Upcoming Events
AXAA AGM 2023
The Annual General Meeting of the Australian X-ray Analytical Association will be held on the 14th of November 2023.
AXAA members will have received an email with the link to join online. Please contact us if you would like to join.
AXAA members will have received an email with the link to join online. Please contact us if you would like to join.
Join us for a day of workshops, expert talks, networking, and celebration! Tickets options include Full Day (workshop – dinner), Day Ticket (workshop – networking hour), or Dinner Ticket (networking hour – dinner).
Discount ticket prices for students!
Get tickets here: ICDD Workshop and AXAA Awards Dinner Tickets, Mon 21/08/2023 at 1:00 pm | Eventbrite
ICDD Workshop + Science Talks Session
The event will start with the ICDD workshop including a catered afternoon tea. The ICDD workshop will present both new data mining and methods of analysis embodied in ICDD Powder Diffraction File PDF® databases and MDI JADE®Pro software. The workshop will include tutorial and hands-on activities. Access to PDF-4+ and JADEPro will be available through a remote desktop server via web access. Attendees should bring their laptop computer with wireless web access (Edge, Chrome, Firefox). Attendees can also have access to PDF-4+ and JADEPro during the IUCr meeting.
Topics to be covered will include:
Confirmed Speakers:
Professor Vanessa Peterson (ANSTO) "title TBC"
Professor Damian Gore (Macquarie University) “Progress and problems in archaeometric XRF spectrometry”
Dr Nick Farmer (CSIRO) “Unlocking big XRF map datasets with autoencoders”
Maria Paulsen (AXAA Student talk award winner, Monash University) "title TBC"
Networking & Canapes
Networking over canapes (5.30 - 6.30 pm) is open to all attendees, including ICDD workshop and AXAA awards dinner ticket only registrants. This session is generously sponsored by Diffraction Technology.
AXAA Awards Dinner
The AXAA awards dinner will recognise the achievements of our distinguished colleagues in X-ray and neutron sciences with a two-course meal and drinks. The awards that will be presented are the 2020 and 2023 Keith Norrish, Bob Cheary and Early Career Researcher Awards. In addition, new Life Memberships will be celebrated.
The Norrish and Cheary Awards, the former for XRF and latter for diffraction, are for “significant long-term contributions” to analysis. The AXAA Award for Excellence in Analysis by an Early Career Scientist serves to encourage the development of dynamic, young analysts in one of the various fields of analytical science of interest to the Australian X-ray Analytical Association (AXAA) membership. The award will celebrate “outstanding application of laboratory and/or major radiation facility analytical technique(s) so as to achieve significant impact in a field of endeavour".
Tickets
Join us for the day at both the Workshop and Dinner (1pm – 9pm)
We are keen to enable student participation and have a limited number of bursaries to assist with registration fees. Please contact ausxray@gmail.com to apply.
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Workshop + Science Talks ticket only (1pm – 5:30pm)
Purchase tickets here: ICDD Workshop and AXAA Awards Dinner Tickets, Mon 21/08/2023 at 1:00 pm | Eventbrite
Discount ticket prices for students!
Get tickets here: ICDD Workshop and AXAA Awards Dinner Tickets, Mon 21/08/2023 at 1:00 pm | Eventbrite
ICDD Workshop + Science Talks Session
The event will start with the ICDD workshop including a catered afternoon tea. The ICDD workshop will present both new data mining and methods of analysis embodied in ICDD Powder Diffraction File PDF® databases and MDI JADE®Pro software. The workshop will include tutorial and hands-on activities. Access to PDF-4+ and JADEPro will be available through a remote desktop server via web access. Attendees should bring their laptop computer with wireless web access (Edge, Chrome, Firefox). Attendees can also have access to PDF-4+ and JADEPro during the IUCr meeting.
Topics to be covered will include:
- Data Mining
- Navigating PDF entry
- Raw data in the PDF database
- Navigating JADE (emphasis on phase ID and quantitative analysis)
- New features in JADE
- Exploring JADE Toolkit
Confirmed Speakers:
Professor Vanessa Peterson (ANSTO) "title TBC"
Professor Damian Gore (Macquarie University) “Progress and problems in archaeometric XRF spectrometry”
Dr Nick Farmer (CSIRO) “Unlocking big XRF map datasets with autoencoders”
Maria Paulsen (AXAA Student talk award winner, Monash University) "title TBC"
Networking & Canapes
Networking over canapes (5.30 - 6.30 pm) is open to all attendees, including ICDD workshop and AXAA awards dinner ticket only registrants. This session is generously sponsored by Diffraction Technology.
AXAA Awards Dinner
The AXAA awards dinner will recognise the achievements of our distinguished colleagues in X-ray and neutron sciences with a two-course meal and drinks. The awards that will be presented are the 2020 and 2023 Keith Norrish, Bob Cheary and Early Career Researcher Awards. In addition, new Life Memberships will be celebrated.
The Norrish and Cheary Awards, the former for XRF and latter for diffraction, are for “significant long-term contributions” to analysis. The AXAA Award for Excellence in Analysis by an Early Career Scientist serves to encourage the development of dynamic, young analysts in one of the various fields of analytical science of interest to the Australian X-ray Analytical Association (AXAA) membership. The award will celebrate “outstanding application of laboratory and/or major radiation facility analytical technique(s) so as to achieve significant impact in a field of endeavour".
Tickets
Join us for the day at both the Workshop and Dinner (1pm – 9pm)
- General ticket price - $100
- Student ticket price - $50
We are keen to enable student participation and have a limited number of bursaries to assist with registration fees. Please contact ausxray@gmail.com to apply.
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Workshop + Science Talks ticket only (1pm – 5:30pm)
- General ticket price - $50
- Student ticket price - $25
- General ticket price - $50
- Student ticket price - $25
Purchase tickets here: ICDD Workshop and AXAA Awards Dinner Tickets, Mon 21/08/2023 at 1:00 pm | Eventbrite
Past Events
2023 AXAA Networking Event - Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne
Melbourne - Friday 9th June
Dr Niloofar Karimian (CSIRO) spoke on applied X-ray techniques in environmental geochemistry.
Dr Justin Kimpton (ANSTO) provided an update on the Advanced Diffraction Beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron.
2021 AXAA Speaker Series
Monday, 29th November (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Nano-bio-interface engineering of metal-organic frameworks.
Kang Liang
School of Chemical Engineering and Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
The University of New South Wales
kang.liang@unsw.edu.au
Food Provenance Research at ANSTO
Dr. Debashish Mazumder
Project Lead – Food Provenance, ANSTO
dma@ansto.gov.au
Monday, 20th September (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Investigating trace element geochemistry in bauxite residue using the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at Diamond Light Source.
Grace Scullett-Dean
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia
grace.scullett-dean@research.uwa.edu.au
Monday, 5th July (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Post-Synthetic Modification of a Metal-Organic Framework at High Pressure
Gemma Turner
School of Molecular Sciences,
The University of Western Australia
gemma.turner@research.uwa.edu.au
X-rays: Empowering Energy Research at Curtin University
Dr Terry D. Humphries
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Fuels and Energy Technology Institute,
Curtin University
terry_humphries81@hotmail.com
AXAA Annual General Meeting
The next Annual General Meeting of the Australian X-ray Analytical Association will be held at 3pm (AEST) on Thursday the 1st of October, 2020. Due to current coronavirus restrictions, this meeting will be held via teleconference using the WebEx platform.
If you are not yet a member and would like to attend, please get in touch here.
ANSTO Powder Diffraction School 2020 Online webinar (Free)
6 October - 8 October, 9:00AM - 5:00PM AEDT on Zoom (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
New detector grand launch: Bringing new wonder to challenging XRD research
(Malvern Panalytical)
27th August, 11:30 - 12:30 India Time [Asia]
Ore and Minerals Analysis - Free online webinar from Malvern Panalytical
Online webinars in English on July 21st-22nd, and 23rd-24th.
AXAA 2020 Conference & Exhibition - Cancelled due to COVID-19
April 29th - 1st May 2020, Bond University, Gold Coast
International Youth Nuclear Congress 2020
8 - 13 March 2020, Sydney
XAS Workshop - Data Analysis
December 12-13th, Monash University (with remote access option)
AXAA Student Seminar Day - QLD
November 21st, The University of Queensland
AXAA Student Seminar Day - WA
November 14th, University of Western Australia
AXAA Student Seminar Day - NSW
November 8th, ANSTO Lucas Heights, NSW
AXAA Student Seminar Day - VIC
October 31st, CSIRO, Clayton
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshop hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
September 27th, University of Western Australia
Powder Diffraction Workshop - Australian Synchrotron
August 26th - 28th 2019, Australian Synchrotron
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshops hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
May 14th (Basic) and 15th (Advanced) 2019, UNSW
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshop hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
March 27th 2019, The University of Queensland
AXAA QLD student seminars
November 14th 2018, The University of Queensland
AXAA VIC student seminars
October 23rd 2018, CSIRO Clayton
AXAA WA student seminars
October 25th 2018, Curtin University
AXAA NSW student seminars
28th September, The University of New South Wales
Combined Analysis Using X-ray and Neutron Scattering
July 2-6 2018, Caen, France
Geoanalysis 2018 - 10th International Conference of the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials
July 8-13 2018, Sydney, New South Wales
Denver X-ray Conference
August 6-10 2018, Westminster, Colorado, U.S.A.
International Mineralogical Association Conference (IMA2018)
August 13-17 2018, Melbourne, Victoria
Free seminar: X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) - A powerful technique for the analysis of materials
October 16 2017, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
International Society of Environmental Biogeochemistry’s 23rd Symposium (ISEB23)
September 24-29 2017, Palm Cove, Tropical North Queensland
Melbourne - Friday 9th June
Dr Niloofar Karimian (CSIRO) spoke on applied X-ray techniques in environmental geochemistry.
Dr Justin Kimpton (ANSTO) provided an update on the Advanced Diffraction Beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron.
2021 AXAA Speaker Series
Monday, 29th November (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Nano-bio-interface engineering of metal-organic frameworks.
Kang Liang
School of Chemical Engineering and Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
The University of New South Wales
kang.liang@unsw.edu.au
Food Provenance Research at ANSTO
Dr. Debashish Mazumder
Project Lead – Food Provenance, ANSTO
dma@ansto.gov.au
Monday, 20th September (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Investigating trace element geochemistry in bauxite residue using the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at Diamond Light Source.
Grace Scullett-Dean
School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia
grace.scullett-dean@research.uwa.edu.au
Monday, 5th July (AEST 2-3 pm, AWST 12-1)
Post-Synthetic Modification of a Metal-Organic Framework at High Pressure
Gemma Turner
School of Molecular Sciences,
The University of Western Australia
gemma.turner@research.uwa.edu.au
X-rays: Empowering Energy Research at Curtin University
Dr Terry D. Humphries
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Fuels and Energy Technology Institute,
Curtin University
terry_humphries81@hotmail.com
AXAA Annual General Meeting
The next Annual General Meeting of the Australian X-ray Analytical Association will be held at 3pm (AEST) on Thursday the 1st of October, 2020. Due to current coronavirus restrictions, this meeting will be held via teleconference using the WebEx platform.
If you are not yet a member and would like to attend, please get in touch here.
ANSTO Powder Diffraction School 2020 Online webinar (Free)
6 October - 8 October, 9:00AM - 5:00PM AEDT on Zoom (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
New detector grand launch: Bringing new wonder to challenging XRD research
(Malvern Panalytical)
27th August, 11:30 - 12:30 India Time [Asia]
Ore and Minerals Analysis - Free online webinar from Malvern Panalytical
Online webinars in English on July 21st-22nd, and 23rd-24th.
AXAA 2020 Conference & Exhibition - Cancelled due to COVID-19
April 29th - 1st May 2020, Bond University, Gold Coast
International Youth Nuclear Congress 2020
8 - 13 March 2020, Sydney
XAS Workshop - Data Analysis
December 12-13th, Monash University (with remote access option)
AXAA Student Seminar Day - QLD
November 21st, The University of Queensland
AXAA Student Seminar Day - WA
November 14th, University of Western Australia
AXAA Student Seminar Day - NSW
November 8th, ANSTO Lucas Heights, NSW
AXAA Student Seminar Day - VIC
October 31st, CSIRO, Clayton
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshop hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
September 27th, University of Western Australia
Powder Diffraction Workshop - Australian Synchrotron
August 26th - 28th 2019, Australian Synchrotron
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshops hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
May 14th (Basic) and 15th (Advanced) 2019, UNSW
XRD hands on learning: Better data quality, analysis & interpretation
(Free workshop hosted by Malvern Panalytical)
March 27th 2019, The University of Queensland
AXAA QLD student seminars
November 14th 2018, The University of Queensland
AXAA VIC student seminars
October 23rd 2018, CSIRO Clayton
AXAA WA student seminars
October 25th 2018, Curtin University
AXAA NSW student seminars
28th September, The University of New South Wales
Combined Analysis Using X-ray and Neutron Scattering
July 2-6 2018, Caen, France
Geoanalysis 2018 - 10th International Conference of the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials
July 8-13 2018, Sydney, New South Wales
Denver X-ray Conference
August 6-10 2018, Westminster, Colorado, U.S.A.
International Mineralogical Association Conference (IMA2018)
August 13-17 2018, Melbourne, Victoria
Free seminar: X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) - A powerful technique for the analysis of materials
October 16 2017, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
International Society of Environmental Biogeochemistry’s 23rd Symposium (ISEB23)
September 24-29 2017, Palm Cove, Tropical North Queensland
2016 AXAA VIC Student Seminars
September 20, CSIRO Laboratories, Clayton, Victoria
September 20, CSIRO Laboratories, Clayton, Victoria
AOFSRR and Australian Synchrotron User Meeting 2015
November 25-27, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
November 25-27, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering
July 19-23, Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific, NSW Australia
July 19-23, Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific, NSW Australia
Rigaku D/Max Rapid II Afternoon Tea Seminar
November 27, Mawson Institute, University of South Australia
Australian Synchrotron New User Symposium
November 19, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
Australian Synchrotron User Meeting
November 20-21, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
AXAA 2014 Workshops, Conference and Exhibition
February 9-13, Perth, Western Australia
November 27, Mawson Institute, University of South Australia
Australian Synchrotron New User Symposium
November 19, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
Australian Synchrotron User Meeting
November 20-21, National Centre for Synchrotron Science, Melbourne, Victoria
AXAA 2014 Workshops, Conference and Exhibition
February 9-13, Perth, Western Australia