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IV LACA School (Latin American Crystallogaphic Association):  Phase identification and Microstructural Characterization of Materials using X-Ray powder Diffraction Techniques

Host Institution

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.

Venue

Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Materiales, located in Av. España 1680, Valparaíso, Chile.

Goal

To strengthen the training of graduate students and young scientists in the area of characterization of materials using X-ray diffraction techniques and to offer the opportunity, as a meeting point, for the exchange of knowledge and expertise in diffraction and Crystallography in general.

Date

January 24th - 28th, 2022 

Program

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Instructors

Claudio Aguilar - CA
UTFSM, Chile

Tom Blanton - TB
ICDD, USA

Raúl Cardoso-Gil - RCG
MPI-CPFS, Germany

Miguel Delgado - MD
ULA, Venezuela

Graciela Díaz de Delgado - GDD
ULA, Venezuela

David Rafaja - DR
TU, Germany

Diego G. Lamas - DGL
UNSM, Argentina

Organizing Committee

  • Claudio Aguilar (“Chair”) - Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

  • Miguel Delgado - Universidad de los Andes

  • Victor Jimenez - Universidad Santiago de Chile

  • Bárbara Valverde - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

  • Carola Martínez - Universidad de la Frontera

Contact and more Information

  • Claudio Aguilar R.

  • Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Materiales, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile.

  • claudio.aguilar@usm.cl

 

Applications

International Centre for Diffraction Data, ICDD (https://www.icdd.com/) has provided funds to support the participation of students and young researchers in the school. The application must be done in the following link.

Application deadline to ICDD support: novemeber 30th, 2021
Application to attend school: december 15th, 2021

Application Results

The organizing committee of the IV LACA school communicates to all the students, in presence-based modality, the results of the application of the IV LACA school with ICDD scholarship.

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The students that need support for lodging and meals, please contact the organization before 25 th December at the email: rpm.utfsm@gmail.com.

The organizing committee of the IV LACA school communicates to all the students, the results of the application of the IV LACA school.

Registration Fee

  • Professional: US$ 150

  • Academic: US$ 100

  • Students: US$ 30

Maps to arrive to UTFSM

Sponsors

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María


International Center for Diffraction Data

International Union of Crystallography

Latin American Crystallographic Association

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