Luis Miguel Martinez Marketing Specialist Mexico C&CA PANalytical Mexico Phone +52 81 8372 9000 Email luis.miguel.martinez@panalytical.com To Dr. José Reyes, Dr. Lauro Bucio Copy to Marcelo Mott, Michele Z., Kathy M., Julie Q., Jorge Pablo G, Gwilherm N Date 06/13/16 Report OpenLab Mexico 2016 Spectris Mexico - PANalytical Advanced Materials Research Center - CIMAV Chihuahua International Union of Crystallography - IUCr Mexican Society of Crystallography SMCr (May 16 th 18 th, 2016) 1. Event description 2 2. Program 3 3. Lecturers 3 4. Practical Sessions 4 5. Visit to the Revolution Museum 5 6. Highlights 6 7. Testimonial 11 8. Summary 12 Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 1 of 10
1. Event description In July 2012, The UN proclaimed 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014), and delegated the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) to facilitate the activities to raise awareness of the importance of crystallography in daily life. In 2014, a large number of events around the world aimed to spread crystallographic knowledge, inspiring young people and promoting education and research in crystallography. Last year, PANalytical Mexico together with the Physics Institute of BUAP, The Crystallography Mexican Society and the International Union of Crystallography organized the Second Edition of the IUCr - UNESCO OpenLab Mexico and Practices of X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence in order to promote the Crystallography in Mexico once again, in Puebla city. This year, PANAlytical Mexico and CIMAV Chihuahua decided to repeat the story in order to give an opportunity to scientists from the north of the country to learn and share experiences about crystallography in our daily lives. This time the Program consisted in a three-days seminar to give to the participants access to an update about how the Crystallography has developed in Mexico and about different and new applications related to the X-Ray Diffraction technique through presentations given by 10 national Crystallographers and Dr. Scott Speakman, Principal Scientist in PANalytical, all of them having a relevant trajectory in the Academic Research environment. Besides that, we organized practical sessions in order to show how to take advantage of the XRD and XRF techniques in the research environment. The event took place at the Advanced Materials Research Center (CIMAV) Chihuahua, and even though the vacancies were limited to 70 people, we received the registration of about 120 people, showing big interest in Crystallography, which made us extend the vacancies to 100 people. Coffee break and lunch were offered to all attendees every day of the event, a visit to the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution to watch Pancho Villa s (an ex- Mexican Revolutionary general, and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution) exhibition was made on the second day. A dinner at Café Mandala was carried out as well later that day. Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 2 of 10
2. Program Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 3 of 10
3. Lecturers 1. Dr. Jose Reyes Gasga SMCr President Activities of the Mexican Society of Crystallography The use of crystallography in the analysis of electronic diffraction 2. Eng. Jorge Pablo Gonzalez Applications Specialist PANalytical México Empyrean SAXS, more than just SAXS 3. Dr. Lauro Bucio SMCr Public Relations Secretary Experiences in the use of GSAS, GSAS II and Fullprof for diffraction data refinement through selected study cases. 4. Dr. Armando Reyes Lab Coordinator at CIMAV Chihuahua Residual stress in aerospace components 5. Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez Research Professor at UNAM Residual stresses and Crystallographic texture in metallic alloys deformed plastically 6. Dr. Scott Speakman Principal Scientist at PANalytical Analysis of Advanced Materials Reciprocal Space Maps at ultimate speed 7. Dr. Mario Miki Materials Physics Researcher at CIMAV Chihuahua Nanomaterials Microstructure based on metals oxides 8. Dr. Maria E. Montero Research Professor at CIMAV Chihuahua Near-order by X-ray diffraction, scattering and absorption 9. Dr. Jose Matutes - Materials Physics Researcher at CIMAV Chihuahua Diffraction and resonance, two complimentary techniques 10. Dr. Luis Fuentes SMCr Chihuahua Delegate Venice, symmetry and synchrotrons 11. Dr. Francisco Paraguay - Materials Physics Researcher at CIMAV Chihuahua Nanocrystals morphology control Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 4 of 10
4. Practical sessions During the 3 days, we organized 4 Practical sessions, which included basic and advanced measurement using the X-Ray Diffractometer Empyrean, an Xpert Pro, our small but powerful Epsilon 1 XRF Spectrometer and a Field Emission Electron Microscope. The Sessions were leaded by Eng.Jorge Pablo Gonzalez (PANalytical Mexico), Dr. Alejandro Magno Villa (PANalytical Mexico), Dr. Ernesto Guerrero (CIMAV) Dr. Armando Reyes (CIMAV) and Dr. Wilber Antúnez (CIMAV). Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 5 of 10
5. Visit to the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution As part of an optional social activity, fifty OpenLab attendees along with CIMAV/PANalytical personnel went on May 17 th to the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution, housed in the former estate of General Francisco Villa and his widow, Sra. María Luz Corral de Villa. The house and its extensive collection of Villa memorabilia, as well as souvenirs and documents relating to other revolutionary leaders, was turned over to the Mexican government in 1981 upon the death of Mrs. Villa. Enrique Rebolloso (Sales Engineer at PANalytical Mexico), Jorge Pablo Gonzalez (Applications Specialist at PANalytical Mexico), Dr. Scott Speakman (Principal Scientist at PANalytical), Dr. Armando Reyes (Lab Coordinator at CIMAV Chihuahua), Dr. Maria Elena Montero (Research Professor at CIMAV Chihuahua) and Hilda Esparza (Materials Physics at CIMAV). Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 6 of 10
6. Highlights Jorge Pablo Gonzalez at Welcome Session Dr. Scott Speakman s Lecture Coffee Break Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 7 of 10
About to start day two Dr. Lauro Bucio Lunch Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 8 of 10
Dr. Maria Elena Montero Q&A Session Closing ceremony (Jorge P. Gonzalez, from PANalytical and Dr. Luis Fuentes Cobas, SMCr Delegate in Chihuahua) Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 9 of 10
7. Testimonial Dear Jorge Pablo, I appreciate all your efforts and the efforts of all the PANalytical staff so that the OpenLab 3 CIMAV, Chihuahua prove successful. It was a pleasure to see you, and socialize on various issues with you and other colleagues from CIMAV and other parts of the Mexican Republic. I appreciate the role being carried out in PANalytical promotion of Crystallography in Mexico and its valuable support to the Mexican Society of Crystallography. Receive my warmest regards, Sincerely, Lauro Bucio - SMCr Public Relations Secretary 8. Summary We are very pleased to announce that the goal of promoting the Crystallography in Mexico was once again achieved, surpassing numbers of last year, and we can say that everyone was delighted with the contents of this year s program. The hall was full in every lecture. Attendance surpassed what was programmed at the beginning. We had around 100 people on each presentation. We received students, professors and industry people not only from the north part of the country, but from southern cities like Mexico, Michoacan, Merida, Zacatecas, and even from Guatemala. In order to continue promoting Crystallography in Mexico, we are willing to keep organizing and participating in similar events on the next years. I would like to thank Dr. Luis Fuentes Cobas, Dr. Armando Reyes, Dr. Lauro Bucio, Dr. José Reyes Gasga, Dr. Ernesto Guerrero, Dr. Wilber Antunez, and the rest of the staff from CIMAV Chihuahua, thanks to PANalytical team:, Jorge Gonzalez, Alejandro Villa, and Enrique Rebolloso who supported the organization and execution of this event, and Michele Zema, from IUCr who has been supporting Crystallography promotion around the globe. Marcelo Mott, Regional Latin America Manager, and Luis Miguel Martinez, Marketing Specialist, will continue to invest resources to promote the Crystallography not only in Mexico, but also in the other countries of the Region. This is a commitment that makes us feel proud of contributing to the IUCr objective and of giving an opportunity to the students to exchange knowledge with the Lecturers involved in this so important event. The PANalytical Team will continue to work to exceed expectations in the research area. Looking forward to the next OpenLab! Spectris Mexico - PANalytical 10 of 10