Syllabus & Schedule

NOTE: Workshop cancelled for 2012. We will offer it again in 2013. Please visit us for a tour or schedule a one-on-one training session with an engineer at our regular "Federally approved" hourly instrument rates.
Day 1         Monday, June 26, 2012

12:00              Registration and Lunch

1:15              Course Overview
                        A. H. Heuer, Case Western Reserve University

 1:45              Lecture 1        
                        Quantitative XEDS Analysis in the SEM:  Fundamentals
                        TBD

3:00              Break

3:15              Lecture 2
                        Quantitative XEDS Analysis in the SEM: Applications
                        TBD

4:30              General Discussion and Q&A

5:00             Wine and Cheese Reception hosted by Physical Electronics
                      

Day 2             Tuesday, June 27, 2012

   8:30             Continental Breakfast

   9:00             Lecture 3
                        Auger Electron Spectroscopy:  Fundamentals
                        S. Raman, Physical Electronics

10:15              Break

10:30              Lecture 4
                        Auger Electron Spectroscopy: Applications
                        S. Raman, Physical Electronics

12:00              Lunch

 1:30               TOF-SIMS: Fundamentals
                        G. Fisher, Physical Electronics

2:45                Break

3:00               TOF-SIMS: Applications
                       G. Fisher, Physical Electronics

4:15              General Discussion and Q&A

   5:00             Adjourn

   6:00             Reception and Banquet**
               

 Day 3              June 38,  2012

   8:30              Continental Breakfast

   9:00              XPS/ESCA: Fundamentals
                       S. Raman

10:15               Break

10:30               XPS/ESCA: Applications
                        S. Raman, PI

11:45               Discussion and Q&A
 

12:30               Lunch

   1:30              Hands-on Laboratory Demonstration**
                        A. H. Heuer, Ph.D.
                        Wayne Jennings, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
                        David Hovis, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
                        Annette Marsolais, MBA, Case Western Reserve University

   5:00               Adjourn            
 

Day 4**          Thursday, June 29,  2012

   8:30              Continental Breakfast

   9:00              Laboratory Demonstration

12:30               Lunch

   1:30              Laboratory Demonstration

   5:00              Adjourn             
 

Day 5**          June 30, 2012

   8:30              Continental Breakfast

   9:00              Laboratory Demonstration

12:30              Lunch and Final Feedback

 **A maximum of 20 participants will be organized into groups of six for hands-on demonstrations of the techniques. Participants are encouraged to bring samples for analysis, recognizing that the results will have to be shared with all attendees. Limited to attendees who registered for both the lectures and demonstrations.