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WPI’s International Seminar and Tutorials on Surface Metrology and Applications

Call for participation: papers, oral presentations, poster presentations, tutorials, exhibits

To submit a paper, or to register for the seminar, or to access the most up to date information please visit the seminar’s official site.

WPI’s International Seminar and Tutorials on Surface Metrology and Applications
26-28 October 2009, on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts

Objectives

Provide educational opportunities at all levels of surface metrology
Disseminate advances and insights in surface metrology fundamentals, methods, equipment, software, and applications.

Intended for:

Engineers, Scientists, Technicians and anyone else who is interested in surface roughness and surface metrology and applications at any level and in any field.

Surfaces cover everything

The measurement and analysis of surface roughness has applications in many fields including:

engineering (all branches)
manufacturing
bio-medical
food science
anthropology
chemistry
physics
biology
art conservation
geology
geography
metrology
and others

Key dates:

21 August: Abstracts for tutorials, oral presentations, and posters are requested
21 August: Propose Tutorials
4 September: Notification of acceptance
4 September: Reservations to exhibit are requested
4 September: Last day or early registration
8 September: Program posted on web site
19 October: Papers for on-site proceedings due

Venue:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the cradle of the American industrial revolution and the birthplace of modern rockets. Sixty miles West of Boston, served by airports in Boston, Manchester, NH, Providence RI and Hartford, CT.

New England in October is a very beautiful place. If you wish to relax while you are in the north east there are several opportunities:

Excellent color in the foliage throughout New England
American Precision Museum, Windsor, VT
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA
Boston Museum of Science, Boston, MA

Organizing Committee

Christopher A. Brown, WPI, chair
Torbjorn Bergstrom, WPI
Brendan Powers, WPI

Tentative Program (all events in the Campus Center, 2^nd floor Odeum)

Monday 26 October Tutorials and Exhibits

8:00 Registration, exhibit set up, preliminary poster set up, coffee, pastries, fruit
8:45 Tutorials Begin
10:15 break in exhibit space, registration
10:45 Tutorials continue
12:15 Lunch, visit exhibits, registration
1:15 Tutorials continue (exhibit set-up)
2:45 Break, visit exhibits, registration
3:15 Tutorials continue – (exhibit set-up) continued poster set up
4:45 Welcome reception and registration – music by WPI student group
7:00 Dinner on your own, exhibit set up

Tuesday 27 October

8:00 Registration coffee, pastries, fruit with exhibits, poster set up
8:45 – 10:15 technical session I
10:15-10:45 refreshments exhibits and posters
10:45-12:15 technical session II
12:15-1:15 lunch, exhibits and posters
1:15-2:45 technical session III
2:45-3:15 refreshments exhibits and posters
3:15-4:45 technical session IV
4:45-6:30 Refreshments, poster session, exhibits, music by WPI student group
6:30-8:30 Dinner

Wednesday 28 October

8:00 Registration coffee, pastries, fruit with exhibits, poster set up
8:45 – 10:15 technical session V
10:15-10:45 refreshments exhibits and posters
10:45-12:15 technical session VI
12:15-1:15 lunch, exhibits and posters
1:15-2:45 technical session VII
2:45-3:15 refreshments exhibits and posters
3:15-4:45 technical session VIII and farewell
5:00 End

Past Seminars

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Surface Textures for Bioengineering
Friday, November 14, 2008 - Abrasive Processes and Seals
October 11, 2007
November 6-7, 2006
October 24-25, 2005
November 4-5, 2004

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