ICDD Profile > Spring Meetings 2006 of International Centre for Diffraction Data

BoD Committees
The Schedule - Meetings of the following Board of Directors' Committees were held:

Technical Regional Co-chairs' and Technical Subcommittee Chairs’ Meeting
All Regional Co-chairs and Technical Subcommittee Chairs were invited to attend this meeting. There was a planning meeting for global technical activities in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. Activities included technical workshops, grant-in-aid workshops, and cooperative meetings with other technical organizations. This meeting also acquainted and reviewed the procedures and duties of Technical Subcommittee Chairs.

- 1:00 - 4:30
Participants discovered the world's cultural heritage with a docent-led tour highlighting an impressive collection of archeological and anthropological artifacts at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology - http://www.museum.upenn.edu/.

Poster Session and Reception - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Following the bus trip to the museum, ICDD sponsored a poster session and reception on Tuesday, 21 March 2006 at the Concordville Inn Restaurant (Gold Ballroom), adjacent to the host hotel, the Best Western Concordville Hotel and Conference Center. Posters relating to all aspects of X-ray analysis were welcome.

Poster Presentations included:

CHARACTERIZATION OF SILVER IMAGE FORMATION IN A SILVER BEHENATE PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING ELEMENT USING X-RAY DIFFREACTION TECHNIQUES
Thomas N. Blanton*, Mark Lelental, Craig L. Barnes, Eastman Kodak Company,
Research & Development, 1999 Lake Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14650-2106
* Electronic mail: thomas.blanton@kodak.com, phone: 585-722-3323

BIBLIOGRAPHIC UPDATE FOR 2005
Nicole M. Ernst, M.L.I.S., and Albert C. Rohrman ICDD, Newtown Square, PA 19073

NEUTRON AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION: COMPLEMENTARY METHODS FOR STRUCTURE SOLUTION
Christina Hoffmann, Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O.Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6475, USA, phone: (865)567-5127, email:hoffmanncm@sns.gov

ADVANCES IN NEUTRON SOURCES AND SCATTERING FACILITIES AT ORNL
Camden R. Hubbard, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA 37830-6064

SEMI-AUTOMATION OF STRUCTURE TYPE ASSIGNMENT
Soorya N Kabekkodu, International Centre for Diffraction Data Newtown Square, PA 19073

A PDF-4 ORGANICS 2006 APPLICATION NOTE CALCIUM TARTRATE TETRAHYDRATE WINE CRYSTALS
James A. Kaduk, Innovene USA LLC, P.O. Box 3011 MC F-9, Naperville IL 60566

POWDER DIFFRACTION FILE SUBFILE DEFINITIONS
The ICDD Editorial Staff, Consulting Editors and Volunteer Editors

POWDER DIFFRACTION FILE SUBFILE CODING
F. McClune, V. Bosnic, and L. Lanno - International Centre for Diffraction Data - Newtown Square, PA

NANOCRYSTAL PHASE IDENTIFICATION BY LATTICE FRINGE FINGERPRINTING IN TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
Peter Moeck * , Bjoern Seipel * , Ruben Bjorge - Department of Physics, Portland State University , P.O. Box 751, Portland , OR 97207-0751 , U.S.A. , * Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, http://www.onami.us

PDF-4/ORGANICS 2006 REFERENCE POWDER PATTERNS AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION
F. Needham, J. Faber, T. G. Fawcett International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA

X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND XAFS STUDY OF NIOBIUM DISPLACEMENT IN AURIVILLIUS PHASE Bi_2.25Ca_0.5Na_0.25Nb₂O₉
Valery Vlasenko, Ànatoliy Shuvaev, Irina Pirog, Dmitriy Drannikov, Ivan Zarubin
Institute of Physics, Rostov State University, Stachki ave., 194, 344090 Rostov-on-Don,
Russia

STRUCTURE AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF Bi₄Pb_1.5Ti_4.5O_16.5 AND Bi₅Ca_0.5GaTi_3.5O_16.5
A. Shuvaev, V. Vlasenko, I. Zarubin
Research Institute of Physics, Rostov State University, pr. Stachki 194, Rostov-on-Don,
344090 Russia

EXPLORATION AND STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF SEVERAL NEW BORATES
L. Wu, X.Z. Li, W.Y. Wang, M. He, Y. P. Xu, X.L. Chen Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, P.R. China

ROUTE TO GAN AND VN ASSISTED BY CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION PROCESS
H.Z. Zhao, M. Lei, W.Y. Wang, J.K. Jian, X.L. Chen Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, P.R. China

NEGATIVE REFRACTION: AN INTRINSIC PROPERTY OF UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS
X. L. Chen, Ming He, YinXiao Du, W. Y. Wang, D. F. Zhang Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, P. R. China

X-Ray DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF TWO GERMANIUM Sr₈Ga₁₆Ge₃₀ and Cs₈Na₁₆Ge₁₃₆ CLATHRATES: PROMISING CANDIDATES FOR THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS
W. Wong-Ng, J.A. Kaduk 1 , M. Beekman 2 , G.S. Nolas 2 , Z. Yang and Q. Huang, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; 1 Innovene USA LLC, Naperville, IL 60566; 2 Physics Department, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL 33620

New Member Orientation Meeting
All new members and first-time attendees were invited to attend this meeting. Dr. Tim Fawcett, ICDD's Executive Director welcomed attendees and presented an overview of the ICDD and events held during the meeting week. Non-members can learned about the membership application process.

Technical Meetings
The Schedule - Meetings of the following Technical Subcommittees were held prior to the Technical Committee Meeting:

Technical Committee Meeting
The Technical Committee meeting reviewed motions and action items from the numerous technical subcommittees and task groups. Since task groups meet at different times during the year and some of the subcommittees meet in concurrent sessions on Tuesday, this meeting provided a summary of key items to all attendees. Regional Technical Co-chairs reviewed activities in their region of the globe (eight regions) and presented recommendations for future activities.

Annual Meeting of Members
All members came together for a formal gathering at this meeting to hear remarks from the Chairman, a review of the Board of Directors' (BoD) and Headquarters' activities, reports of selected BoD Committees, including the Technical and Finance Committees, as well as reports of Task Groups. Corporate activities were also discussed.