Materials Development, Inc. (MDI), a spin out from Containerless Research, develops materials and process technologies for the glass and ceramics industries. The company provides instrumentation and materials centered around containerless processing, specifically using acoustic levitation and aerodynamic levitation techniques. MDI's capabilities include laser beam and containerless melting; controlled atmosphere furnace melting; sample synthesis; custom instrumentation design and development; novel glass materials synthesis, development, and characterization; process design and analysis; mechanical design; and laser beam and radio frequency heater design, optimization and construction.
