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Feb 17, 2016

Mar 4th, 2016 – XRD Short Course

NCSU’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) is giving a hands-on short course on X-ray Diffraction (XRD). This introductory course will cover basic principles of X-ray diffraction, operation of diffractometers in Bragg-Brentano…

Feb 17, 2016

Mar 4th, 2016 – SEM Short Course

SEM Short Course NCSU’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) offers a hands-on short course on Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) on a routine basis.  In addition to two lectures on SEM theory,…

Feb 11, 2016

Feb 26th, 2016 – Nanoindentation Short Course

Nanoindentation Short Course This introductory short course will cover the basic principles and operation of nanomechanical testing through quasistatic nanoindentation.   The lecture component will introduce the concepts of deformation…

Feb 2, 2016

Feb 19, 2016 – First Analytical Inquiry Friday

NCSU’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) is kicking off our first Analytical Inquiry Friday (AIF) on Feb 19th, 2016. This Inquiry Friday is meant for those who are interested in getting…

Dec 16, 2015

Feb 12th, 2016 – SEM Short Course

SEM Short Course NCSU’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) offers a hands-on short course on Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) on a routine basis.  In addition to two lectures on SEM theory,…

Dec 16, 2015

Feb 5th, 2016 – FIB Short Course

FIB short course AIF is going to offer another FIB short course in June 26th, 2015. The FIB short course includes lectures covering an introduction to the FIB technique, an…

Dec 11, 2015

Jan 22nd 2016 – Basic Vacuum Technology Short Course

  Date Friday, Jan 22nd, 2016 Time  8:30 am – 5:00 pm Location Monteith Research Center, Rm 320 (NCSU Centennial Campus) Instructor Fred Stevie Registration Cost Free (Sponsored by RTNN)…

Dec 11, 2015

Jan 8th, 2016 – SEM Short Course

SEM Short Course NCSU’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) offers a hands-on short course on Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) on a routine basis.  In addition to two lectures on SEM theory,…

Dec 2, 2015

Nov 4th, 2016 and Nov 10th, 2017 – MRS/ASM/AVS Joint Symposium at NCSU

Dates have been set up for 2016 and 2017 MRS/ASM/AVS Joint Symposium. Please follow up with us for any updates.   AIF Is Pleased To Host A Joint Symposium: Materials…

Dec 2, 2015

Dec 14th, 2015 – Rietveld Workshop

The primary goal of this workshop is to teach participants the Rietveld refinement method for evaluating crystal structures from 1D diffraction data. This workshop will consist of a lecture describing…