Short CoursesOver 15 half and full day short courses have been announced for SciX 2023! Add on to your conference registration or come to Sparks just for the specialized training and in-depth instruction that our short courses are known for. Below are the short courses we are offering this year.
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Short Course List
Sunday, October 8
9am- 5pm (Full Day):
- Process Analytical Technology: Out of the Lab and into the Line (CSAS 105) - James Rydzak Process analytical technology (PAT) is a tool for product development, scale up and manufacturing of any chemical product. In this course, you will learn about the benefits of in-process monitoring, how to justify and plan the analysis implementation. We will discuss different PAT tools, how to choose them for your application and implementation. We will also discuss the benefits such as saving time and money, improving green scores and manufacturing proficiency. Applications from various industries will be used to explain concepts and provide examples of implementation.
9am- 5pm (2 Days):
- Spectral Interpretation of Vibrational Spectra (CSAS 113)- Peter Larkin / Mary Carrabba Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, NMR and Mass spectrometry are essential techniques to elucidate chemical structure. The success and popularity of NMR and mass spectrometry have resulted in a general loss of institutional knowledge among most users of IR and Raman interpretation skills. The ability to understand and identify functional groups by interpreting IR and Raman spectra is essential for successful use by end users of these vibrational spectroscopy techniques. This two-day course provides an introduction to IR and Raman spectra. The course content focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of group frequencies and how to apply this to determine molecular structure using both the IR and Raman spectra. Lectures are supplemented with multiple well illustrated examples as well as in-class spectral problem sets under the guidance of highly experienced industrial spectroscopists.
1pm-5pm (Half Day):
- Practical Vibrational Spectroscopy (CSAS 101) - James de Haseth This course will provide an introduction to Raman, mid-infrared and near-infrared spectroscopy concentrating on why an absorption occurs, where an absorption occurs and the benefits and limitations of the techniques.
Monday, October 9
9am- 5pm (2 Days):
- Spectral Interpretation of Vibrational Spectra (CSAS 113) - Peter Larkin / Mary Carrabba Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, NMR and Mass spectrometry are essential techniques to elucidate chemical structure. The success and popularity of NMR and mass spectrometry have resulted in a general loss of institutional knowledge among most users of IR and Raman interpretation skills. The ability to understand and identify functional groups by interpreting IR and Raman spectra is essential for successful use by end users of these vibrational spectroscopy techniques. This two-day course provides an introduction to IR and Raman spectra. The course content focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of group frequencies and how to apply this to determine molecular structure using both the IR and Raman spectra. Lectures are supplemented with multiple well illustrated examples as well as in-class spectral problem sets under the guidance of highly experienced industrial spectroscopists.
9am- 12pm (2 parts):
- Problems with FT-IR Spectra and How to Avoid Them - Part I (CSAS 103) - Ellen Miseo /Jenni Briggs/ Jeff D'Agostino Users of FT-IR spectrometers may have received little or no formal training in spectroscopy and therefore cannot distinguish between “good” and “bad” spectra. In this course, we will show many of the problems that are commonly encountered with FT-IR spectra measured by inexperienced (and often experienced!) users and show how to avoid them.
1pm- 5pm (2 parts):
- Modern Raman Microscopy for Applications in the Material and Life Sciences - Part II (CSAS 104) - Alexander Rzhevskii The purpose of this course is to familiarize a wide circle of experimenters with the fundamentals and applications of modern Raman spectroscopic techniques with a focus on confocal Raman microscopy and imaging. The basics of Raman spectroscopy, instrumentation, principles of operation, and the main characteristics of Raman spectrometers and microscopes will be presented in the course. Examples of the application of Raman microscopy to the characterization of spatial structure, composition, and properties of “real world” samples and objects with the emphasis on nanomaterial, polymer, pharmaceutical, cellular, microorganism, plant, and food product studies will be provided.
- Problems with FT-IR Spectra and How to Avoid Them - Part II (CSAS 103) - Ellen Miseo /Jenni Briggs/ Jeff D'Agostino Users of FT-IR spectrometers may have received little or no formal training in spectroscopy and therefore cannot distinguish between “good” and “bad” spectra. In this course, we will show many of the problems that are commonly encountered with FT-IR spectra measured by inexperienced (and often experienced!) users and show how to avoid them.
Tuesday, October 10
9am- 5pm (Full Day):
- An Introduction to Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis (SAS 107) - Debbie Peru This hybrid course includes both classroom lessons and live demonstrations in using Near Infrared and Raman Instruments. Participants can observe, ask questions, measure samples, and learn how to develop quantitative methods. The course is based on industrial experience in developing methods for innovation, product & process understanding, problem solving, quality assurance testing, and process monitoring & control. Topics discussed include how to define the problem, types of sampling and measurement errors, wavelength selection strategies, spectral preprocessing, review of quantitative tools & algorithms, and a lifecycle approach for validation and implementation of the quantitative procedure. Lessons include real-world case study examples and easy exercises to emphasize key principles discussed. The information can be applied to the development of quantitative procedures using Ultraviolet, Visible, Near IR, Mid-IR, and Raman instruments.
9am- 12pm (Half Day):
- Technologies and Applications for Miniature Optical Spectrometers and Spectroscopic Sensors (CSAS 118) - Richard Crocombe In the past twenty years optical spectrometers have shrunk dramatically in size, giving us successively laboratory-portable, toaster-sized, instruments; cordless-drill-sized portable instruments for use in the field; and onto spectrometers the size of a computer mouse or deck of cards. The latest development in portable spectroscopy is the availability of very low-cost multispectral sensors, the size of computer chips, leading to the possibility of embedding them into consumer goods. Multispectral sensors can now not only be incorporated into ‘white goods’ like washing machines and dryers, but also into ‘fitness’ products like smart watches and sports watches, and as photonic miniaturization increases, into ‘wearables’ like smart rings, providing the user with health information. A variety of photonic components and technologies can be utilized for these miniature devices including silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuits (PICs), produced en masse using semiconductor manufacturing techniques; components from LiDAR including SPAD arrays; electronically-tunable detectors; and 'photonic’, ‘plasmonic’ and ‘computational’ devices. This course surveys technologies and applications for miniature optical spectrometers and spectroscopic sensors.
1pm- 5pm (Half Day):
- Multivariate Analysis for Beginners: Pre-processing and Data Analysis of Raman/IR Spectra in the Matlab Environment (CSIRDG 126) - Cassio Lima The goal of this course is to teach participants how to perform basic methods used for pre-processing and multivariate data analysis of Raman/IR spectra. The course will provide an introduction to the Matlab computing environment, with a focus on how to use in-house Matlab scripts to analyse spectral data for those with little to no previous programming experience. Development of advanced tools such as writing programs with branching and loops will not be discussed in the course. The course will focus mainly on the impacts of pre-processing methods on the graphical representation of results obtained by multivariate methods such as PCA, PC-CVA, and HCA. Theoretical considerations and equations about the methods will be limited to what is needed to have sufficient insight to use these techniques properly. Although this course will introduce Matlab to beginners, the course will also benefit participants who already have experience with Matlab and/or another programming language, but want to learn more about PCA, PC-CVA, and HCA and the impacts of preprocessing Raman/IR data on these multivariate methods.
Wednesday, October 11
9am- 5pm (Full Day):
- Introduction to Data Analytics for the Analytical Chemist (SAS 121) - Mary Kate Donais Are you curious about all the Data Analytics courses being offered online and don’t know how they might relate to chemistry? Do you have little to no experience with coding? Do you want to use easily accessible and FREE software for data analysis? This course is for you! Students will be provided with a hands on introduction to data analytics for analytical chemists using R and Excel including data visualization, testing the significance of data, finding structure in data, and process automation. Worked examples will include data sets collected in undergraduate courses that could easily be adapted to teaching and research. Analysis of spectral data from automated multi-file consolidation to cluster analysis and principal component analysis will be walked through step by step with students. Students will leave with copies of all code and data used in the workshop and the confidence to take their data analysis to the next level.
9am- 12pm (Half Day):
- What’s in the Box – How Do Spectrometers Work (CSAS 124) - Alex Scheeline / James de Haseth A spectrometer’s output is indistinguishable from the output of a video game unless the user knows what is going on inside and how the instrument’s behavior influences data generation and meaning. This short course gives an overview of spectrographs and interferometers to demystify the light-tight box and computations that reveal spectra. What are an instrument’s limitations? If one instrument can’t provide adequate dynamic range, resolution, measurement speed, or molecular insight, what other instrument might? If the signal is drowning in noise, is there anything you can do? Can an instrument have too much resolution? Why are interferometers more common for infrared absorbance measurements than for atomic emission? This course will provide some answers, suggest additional questions, and point you to sources that can illuminate your measurements.
1pm- 5pm (Half Day):
- Laser Fundamentals for Spectroscopy (CSAS 117) - Rob Chimenti This course is designed to give attendees an introduction to the fundamentals of laser physics as well as a practical understanding of common laser designs and their applications in spectroscopy. This course will begin by providing a fundamental understanding of the three basic components of a laser: gain medium, resonator, and excitation source. You will learn how these components affect the laser characteristics that are important to spectroscopists, specifically, mode structure, spectral linewidth, pulse-width and average power. Finally, attendees will be introduced to the pros and cons of common gas, solid-state, and diode laser designs as they apply to various spectroscopy applications.
Courses that have CSAS are offered and co-produced by the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Courses with SAS are produced by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (I is for IRDG)
If you are interested in proposing a short course for the 2023 SciX conference, contact Short Courses Chair Ellen Miseo.
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