[sdpd] Frontiers in Powder Diffraction. Workshop at the NSLS, May 19

[pstephens...@notes.cc.sunysb.edu]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to advertise the annual NSLS Users' Meeting (May 19-21, 2003
at Brookhaven National Lab, Long Island, New York), and especially the
workshop "Frontiers in Powder Diffraction" that I am organizing for the
19th.

While the title of this workshop, "frontiers," sounds like cutting-edge
esoterica, the real theme is the growing practice and utility of powder
diffraction and related techniques in a wide variety of contexts.  The
organizer and speakers hope that people will come to this workshop
expecting to apply powder techniques to their own scientific problems.  In
particular, if you have never tried to do an experiment at a synchrotron
source, this would be an excellent place to come and get an orientation
into the capabilities, and to meet some people who would like to help you
get started.

In addition, there will be numerous posters on new results, a discussion of
the new NSLS in-situ powder beamline at X6B, and computers set up with
demonstrations of software.  Participants who wish to bring a sample for
measurement and (public or private) discussion are urged to contact Peter
Stephens in advance (pstephens...@sunysb.edu)

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|  8:59    | Dr. P. Stephens, S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook, Introductory Remarks  |
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| 9:00     | Dr. Camden Hubbard, ORNL                                       |
|          |In situ Powder Diffraction in High Temperature Environments     |
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| 9:45     | Dr. Richard Harlow, Harlow Inc.                                |
|          |High Energy Powder Diffraction on Fe-metal Catalysts            |
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| 10:30    | Coffee Break (and software demos)                              |
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| 11:00    | Dr. Valeri Petkov, Central Michigan University                 |
|          |Pair Distribution Functions in Nanocrystalline Materials        |
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| 11:45    | Dr. Jonathan Hanson, BNL                                       |
|          |High Energy in situ Diffraction During Reduction of Metal       |
|          |Oxides: Parallel Bragg Peak and Radial Distribution Refinements |
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| 12:30    | Lunch served at workshop site.  (And software demos)           |
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| 1:30     | Dr. W.I.F. David, Rutherford Appleton Lab                      |
|          |Beyond Least Squares                                            |
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| 2:15     | Dr. El'ad Caspi,  Argonne National Lab                         |
|          |Phase separation and charge- and spin-ordering in               |
|          |(Ca1-xCex)MnO3.  A complementary x-ray synchrotron and TOF      |
|          |neutron powder diffraction study.                               |
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| 3:00     | Dr. Patrick Woodward, Ohio State University                    |
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| 3:45     | Coffee Break (and software demos)                              |
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| 4:15     | Dr. Tom Vogt, BNL                                              |
|          |Materials That Expand Under Pressure                            |
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| 5:00     | Dr. Bob Von Dreele, LANL and ANL                               |
|          |Protein Powder Diffraction In a Hurry                           |
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| 5:45     | Round-Table Discussion                                         |
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| 5:46     | Adjourn (and software demos;  Maybe hardware demos, depending  |
|          | on how the NSLS comes out of its maintenance cycle)            |
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Peter W. Stephens
Professor and Director of the Graduate Program
Department of Physics & Astronomy
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800



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