or drawing via fax or email, and we will render a fast and concise quotation. Contact: Brent Thorn Phone: 856-825-0305 Email: bthorn@fdglass.com GM Associates – G.M. Associates, Inc. provides our customers high quality quartz products to meet or exceed their fabrication requirements, all within reasonable economic limits. Our priorities and continuous improvement efforts are focused on competitive pricing, on-time deliveries and high quality workmanship. Contact: Deborah Camp Phone: 510-430-0806 ext.11 Email: deborah@gmassoc.com Hario – Since 1921 – The company has been dedicated to the design, production, and sale of heatproof glass since it was founded in 1921 and is the only heatproof glass manufacturer in Japan to have a factory. At the time of founding, glass products for science laboratories and medical uses were produced and sold. After World War II, production of household items began starting with the coffee syphon. Since then, the company has expanded to production of items such as coffee equipment, equipment for tea, Japanese teas and herb teas, microwave-safe cooking equipment, kitchenware, aroma therapy, and pet products. In the 80s, production of industrial glass for automotive headlights began. Contact: Tadayasu Shibata Email: t-shibata@hario.com Hendrixson Glass Decals- Read More …

Allan B Brown Glassblowing Seminars— Austin TX 2017. (Limited to 12) Allan B Brown Seminar is two days of providing advanced technique instruction. Each day can be viewed as seperate seminars, so you can elect to participate in Seminar 1, Seminar 2, or both. Seminar 1 Bench — Building a Soxhlet Extractor Lathe — Concentrator Distilling Condenser Seminar 2 Bench — MultiSeal apparatus, incorporating many seals and techniques Lathe — West Condenser, using no cardboard or inner supports Instructors Jack Korfhage Jack Korfhage has been a glassblower for 51 years. He graduated from Salem County Technical Institute, as a Scientific Glassblower. Jack has worked for several different companies in his career the longest was 30 years for Albemarle Corporation. After retirement from Albemarle Corporation he had his own business, Bayou Glassblowing. Jack has been a member of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society since 1977. He has held several officer positions in both the Sections and National ASGS. Jack was president of the ASGS in 2008-2009. He has been Co-Chair of 3 ASGS Symposiums. He has been the recipient of the New England Section Award, J.Allen Alexander Award, Karl Walther Award 2 times, Midwest Achievement Award, William Wilt Sr. Award 2 times, and 3 Technical Awards from Albemarle Corporation. Jack has been the Chair of, or been teaching in the Allan B. Brown Seminar for the last 20 years. Neal Korfhage Neal Korfhage began scientific glassblowing at the age of 15, working with his father in the family-based glassblowing business. His first learned skills were tooling and basic repair of scientific glassware. After graduating from high school, he attended Salem Community College from 1994-1996. He then accepted a glassblowing position at Sigma-Aldrich Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked until 2006. Neal currently is the scientific glassblower for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Neal has served on the Audit Committee, Computer Committee, and the Allan B. Brown Glassblowing Seminar of the ASGS. Kevin Teaford Kevin Teaford started his glassblowing career in 1992 at the Westinghouse-Hanford Company. After 3 ½ years in Research and Development, Kevin accepted a position with Farlow’s Scientific Glassblowing in northern California. At Farlow’s, he learned of many new types of glassware found in the medical and scientific production industry. In 1999, he secured a position at Precision Glassblowing of Colorado. While at Precision, he was introduced to many new aspects of production-style glassblowing, which included fabrication of large diameter Pyrex apparatus and the introduction of larger Quartz fabrication. Kevin has worked at the University of Utah since 2002. Kevin has been the National Membership Chair for the ASGS and now is the Chair of the Allan B. Brown Regular Member Seminar. Ron Legge Ron Legge has over 50 years of experience blowing glass. At the age of 16 Ron began as a part time glassblower assisting in the glass shop at the University of Alberta. Ron then apprenticed at University of Toronto Scarborough Campus for two years at which point took Read More …

2017 ASGS Family Activities Thinkery Austins Childrens Museum $10/person 1830 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723 20mins Website Congress Street Bridge (Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge) Bat seeing 305 S Congress Ave Austin,TX 11mins Austin’s Birds of the Night… Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center $10/adult, $4/child 16mins LBJ-Home Inner Space Cavern Various levels of difficulty Price Varies 35mins https://innerspacecavern.com/ Zilker Park 2100 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 12min http://austintexas.gov/department/zilker-metropolitan-park Barton Springs Pool 2201 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX $3/18-62 yr olds, $1/-11yr old, $2 12-17yr olds. https://austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool Botanical Gardens 2220 Barton Springs Rd $1 for children (ages 3-12),$3 for adults(ages 13-61) Lady Bird Johnson Lake/Town lake Kayak, paddleboard, & boat rentals, canoeing, miniature train rides, multi age playscape 10am- dusk $15/hr or $45/day https://austintexas.gov/page/lady-bird-lake Nature & Science Center 2389 Stratford Dr, Austin, TX 78746 Free 20mins http://www.austintexas.gov/department/austin-nature-and-science-center Umlauf Sculpture Gardens & Museum $5/adult, $3/Seniors (60+), Children 12 & under: Free 15mins http://www.umlaufsculpture.org/ *This is by no means an extensive list of family friendly events/activities nearby.