All presentations will be held in the McRI Lecture Room.

Monday, July 12: Techniques and Instrumentation

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Morning Session

Chair: James R. Millette

Cyanoacrylate as an Embedding Medium for Fiber Cross-sections
Sebastian Sparenga, McCrone Research Institute

Hot Stage Microscopy Before 1900
Tony Havics, pH2, LLC

Scanning Electron Microscopy Characterization of Epitaxially Grown Aluminum Oxide Employed as Sensor Substrates
Martin Kocanda and Bryn M. Wilke, Northern Illinois University

The Making of a Masterpiece: Picassos “First Steps” (1943)
Patricia Garland, Yale University Art Gallery

More than Meets the Eye: Unveiling Matisse’s “Bathers by a River”
Inge Fiedler and Kristin Lister, The Art Institute of Chicago

Use of PLM, SEM, TEM and Raman in the Characterization of Fly Ash
James R. Millette, MVA Scientific Consultants

2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Afternoon Session

Chair: Jan Hinsch

Sample Preparation Using an Ion Beam Cross-section Polisher
Richard S. Brown, MVA Scientific Consultants

Nanoparticle Research in the 1960s
Eric J. Chatfield, Chatfield Technical Consulting Limited

Advantages of Silicon Drift Detectors (SEM-EDS) in Pharmaceutical Applications
R.A. Carlton, GlaxoSmithKline

Introducing Children to the Micro-Life of Fish Lake
Theodore M. Clarke, Retired Materials Engineer

Hot Stage Microscopy 2000-2009, Where Does it Stand?
Tony Havics, pH2, LLC

Should Microscopists Take Note of the Micro Four Thirds Standard?
Jan Hinsch

7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Evening with Brian
Censoring the Cell: How the Microscope is Abused by the Media
Brian J. Ford

Tuesday, July 13: Environmental and Industrial Microscopy

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Morning Session

Chair. Richard S. Brown

The Sugary Sweet Side of Microscopy
Meggan King, McCrone Research Institute

Asbestos and Vintage Cosmetic Talc Products
Randy Boltin, MVA Scientific Consultants

Use of Malachite Green Stain as an Auxiliary Technique for Differentiating Sepiolite From Chrysotile
Lou Solebello, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories, Inc.

Using Aqueous Elutriation to Isolate Respirable Fractions of Asbestos Fibers from Talc
S.P. Compton, MVA Scientific Consultants

How Microscopic Particles Shut Down the Airways
Brian J. Ford

Ettringite: Not Really a Very Nice Mineral!
Wayne C. Isphording, University of South Alabama

Environmental Microscopy at 200 Feet
Richard S. Brown, MVA Scientific Consultants

2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Afternoon Session

Chair: Tom Kremer

Investigation of Polarized Light Microscopy Differentiation of Erionite from Other Fibrous Zeolites
Lou Solebello and Craig Liska, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Gary Tomaino, Minerals Technologies, Inc.

The Great Mouse Detective
Brendan Nytes, Microtrace, LLC

Microscopical Analysis to Facilitate Problem Solving in the Paper Industry
Walter J. Rantanen, Integrated Paper Services, Inc.

Cellulose Ester Filter Quality Issues
Eric J. Chatfield, Chatfield Technical Consulting Limited

The Analysis of Chinese Drywall That Produced Irritant Health Effects and Corrosion in the Southeast United States
Arthur W. Struss, USG Research (retired)

Field Microscopy in Environmental, Safety and Health
Tony Havics, pH2, LLC

Methods and Benefits of Staining in the Microscopy of Consumer Products
Tom Kremer, Integrated Paper Services

Wednesday, July 14: Chemical and Forensic Microscopy

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m, Morning Session

Chair: Jason Beckert

The Micro-Aquarium Why Dont You Have One?!
Richard S. Brown, MVA Scientific Consultants

Fungi as Forensic Tools
Bernadette O’Reilly, Microtrace, LLC

The Hammer is Back
Peter Diaczuk, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), and Gerard Petillo

Microanalysis of Invasive Traumas
P.D. Zoon, Netherlands Forensics Institute
S.B.C.G. Chang, I. Keereweer, R. Pieterman, M.C. de Boer, M.P.J. Piöt, R.R.R. Gerretsen, E.J. Vermeij

A Method for Isolating Trace Evidence From Plastic Explosive Samples
Andrew Bowen, Stoney Forensics, Inc.

Microcrystal Tests for the Detection of Cathinone and Cathine in Khat
Kelly M. Brinsko, McCrone Research Institute

A Dog by Any Name: The Microscopical Identification of the Hair of the Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
Jason Beckert, Microtrace, LLC

2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Afternoon Session

Chair: R.A. Carlton

A Microchemical Approach to Meth Labs
Jim Dunlop, Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department

What Was I Thinking?
Mark E. Palenik, Microtrace, LLC

The Microscope and the Royal Society
Brian J. Ford

A Compound Microscope by Harris of London, a Classic of the Pre-achromatic Era
Jan Hinsch

Forensic Science in the Pharmaceutical Industry – A Microscopy Perspective
John A. Reffner and Pauline Leary, John Jay College

Applications of Optical Microscopy in the Study of Polymorphism
R.A. Carlton, GlaxoSmithKline

McCrone Research Institute 50th Anniversary
Gary J. Laughlin, McCrone Research Institute