As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2008
                     Registration No. 333-46068
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        UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549

                 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                               TO
                            FORM S-8
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                 DYNASIL CORPORATION OF AMERICA
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Delaware                                     22-1734088
(State  or other                                (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                                Identification No.)
 organization)

                         385 Cooper Road
                      West Berlin, NJ 08091
                         (856) 767-4600
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                    1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                    1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                    (Full title of the plan)

                         Craig T. Dunham
              President and Chief Executive Officer
                 Dynasil Corporation of America
                         385 Cooper Road
                      West Berlin,NJ 08091
                         (856) 767-4600
 (Name, address, telephone number, including area code, of agent
                          for service)
                         with a copy to:
                      Gerald Chalphin, Esq.
                   427 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue
                     Philadelphia, PA 19119
                         (215) 248-1113

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                    Proposed         Proposed
                    Maximum          Maximum
Title of Securities  Amount          Offering  Aggregate  Amount of
 to be Registered    to be           Price     Offering   Registration
                    Registered(1)    Per Unit  Price      Fee
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Common Stock,
$.0005 par
value (2)(3)         900,000 shares   $2.25     $2,025,000     $276.00
Common Stock,
$.0005 par
value (2)(4)         300,000 shares   $2.25     $  675,000     $ 92.00

TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE                                         $368.00



(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional  shares
that  may  be necessary to adjust the number of shares  reserved
for issuance under the Dynasil Corporation of America 1999 Stock
Incentive  Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan as a result  of
any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment  of
the outstanding Common Stock.

(2)   Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the  Securities  Act
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,  and
based  upon  the $2.25 per share average of the  bid  and  asked
price  for the registrant's common stock on the over the counter
market  on  August  15, 2008 (a date within five  business  days
prior to the date of filing the Registration Statement).

(3)  Shares to be issued pursuant to the Dynasil Corporation  of
America 1999 Stock Incentive Plan

(4)  Shares to be issued pursuant to the Dynasil Corporation  of
America Employee Stock Purchase Plan

     This  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 ("Registration Statement") incorporates by
reference  the  contents  and  information  set  forth  in   the
Registration Statement, Registration No. 333-46068 on  Form  S-8
filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  September
19,  2000, pursuant to which the Company registered an aggregate
of  650.000  shares of the Company's common stock,  $0.0005  par
value per share.

     On January 18, 2005, the Registrant increased the number of
shares  available under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan by 900,000
shares  and  the number of shares available under  its  Employee
Stock  Purchase  Plan by 300,000. This Post-Effective  Amendment
increases  the  total  number of shares  under  the  1999  Stock
Incentive  Plan registered under the Registration  Statement  to
1,350,000  and  the  total number of shares under  the  Employee
Stock  Purchase Plan registered under to Registration  Statement
to 403,535.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit Number Description

5         Opinion of Gerald Chalphin, Esq.

23(a)     Consent of Gerald Chalphin, Esq. (included in
          Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)

23(b)     Consent of Haefele, Flanagan & Co., p.c.



                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as  amended,  the  registrant certifies that it  has  reasonable
grounds  to  believe that it meets all of the  requirements  for
filing  on  Form  S-8  and has duly caused  this  Post-Effective
Amendment  No. 1 to its registration statement to be  signed  on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of West Berlin, State of New Jersey on August 21, 2008.

                             DYNASIL CORPORATION  OF AMERICA


                             By: /s/ Craig T. Dunham
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                                 Name:  Craig T. Dunham
                                 Title: President and
                                 Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as   amended,  this  Registration  Statement  or  post-effective
amendment  thereto,  has  been signed  below  by  the  following
persons in the capacities and on the 21st day of August, 2008.

Signature                Title

/s/ Craig T. Dunham*     President and Chief Executive Officer
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Craig T. Dunham

/s/ Laura Lunardo        Principal Financial Officer
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Laura Lunardo

/s/ Eugene Talerico      Principal Accounting Officer
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Eugene Talerico

                         Director
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James Saltzman


/s/ Cecil Ursprung*      Director
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Cecil Ursprung


/s/ Peter Sulick*        Director
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Peter Sulick


* pursuant to Power of Attorney


                          EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.    Description of Document


5              Opinion of Gerald Chalphin, Esq.

23(a)          Consent   of  Haefele,  Flanagan  &  Co.,   p.c.,
               Independent Public Accountants

23(b)          Consent  of  Gerald Chalphin  (included  in
               Exhibit 5)

24             Powers of Attorney