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MAS to Host the World at IUMAS-6The Microanalysis Society will play host to the world's microanalysis community in 2014. The meeting, to be called IUMAS-6, will be held in conjunction with Microscopy and Microanalysis 2014 (M&M 2014) in Hartford, CT. In addition to the regular M&M programming, there will be a 2-day pre-meeting congress consisting of workshops and plenary talks and special social events. Registration for the pre-meeting congress is open to all members of IUMAS member societies. The International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies (IUMAS) is an umbrella organization that brings together eight national and multi-national microbeam analysis societies. In addition to the MAS, member societies include the AMAS (Australia), EMAS (Europe), KSM (South Korea), JSPS (Japan), MSC/SMC (Canada), SAPRC (China) and SBMM (Brazil.) IUMAS has been meeting on a roughly quadrennial schedule since 1996. The first meeting was held in 1996 in Sydney, Australia with subsequent meetings in Kona, Hawaii (2000), Firenzi, Italy (2005), Perth, Australia (2008), and Seoul, South Korea (2012). On the first day (Saturday, August 2), attendees may choose morning and afternoon workshop sessions from a list of ten topics. That evening, attendees will be able to network at an evening reception. The second day will consist of a key-note lecture and eight 40-minute plenary lectures from world leaders in various microanalytical fields. That evening is the opening reception for the M&M meeting. During the week (August 4th through 7th) attendees are encouraged to attend the regular M&M programming. On the evening of Wednesday, August 6, there will be a social and banquet for IUMAS-6 attendees. Closing ceremonies will be held on Thursday, 7 August. |
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December 2012 Microscopy and Microanalysis Issue Highlights Cathodoluminescence TC OutputIn October 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology hosted the Microanalysis Society Cathodoluminescence Topical Conference. This conference brought together researchers from around the world to present tutorials and their latest research in materials science and geological applications of cathodoluminescence. The Topical Conference organized by Marion Stevens-Kalceff (University of New South Wales) , Colin MacRae (CSIRO) and Scott Wight (NIST) was attended by about 60 people. The organizers later guest edited 14 articles on CL presented in a special section of the December 2012 issue of the journal Microscopy and Microanalysis. Microscopy and Microanalysis is the official journal of the Microanalysis Society and has an impact factor of 3.007 in 2011. Topical Conferences are a signature element of the Microanalysis Society's scientific programming. Members have proposed and organized Topical Conferences on numerous different microanalytical topics. Recent Topical Conferences have focused on Standards, Electron Backscatter Diffraction, Particle Analysis and Hyperspectral Imaging. |
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MAS President's Welcome MessageOur Society's purpose is “to advance and disseminate knowledge concerning the principles, instrumentation and applications of microanalysis.” When the Society was founded over four decades ago as the Electron Probe Analysis Society of America (EPASA), its major focus was the development of the electron microprobe, then a relatively new instrument capable of quantifying the elemental composition of microscopic volumes of material with great accuracy and precision. As the Society expanded its scope to encompass a broader range of analysis techniques, notably the ion beam microprobe, it became the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS). Today, we are the Microanalysis Society, named to reflect the interests of the Society's membership in the quantitative analysis of small volumes of matter down to the atomic level, using a host of instrumentation and techniques not restricted to the use of a focused beam. We encourage students and teachers, promoters and practitioners, developers and innovators of microanalysis instrumentation, techniques, and applications to join in the life of our Society and its mission. All who wish to learn are encouraged to apply. Click here to join. Please, explore this site and discover who we are and what we do as a Society. |
