2001 Denver X-ray Conference Steamboat Springs, Colorado 50 Years of Progress & Development

Sheraton Steamboat Resort and Conference Center 50th Annual Denver X-ray Conference Steamboat Springs, Colorado July 30 – August 3, 2001

346 Registrations 74% US 26% non-US Attendance Figures

Exhibit Figures Exhibit Booths: 45 Tabletops: 4 Exhibiting Companies: 37 Exhibitors: 200

15 Workshops l W-1 Cement Analysis (Broton/Anzelmo) l W-2 Small Angle Scattering (Londono) l W-3 Intro to XRF (Jenkins/Croke) l W-4 Total Reflection (Zaitz/Wobrauschek) l W-5 Absorption Analysis (Rosenfeld) l W-6 Use of the Web as a Resource (Kottenhahn) l W-7 Maintenance and Calibration of X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers (Croke/Jenkins)

Workshops (con’t) l W-8 Fundamental Parameters (Mantler) l W-9 Industrial Rietveld Applications (Morton/Simon) l W-10 Two-Dimensional XRD (Blanton/He) l W-11 Neutron Diffraction of Polymers (Gardner) l W-12 Specimen Preparation I (Broton/Anzelmo) l W-13 Maintenance, Alignment & Standards (Noyan) l W- 14 High Resolution XRD (Tanner) l W-15 Specimen Preparation II (Broton/Anzelmo)

Plenary Session “Fifty Years of the Denver X-ray Conference”

Plenary Session “Fifty Years of the Denver X-ray Conference” THE VERY EARLY YEARS OF THE DENVER X-RAY CONFERENCE W. Mueller, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO THE DENVER X-RAY CONFERENCE: 1966 – 1979 J. B. Newkirk, Colorado Sports Equipment, Inc., Evergreen, CO THE CHANGING YEARS: 1970 – 1980 C. Ruud, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA THE CHANGING YEARS: P. K. Predecki, The University of Denver, Denver, CO THE MODERN DENVER CONFERENCE R. Jenkins, Emeritus, ICDD, Newtown Square, PA

14 Sessions l C-1 New Developments in XRD & XRF Instrumentation (Commercial) (Buhrke) l D-1 R.A. Young Rietveld Analysis (Stock/Snyder) l D-2 Pharmaceuticals & Combinatorial (Kidd) l F-1 John Criss Commemorative Session: Quantitative XRF (Van Grieken/Gilfrich) l C-2 Synchrotron Applications (Macrander) l D-3 Industrial Applications – XRD (Chung) l D-4 Polymers I: Multi-Probe Studies (Gardner/Murthy)

Sessions (con’t) l F-2 Capillary Optics ( Havrilla) l C-3 Electron Beam (Goehner) l D-5 Stress Analysis I (Goldsmith/Sasaki) l D-6 Polymers II: 2DWAXS & SAXS Data Analysis / In Situ Structure Development (Barton/Londono) l F-3 TXRF ( Zaitz) l C-4 Microbeam Analysis (Janssens) l D-7 Stress Analysis II (Goldsmith/Sasaki)

Awards Presented

Barrett Award Paul Predecki presented the to David E. Cox Emeritus, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2001 Barrett Award

Jenkins Award Bob Snyder presented the to Ron Jenkins Emeritus, ICDD 2001 Jenkins Award

Hanawalt Award Cam Hubbard presented the to Ray Goehner & Joseph Michael Sandia National Laboratory Lecture: “Phase Identification Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction in the SEM: A Powerful Tool for Materials Science” Hanawalt Award

Distinguished Fellows Award Julian Messick presented the to Ron Jenkins ICDD Distinguished Fellows Award

Looking Ahead… 51 st Annual Denver X-ray Conference –Colorado Springs, CO –29 July –2 August 2002, at the Antlers Adam’s Mark Hotel (Red Lion Hotel –overflow) –Plenary Session: Applications of X-ray Analysis to Forensic Materials, chaired by David Rendle and Ron Jenkins –Pick up your copy of the Call for Papers or see the DXC 2002 poster

Looking Ahead… 52 nd Annual Denver X-ray Conference 4-8 August 2003 Denver Tech Center Marriott, Denver, CO

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