Glass Competence Center – GCC

The Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design (ISM+D) and the Materials Testing Institute MPA-IfW of the TU Darmstadt both have strong competencies in the field of glass construction, which are concentrated in the Glass Competence Center.

Core Competences

The team is involved in:

research projects,
applied industrial research,
approval and licensing procedures,
production controls and
teaching events

with the material glass and its applications in construction and architecture as well as in the automotive and consumer goods industries.

In the process, theory, experiment and simulation are synergetically linked.

Glass Performance Days 2023

Once again the GCC team participated in the Glass Performance Days (GPD) in Tampere/Finland to exchange ideas with the glass industry. Click on the link to learn more about the event and our contribution.

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GCC on LinkedIn

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glasstec on tour @ gcc

For the glass technology live (gtl) exhibition at this year's glasstec 2022, a team from Messe Düsseldorf made its way to Darmstadt to talk to Ulrich Knaack, Jens Schneider and Matthias Seel from the Glass Competence Center.

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Research and Education

The Glass Competence Center unites 11 innovative research areas dealing with glass in the built environment.

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