Fourth São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-Ceramics

The CeRTEV team (www.certev.ufscar.br), in collaboration with ICTP-SAIFR (IFT-UNESP), is pleased to announce the Fourth São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-ceramics, to be held from April 27 to May 1, 2026, following the great success of the previous editions held in 2015, 2023 and 2024. This School is part of a series organized yearly by the International Commission on Glass (ICG) in Montpellier, Wuhan and Kolkata.

SCHOOL OBJECTIVES

• Provide state-of-the-art knowledge on the structure and dynamic processes of glasses and glass-ceramics (diffusion, viscous flow, relaxation, liquid-liquid phase separation, and crystallization), as well as their optical, electrical, mechanical, and biochemical properties.
• Strengthen the international network of CeRTEV collaborators.
• Attract future students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scientists, while fostering collaborative research.
• Disseminate CeRTEV’s faculty, infrastructure, and research facilities to Brazilian and international students and their supervisors.
• Emphasize networking as a key component of school.

A small registration fee of USD 290 is required to attend the school. However, we are pleased to offer 50 grants that will waive the registration fee, cover hotel accommodation for up to seven nights, and provide lunch expenses for selected students and postdoctoral researchers. For further information, please visit the website https://www.certev.ufscar.br/en/education

For further information, please visit the website https://www.certev.ufscar.br/en/education or contact Prof. Edgar Zanotto at dedz@ufscar.br

• Prof. Edgar D. Zanotto – CeRTEV director
• Prof. Hellmut Eckert – CeRTEV vice-director
• Prof. Ana C.M. Rodrigues – CeRTEV Education and Science Outreach coordinator
• Prof. Eduardo B. Ferreira – CeRTEV Technology and Innovation coordinator
• Dr. Danilo Liarte – IFT-Unesp and ICTP-SAIFR
• Dr. Ricardo F. Lancelotti – CeRTEV Postdoctoral researcher
• Miss Laurie Leonardo, Administrative assistant

SPONSORS
FAPESP-CeRTEV, DEMa-UFSCar, ParqTec São Carlos, ICG, ICTP-SAIFR, and Sisecam (Turkey).

Instructors

• Ana Candida M. Rodrigues (UFSCar) – Electrical properties
  
• Andréa S. S. de Camargo (BAM) – Optical properties
  
• Carolina Brito (UFRGS) – Statistical mechanics of glass
  
• Daniel R. Cassar (CNPEM) – Glass design by Machine Learning
  
• Danilo Liarte (IFT-UNESP and ICTP) – Glass physics in disordered elastic materials
  
• Edgar D. Zanotto (UFSCar) – Crystallization and glass-ceramics
  
• Eduardo B. Ferreira (USP) – Glass sintering
  
• Francisco Serbena (UEPG) – Mechanical properties of glass-ceramics
  
• Hellmut Eckert (USP) – Glass structure by EPR
  
• Henrik Bradtmüller (USP) – Glass structure by NMR
  
• José Pedro Rino (UFSCar) – MD simulations
  
• Marcelo Nalin (UNESP) – Photonic glasses
  
• Marcos de Oliveira Junior (USP) – Glass structure by NMR
  
• Paulo S. Pizani (UFSCar) – Raman spectroscopy
  
• Ricardo F. Lancelotti (UFSCar) – Glass relaxation
  
• Oscar Peitl (UFSCar) – Bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics

A small registration fee of USD 290 is required to attend the school. However, we are pleased to offer 50 grants that will waive the registration fee, cover hotel accommodation for up to seven nights, and provide lunch expenses for selected students and postdoctoral researchers.
Please note that transportation, health insurance, visa fees, and any other travel-related expenses must be covered by the students themselves or by their academic supervisors or home institutions.

Young researchers from industry, as well as professors, are welcome to attend the school. However, financial support is not available for these participants.
To apply for a grant, interested and qualified students and postdoctoral researchers should contact us as soon as possible on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications must be submitted by e-mail before October 30, 2025, and include:

•  An abstract of the applicant’s thesis project;
•  A letter of recommendation from the thesis supervisor, including a statement confirming coverage of the applicant’s transportation, health insurance, visa, and other travel-related expenses.

E-mails for applications: dedz@ufscar.br / certevlamav@gmail.com / lancelotti.r@dema.ufscar.br

Registration form here.

Deadline: October 30, 2025

This edition of the school will be held in São Paulo from April 27 to 28 at the Principia Institute, and in São Carlos at the Physics Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP) from April 29 to May 1. Transportation from São Paulo to São Carlos will be provided on April 28 after the lectures, with a stop and visit at the Synchrotron facility (SIRIUS) in Campinas. Return transportation to Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) will be offered on the morning of Saturday, May 2.
Participants are encouraged to arrive in São Paulo on Saturday, April 25, or Sunday, April 26. We recommend visiting the renowned São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) and exploring a traditional street fair on Sunday, both located on Avenida Paulista and within walking distance of the School hotel. Advance reservation for MASP is required through SophiA Biblioteca (http://www.masp.art.br/).

Venue: This edition of the school will be held in São Paulo from April 27 to 28 at the Principia Institute, and in São Carlos at the Physics Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP) from April 29 to May 1. Principia Institute is located at Rua Pamplona, 145 – Domo – Bela Vista, São Paulo, in the same block as the Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista. See arrival instructions here.

Accommodation in São Paulo: Participants whose accommodation will be provided by the institute will stay at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista. Hotel recommendations are available here.

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit. Also, if you are staying at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista, please confirm with the Uber/Taxi driver that the hotel is located at Rua Pamplona 83 in Bela Vista (and not in Jardim Etelvina).

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are required to apply for a tourist visa.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper.

Power outlets: The standard power outlet in Brazil is type N (two round pins + grounding pin). Some European devices are compatible with the Brazilian power outlets. US devices will require an adapter.