User Training

• ICP Laboratory contact Rabeya Akter (02 9385 4680, UNSW Ext. 54680, Office B39 - access via B36) or Dorothy Yu (02 9385 5643, UNSW Ext. 55643, Office B39 - access via B36).
• XRF Laboratory contact Irene Wainwright (02 9385 4282, UNSW Ext. 54282, Office G42 - access via Lab G41).
• Surface Analysis Laboratory contact Dr Bill Gong (02 9385 4694, UNSW Ext. 54694, Office in G61/G63).
• Powder XRD contact Dr Yu Wang (02 9385 4669, UNSW Ext. 54669, Office M69 - access via Lab G65).
• Crystallography contact Dr Mohan Bhadbhade (02 9385 9898, UNSW Ext. 59898, Office M68 - access via Lab G65).
• Spectroscopy Laboratory contact Dr Anne Rich (02 9385 9795, Office G32 - access via Lab G31)

Upcoming Courses at the Centre

• Perkin-Elmer 2-Day Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy Training Workshop, 16th - 17th of October 2008 (UNSW Registrations now closed)
• Perkin-Elmer ICP-OES Training Workshop, 4th - 5th of November 2008.
• PANalytical SuperQ - XRF Majors and Minors - Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th November 2008
• Perkin-Elmer ICP-MS Users Meeting, 25th, 26th and 27th of of November 2008.
• PANalytical XRD in the Workplace: 2009 Course from 2nd February to 6th February 2009
• First Australia/OCEANIAFOODS Training Course on Production, Compilation and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition - February 9-20, 2009.

In many cases these courses are free to staff and students of UNSW, but numbers are usually limited. Early registration is recommended.

Past Courses and Meetings Run by SSEAU

The unit has organised or hosted a diverse range of courses and seminars that deal with structural and chemical analysis:

• PANalytical XRF in the Workplace: 2008 Course from 29th September to 3rd October 2008.
• SSEA Unit Basics of Crystallography Seminar and Workshops, September 2008.
• PANalytical Aluminium Seminar 2008: Meeting on 17th - 18th of July to discuss key laboratory developments in the Aluminium Industry.
• Perkin-Elmer Thermal Analysis Course - Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) 26 June 2008.
• Perkin-Elmer 1-Day Spectroscopy Training Course 29th of April 2008.
• XRF & XRD in the Workplace, 18th - 22nd of February 2008, PANalytical.
• Environmental and Food Safety Seminar Day, 25th January 2008, Perkin-Elmer.
• UNSW Synchrotron Workshop for New Users on Friday 19th of October.
• XRF & XRD in the Workplace, 24th - 28th of September 2007, PANalytical.
• 1-Day Spectroscopy Training Course 28th of August 2007. A course to teach to essentials of FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, Perkin-Elmer.
• 11th July 2007: Thermal Analysis Course - Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA), Perkin-Elmer.
• 13-14 June 2007: Training Day for ICP-MS, Perkin-Elmer .