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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.

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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