ACCA CHEMISTRY COURSE – SEMINAR

Spring 2008
Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area

Chemical and Biological Microscopy

The College of Microscopy welcomes ACCA chemistry and biology students and faculty to a Spring Seminar Series.

The Spring Seminar Series will be held in the new College of Microscopy auditorium in The McCrone Group facility at 850 Pasquinelli Drive, Westmont, IL 60559.

For directions, visit www.collegeofmicroscopy.com and go to ”Area Info.”

Beginning Tuesday, February 5, 2008, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the 10- week series will be held each Tuesday evening through April 8, 2008.

Each evening will feature an instructor from the faculty of The College of Microscopy or a senior scientist from McCrone Associates. Biographical information about each instructor can be found by clicking on “Instructors” on the home page of www.collegeofmicroscopy.com.

Each evening will be filled with lecture (theory, practice, equipment, sampling and application), demonstrations and illustrative examples from industry.

If you have any specific questions regarding directions or the series content, feel free to contact Chuck Zona, Dean, College of Microscopy, at 630-887-7100 or email czona@mccrone.com.

Spring Seminar Series Subject Matter

Week	Date	Subject	Topics	Instructor
1	5 Feb	Polarized Light Microscopy Suggested Reading: Selected Topics from Essentials of Polarized Light Microscopy	Light Microscopy Basics of Polarized Light Sample Preparation Materials Identification Microchemical Testing	Scott Stoeffler
2	12 Feb	Contrast Enhancement Suggested Reading: Specialized Microscopy Techniques	Oblique illumination Darkfield & Rheinberg Phase contrast Interference contrast Fluorescence microscopy	John Delly
3	19 Feb	Photomicrography & Digital Imaging	Photographic methods Illumination techniques Scientific imaging Photomicrography Image manipulation	Joe Barabe
4	26 Feb	Microspectroscopy	FTIR microscopy Raman microscopy Biomedical IR microscopy Integrating light microscopy with microspectroscopy	Gretchen Shearer
5	4 Mar	Scanning Electron Microscopy	Secondary and backscatter imaging X-ray microanalysis Automated particle analysis Food and beverage cans	Wayne Niemeyer
6	11 Mar	Transmission Electron Microscopy	Theory Instruments Sampling Analysis Nano-materials	Elaine Schumacher
7	18 Mar	Forensic Microscopy	C.S.I. Effect Associative evidence Microscopy of trace evidence	Dick Bisbing
8	25 Mar	Weapons of Mass Destruction	History First response Instruments White powders Chemical weapons Biological weapons	Chuck Zona Mike Whiteside (Concordia)
9	1 Apr	Aquatic Microscopy	Hydrographic maps Water chemistry Seasonal effects Invertebrate survey Arbor Lake survey	John Delly
10	8 Apr	Art and Archaeology	Materials and methods Sampling Materials analysis Paintings Documents Authentication	Joe Barabe