[sdpd] 1st TOPAS users meeting - Workshop Program now available

["arntkern" <arnt.kern...@bruker-axs.de>]

Second Announcement

Bruker AXS cordially invites you to our 1st TOPAS Users' Meeting, 
which will be held August 5-6, 2006, prior to the 55th Annual Denver 
X-ray Conference at the Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, Denver, 
Colorado, USA.

This highly interactive and training-style workshop is aimed at 
providing users with essential theoretical background as well as 
some working experience. The major components of this workshop are 
problem solving and modeling methods, with the focus on the exchange 
of tips and tricks. The workshop is a unique opportunity to meet 
both the TOPAS makers and expert users and to profit from their 
experience.

http://www.bruker-axs.de/uploads/media/1st_TOPAS_Users_Meeting_-
_2nd_Announcement.pdf

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Program

Saturday August 5th
08:30 - 09:00 Registration/breakfast
 
Session I: Introduction to TOPAS
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction from the seminar organizers
  Arnt Kern & Uwe Preckwinkel - Bruker AXS
09:15 - 10:30 TOPAS: TOtal Pattern Analysis Solutions
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:10 The TOPAS macro language and algebra system: "Do-it-
yourself"
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
11:10 - 11:35 Advanced input file editing using the jEdit editor
  John Evans - Durham University - UK
11:35 - 12:00 Handling of large data amounts: Automated refinements
  John Evans - Durham University - UK
 
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
 
Session II: Line Profile Analysis
13:00 - 14:15 Profile fitting basics: Convolution Based Profile 
Fitting / Fundamental Parameters Approach
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
14:15 - 14:30 Break
14:30 - 15:20 User-defined convolutions: Crystallographic poetry
  Bill David - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK
15:20 - 15:45 Modelling of microstructural properties with TOPAS, a 
practical approach
  Andreas Leineweber, Robert Dinnebier - MPI Stuttgart - Germany
15:45 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:50 The Fundamental Parameters Approach and use of NIST 
SRMs for instrument calibration
  Jim Cline - NIST - USA
16:50 - 17:15 Extracting crystallite size distributions from profile 
analysis - theory and practice
  Pamela Whitfield - NRC Ottawa - Canada
 
17:15 - open end Round table discussion

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Sunday August 6th

08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast - Pikes Foyer
 
Session III: Structure determination and refinement
09:00 - 10:00 Indexing with TOPAS: LSI and LP-Search methods
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
10:00 - 10:30 Structure determination and refinement with TOPAS: 
Features and capabilities
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:10 Structure determination of large and difficult 
structures from powder data
  John Evans - Durham University - UK
11:10 - 11:35 Structure determination of inorganic materials from 
powder data
  Bill David - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK
11:35 - 12:00 Single crystal analysis with TOPAS. Part 1.
  Ivana Evans - Durham University - UK
 
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (location TBA)
 
13:00 - 13:25 Single crystal analysis with TOPAS. Part 2.
  Ivana Evans - Durham University - UK
13:25 - 13:50 Structure refinement of difficult structures
  Pamela Whitfield - NRC Ottawa - Canada
13:50 - 14:15 Indexing with TOPAS: Industrial applications
  Holger Cordes - Bruker AXS
14:15 - 14:30 Break
 
Session IV: Quantitative Rietveld Analysis
14:30 - 14:55 Quantitative Rietveld analysis: The impact of the 
Instrument Function / Fundamental Parameters Approach on 
quantification of complex mixtures
  Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS
14:55 - 15:45 Quantitative Rietveld analysis in the minerals and 
mining industry
  Mati Raudsepp - The University of British Columbia - Canada
15:45 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:50 Quantitative Rietveld analysis: Dealing with unknown 
or partial (e.g. disordered) structures
  Nicola Scarlett - CSIRO Minerals - Australia
16:50 - 17:15 Crystallographic resources: Public and commercial 
structure databases
  John Faber - ICDD - USA
 
17:15 - open end Round table discussion

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To get the most out of the workshop, a basic knowledge of TOPAS is 
recommended, but it is open for anyone interested in learning more 
about the TOPAS capabilities and applications. The sessions will be 
split into step by step discussions of selected topics, 
presentations of invited expert users, and discussion rounds.

Participants are encouraged to submit discussion topics in advance. 
The final schedule will take issues of general interest into account.

For more information please refer to www.bruker-axs.de or email 
arnt.kern...@bruker-axs.de

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