2004 Schedule
| Registration | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 7th | 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Higgins Lab 218, WPI |
| Tuesday June 8th | 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Higgins Lab 218, WPI |
| Tuesday June 8th, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration Desk Open Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming Address [PDF] | HL 218 | Mr. Kent dur Russell Dr. Diran Apelian | Higgins Armory MPI/WPI |
| 9:00 a.m. | Keynote Lecture: Introduction to Cu Alloys | HL 218 | Prof. David A. Scott | Chairman UCLA Getty Conservation |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Introduction to the Copper-Tin Phase Diagram | HL 218 | Prof. David A. Scott | Chairman UCLA Getty Conservation |
| 11:15 a.m. | Practical Metallographic Session with Copper Alloys already Mounted for Examination | HL 218 | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Keynote Lecture: Introduction to Metals Conservation | HL 218 | Mr. Edward A. Hunter | Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 p.m. | Keynote Lecture: A Brief History of the Restoration and Conservation of Metal Objects | HL 218 | Dr. Francesca G. Bewer | Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Keynote Lecture: Use of Theoretical Mechanics in Explaining Properties of Materials before Industrial Revolution | HL 218 | Prof. Malcolm Parkinson | WPI |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner | Higgins House - WPI | ||
| Wednesday June 9th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Origins of Metals | HL 218 | Prof. Ralph Napolitano | Iowa State University |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Physical Metallurgy: Phase Diagrams | HL 218 | Prof. Diran Apelian Dr. Yancy Riddle | MPI/WPI MPI/WPI |
| 11:30 a.m. | Surface Treatments/Patinations | HL 218 | Dr. Matthias Pfaffenbichler | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Conservation of Ferrous Metals | HL 218 | Dr. Matthias Pfaffenbichler | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Conservation of Ferrous Metals (Continued) | HL 218 | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner | TBD | ||
| Thursday June 10th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Electron Microscopy and Its' Application in Metals | HL 218 | Dr. Jianyu Huan | Boston College |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Fabrication Metallography and Conservation of the Japanese Sword [PPT-Part 1|Part1] | HL 218 | Prof. Michael Notis | Lehigh University |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Precious Metals Metallurgy and Related Topics [PPT] | HL 218 | Dr. Aldo Reti | wTe Corporation |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Electron Microscopy and Its' Application in Metals | Lab | Dr. Jianyu Huan | Boston College |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner and Round Table Discussion | TBD | ||
| Friday June 11th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:15 a.m. | The Physical Metallurgy of Steel | HL 218 | Prof. Rick D. Sisson | WPI |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Characterizing Metallic Microstructures [PPT] | HL 218 | Dr. Yancy Riddle | MPI/WPI |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Corrosion: The Environmental Degradation of Materials | HL 218 | Prof. Rick D. Sisson | WPI |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 - 6:00 p.m. | Structure of Cast Metals and Evolution of Casting Technology | HL 218 | Prof. Ralph Napolitano | Iowa State University |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner and Round Table Discussion | TBD | ||
| Saturday June 12th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | ||
| 6:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Morgan Hall | ||
| 7:00 a.m. | Bus departs from Morgan Hall for Strawberry Banke | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Arrival at Strawberry Bank Guided tour of Strawberry Bank by archeologist and cooper | |||
| 12:00 | Box Lunch | |||
| 5:00 p.m. | Depart for Worcester, with dinner stop-over at Kent’s Barbecue, Leominster, MA | |||
| 9:00 p.m. | Arrive at WPI Campus | |||
| Sunday June 13th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Morgan Hall | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Bus departs for Saugus Ironworks | Morgan Hall | ||
| 11:15 a.m. | Arrival at Saugus Ironworks Guided tour by Curtis White | |||
| 12:00 | Box Lunch | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Free afternoon in Boston Dinner on your own | |||
| 8:00 p.m. | Depart for Worcester | |||
| 9:30 p.m. | Arrive at WPI Campus | |||
| Monday June 14th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Studying the Art of the Bronze Founder in Western European Culture | HL 218 | Dr. Francesca G. Bewer | Straus Center for Conservation |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Studying the Art (Continued) | HL 218 | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Emerging Non-Destructive Analysis Methods in Archaeometallurgy [PPT] (Abstract) | HL 218 | Mr. Brian Newbury | Lehigh University |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. | Conservation at the Higgins Armory | HL 218 | Prof. Jeffrey Forgeng Mr. Bill Macmillan | WPI, Higgins Armory Higgins Armory |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner and Round Table Discussion | TBD | ||
| Tuesday June 15th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Forensics Research With Metal Objects: World Trade Center Steel Case Study [PPT] | HL 218 | Dr. Ron Biederman | WPI |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Open Time for Lab Projects | HL 218 | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch | Food Court | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Silver History and Conservation [PPT] | HL 218 | Mr. Robert van Langh | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. | Outstanding Bronzes [PPT] | HL 218 | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner and Round Table Discussion | TBD | ||
| Wednesday June 16th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Meet outside Morgan Hall Depart by mini-bus for Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA | Morgan Hall | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Arrival at Fogg Art Museum Guided tour of Fogg Art Museum conducted by Mr. Henry Lie, Harvard University [PPT] | |||
| 12:00 | Box Lunch | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Tour of outdoor sculptures at De Cordova Museum Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA | |||
| 4:00 p.m. | Depart for Worcester | |||
| 5:00 p.m. | Arrive at WPI Campus | |||
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner and Round Table Discussion | TBD | ||
| Thursday June 17th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Recent Alloys | Martha Goodway | Smithsonian Institution | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 12:00 | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Worcester Art Museum Site Visit | Ms. Paula Artal-Isbrand Mr. Philip Klausmeyer | Worcester Art Museum | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Depart for Higgins Armory Museum | |||
| 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Metals and the Martial Imagination | Prof. Jeffrey Forgeng | WPI, Higgins Armory Museum | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner | |||
| Friday June 18th, 2004 | ||||
| Time | Session/Event | Location | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | HL 201 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Ethics and Metals Conservation [PPT] | HL 218 | Mr. Robert van Langh | Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam MPI/WPI |
| 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | HL 201 | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Course Survey | HL 218 | ||
| 10:45 a.m. | Short Presentations by Students | HL 218 | ||
| 11:30 a.m. | Certificate Presentations | HL 218 | Mr. Kent dur Russell Dr. Diran Apelian | Higgins Armory MPI/WPI |
| 12:00 | Conference Adjourns | |||
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