program:wednesday
Wednesday 11th February
| Time | Presentation | Presenters / authors |
|---|---|---|
| All week | Coffee Cart | Proudly sponsored by NewSpec |
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:45 | Welcome to Country | |
| 8:55 | Welcome | Will Rickard (AMAS President), Nick Wilson (Convenor) |
| Session 1 | Chair: Nick Wilson | |
| 9:15 Invited | Is it possible to observe the Li K spectrum of LiF with an electron probe? | Philippe Jonnard (Sorbonne Université – CNRS, Paris, France) |
| 9:40 Invited | Scandium in the tender region: transition metals, XR-HERFD, and critical minerals | Christopher Chantler (The University of Melbourne) |
| 10:05 | Correlated microanalysis using SEM and SIMS | William D.A. Rickard, Xiao Sun, David W. Saxey, Denis Fougerouse and Steven M. Reddy |
| 10:20 | µMEX: a spectroscopy-focused scanning X-ray microprobe at the Australian Synchrotron | Jeremy Wykes, Simon James, Pria Ramkissoon, Bruce Cowie, Negin Foroughimehr, Ben Pocock, Ben Baldwinson, Letizia Sammut, Luigi Feriani, Noah Kim and Melanie Hampel |
| 10:35 | Morning Tea | Proudly sponsored by MP Scientific |
| Session 2 | Chair: Colin MacRae | |
| 11:00 Invited | Making Standards-based EDS Analysis Easy and Reliable | Nicholas Ritchie (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, U.S.A) |
| 11:25 | Monte Carlo simulation of X-ray production due to Auger electrons | Peter Miller, Raynald Gauvin and Colin MacRae |
| 11:40 | EDS characterization of transition metal L-lines at varying beam energies | Steve Seddio and Ivan Mohelsky |
| 11:55 | Cathodoluminescence of lithium pegmatite from the Omeo zone, Victoria | Aaron Torpy, Rosa Didonna, Zsanett Pintér, Colin M. MacRae, and Nick C. Wilson |
| 12:10 | Trialing open-source automated mineralogy in QGIS: phase mapping and liberation analysis of complex geological and industrial samples | Paavo Nikkola |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Proudly sponsored by Oxford Instruments |
| Session 3 | Chair: Henrietta Cathey | |
| 1:40 Invited | Thirty years on, improving LA-ICPMS accuracy for trace elements in accessory phases especially zircon | Charlotte Allen (Queensland University of Technology) |
| 2:05 | In-situ laser ablation Lu-Hf apatite geochronology: applications to date mafic igneous rocks and detrital apatite | Melissa Kharkongor |
| 2:20 | FIB-SEM applications for nuclear material particle analysis: combined chemical, morphological and isotopic analysis | Xiao Sun, William D. A. Rickard, Andreas Hertwig, Axel Schmitt, Matvei Aleshin, Johannes Grimm, Ernesto Chinea-Cano, Laure Sangely, Michael V. Adamos and Matthew R Kilburn |
| 2:35 | Correlative microanalysis unveils solvent-assisted enhancement and passivation mechanisms in chalcopyrite leaching | Muhammet Kartal, Fang Xia, David Ralph, William D.A. Rickard, François Renard, and Wei Li |
| 2:50 | LALI-TOF-MS – A new microanalytical technique | Melissa Narbey |
| 3.05 | Pathways to diamond and graphite/diamond nanocomposite formation from compressed, flash laser-heated glassy carbon | Alan G. Salek, Dougal G. McCulloch, Brenton A. Cook, Thomas B. Shiell, Bianca Haberl, Reinhard Boehler, David R. McKenzie, and Jodie E. Bradby |
| 3.20 | Afternoon Tea | Proudly sponsored by Raymax Lasers |
| Session 4 | Chair: Matthew Weyland | |
| 3:50 Invited | Distribution of Ag and Mg in {111}α precipitate plates in Al-Cu(-Li)-Mg-Ag alloys | Shenlan Yang, Nick Wilson and Jian-Feng Nie (Monash University) |
| 4:15 | An atom location by channelling enhanced microanalysis (ALCHEMI) analogue in core-loss-filtered convergent beam electron diffraction | Michael Deimetry, Timothy C. Petersen, Matthew Weyland and Scott D. Findlay |
| 4:30 | From metastable phases to quasicrystals: atomic scale STEM characterisation of precipitation in Al-Cu-Pt alloys | Dipanjan Kumar, Jiehua Li, Tianchang Huang, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Matthew Weyland and Laure Bourgeois |
| 4:45 | 3D dopant localization via scanning transmission electron microscopy Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy | Michael Deimetry, Timothy C. Petersen, Matthew Weyland and Scott D. Findlay |
| 6.30 pm — 9.30 pm | Wednesday night social function, Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda. | Proudly sponsored by AXT |
Wednesday Night Social Function - The Sunroom, Hotel Esplanade
The Wednesday night social function will be yet more drinks and nibbles at The Sunroom, Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda. Doors open at 6:30.
The Wednesday Night Social Function is kindly sponsored by AXT/TESCAN.
The Wednesday Night Social Function are for attendees who have registered for the AMAS 2026 symposium. Numbers are strictly limited, and names will be checked at the door. Sorry, no +1's, and no exceptions.
Getting there
The Espy is 2.1km from the conference venue at the Pullman Albert Park, along Queens Road, Lakeside Drive, and Fitzroy Street. You can also catch a Route 16 tram, which takes ~15 minutes.
The Sunroom has an entrance on The Esplanade, separate to the main entrance of the Esplanade Hotel. The doorway you're looking for is this one (at the left):
Taking care of dietary requirements at the Espy
If you've informed us of your dietary requirements when registering for AMAS, please also take a moment at your arrival to make yourself known to the Espy's catering staff in the Sunroom.
Last modified: 2026/02/06 12:10