2012 Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research GRC; Mount Snow Resort, VT; July 29 to August 3, 2012

Gordon Research Conferences, East Greenwich RI

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Abstract

Technical Summary The National Science Foundation Divisions of Materials Research and Chemistry along with the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities will provide funds to support the participation of US students and US faculty at 2012 Gordon Conference entitled "Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research: Non-Destructive Imaging and Micro-Analysis in Cultural Heritage" that will take place at Mount Snow Resort, VT, from July 29 to August 3, 2012. Thirty-eight leading researchers from museums, art conservation research centers, universities, and national laboratories, from the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Israel, China and Japan will be on the program of the conference as discussion leaders and speakers. The conference will foster dialogue between those pushing the boundaries on methods and instrumentation and researchers in cultural heritage. Nine session topics will be covered: (1) Complex materials: case studies from the Old and the New World, (2) Structures at the Nanoscale, (3)Hard X-Rays: from Large Scale Facilities to Tabletop Sources, (4) Structures at the Microscale I: The Role of Spectroscopy, (5) Structures at the Macroscale, (6) Structures at the Microscale II: From Bio-Organic Heritage to Modern Art, (7) Lasers: from Molecules to Macrostructure, (8) Imaging and Depth Profiling, and (9) Interdisciplinary Investigations in Archaeology Non-Technical Summary The National Science Foundation Divisions of Materials Research and Chemistry along with the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities will provide funds to support the participation of US students and US faculty at 2012 Gordon Conference entitled "Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research: Non-Destructive Imaging and Micro-Analysis in Cultural Heritage" The conference will foster dialogue between those pushing the boundaries on methods and instrumentation and researchers in cultural heritage. Nine session topics will be covered: (1) Complex materials: case studies from the Old and the New World, (2) Structures at the Nanoscale, (3)Hard X-Rays: from Large Scale Facilities to Tabletop Sources, (4) Structures at the Microscale I: The Role of Spectroscopy, (5) Structures at the Macroscale, (6) Structures at the Microscale II: From Bio-Organic Heritage to Modern Art, (7) Lasers: from Molecules to Macrostructure, (8) Imaging and Depth Profiling, and (9) Interdisciplinary Investigations in Archaeology