{"195871":{"#nid":"195871","#data":{"type":"event","title":"NANO@TECH:  Rich Brown, Executive Director and \u201cParticle Detective\u201d MVA Scientific Consultants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProblem Solving Using Light and Electron Microscopy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ERich Brown, Executive Director and \u201cParticle Detective\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EMVA Scientific Consultants\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Using a combination of microscopical techniques, Rich applies polarized light microscopy (PLM), Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy, (FTIR), confocal Raman microscopy, (CRM), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to solve problems in research and industry.\u0026nbsp; Typically the use of a microscope is the only way to approach problems that involve fine particles that have found their way into or onto a product resulting in some form of contamination.\u0026nbsp; Rich will demonstrate, through the use of case examples, how many particle based problems can be solved using a common sense approach and a strong background in light and electron microscopy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERich has a Masters degree in Forensic Chemistry from Northeastern University and has studied and worked with microscopes for the past 30 years to characterize fumes, dusts, white powders and contamination.\u0026nbsp; Rich has presented papers at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, InterMicro and many other societies on the proper use of the microscope for chemical analysis.\u0026nbsp; Rich is an expert photomicrographer and videomicrographer specializing in hot stage microscopy, ion mill cross-section polishing and small particle handling.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rich Brown of MVA Scientific Consultants will present \u0022Problem Solving Using Light and Electron Microscopy\u0022"}],"uid":"27522","created_gmt":"2013-02-27 16:56:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:46","author":"Susan Perlman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-03-12T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-03-12T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-03-12T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-03-12 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-03-12 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-03-12 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"59991","name":"nanotechnology; electron micrscopy; Rich Brown; polarized light microscopy; IEN"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid S. Gottfried, PhD.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-0479\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dsgottfried@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edsgottfried@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}