Ari Daniel, PhD ’08 | February 19, 2026
Reflections on glass
MIT alum Manoj Choudhary speaks to MIT Technology Review about his passion for glass and his innovative work that became central to decarbonizing glassmaking.
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Upon graduating from MIT, Choudhary joined Owens Corning, a company with a long history of glass innovation, where he led efforts to decarbonize glassmaking.
Courtesy of Manoj Choudhary
“No material combines utility and beauty like glass,” says Manoj Choudhary, ScD ‘80, whose pioneering work at Owens Corning included finding ways of using electricity rather than fossil-fuel combustion in the melting process for manufacturing glass fibers. Now an adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at Ohio State University, Choudhary has embraced a mentorship role. “Mentorship is one of the things that I’ve benefited from greatly throughout my life, including at MIT,” he says, “so I’m trying to pay my debt in some small way.”
Read the full story in MIT Technology Review.