2005 Schedule

Registration
Sunday, May 29th	12 noon - 9 p.m.	Morgan Hall, WPI
Monday, May 30th	8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Higgins Lab 201, WPI

Sunday, May 29th, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
12 noon	Registration (continues until 9 p.m. for late arrivals)	Morgan Hall
5 p.m.	Welcoming Address	TBA	Mr. Kent dur Russell, Prof. Diran Apelian	Higgins Armory MPI/WPI
5:30 p.m.	Student Introductions: Background & Objectives	TBA
Monday, May 30, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Keynote Lecture: Damascus Steels, Welded Damascus Steels, the Iron Plate Found at the Great Pyramid of Giza, and the Carbon Dating of Ancient Iron and Steel Artifacts	HL218	Dr. Jeffrey Wadsworth	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:15 a.m.	Introduction to Metals Conservation	HL218	Ms. Susanne Gänsicke	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
12 noon	Lunch	Food Court
1 p.m.	Origin of Metals	HL218	Prof. Ralph Napolitano	Iowa State University
2:15 p.m.	Depart for Higgins Armory Museum
2:30 p.m.	Tour of Higgins Armory Museum with Curator and Conservation Technician	Higgins Armory	Dr. Jeffrey Forgeng Mr. Bill MacMillan	Higgins Armory/WPI Higgins Armory
4 p.m.	A Brief History of the Restoration and Conservation of Metal Objects	Higgins Armory - Auditorium	Ms. Susanne Gänsicke	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
5:30 p.m.	Dinner	Higgins Armory - Classroom
7:30 p.m.	Depart for WPI Campus
7:45 p.m.	Arrive at WPI Campus
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Physical Metallurgy: Phase Diagrams Presentation (6.2MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Diran Apelian	MPI/WPI
10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:30 a.m.	Outstanding Bronzes Presentation (3.4MB PDF file)	HL218	Mr. Robert Van Langh	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
12 noon	Lunch	Food Court
1 p.m.	Corrosion: The Environmental Degradation of Materials Presentation (1.6MB PDF file)	HL218	Professor Rick Sisson	MPI/WPI
2:30 p.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
2:45 p.m.	Conservation of Ferrous Metals	HL218	Dr. Matthias Pfaffenbichler	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
6 p.m.	Discussion: Faculty and Students	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
7 p.m.	Dinner	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Fabrication Metallography and Conservation of the Japanese Sword Presentation (12MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Michael Notis	Lehigh University
10 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:15 a.m.	Corrosion of Archaeological Metals Presentation (4.7MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Michael Notis	Lehigh University
11:30 a.m.	Compositional Analysis of Metal Objects: Comparison of Techniques Presentation (2.9MB PDF file)	HL218	Dr. Yancy Riddle Mr. Robert van Langh	Universal Chemical Tech., Inc. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
2:30 p.m.	Structure of Cast Metals and Evolution of Casting Technology Presentation 1 (8.2MB PDF file) Presentation 2 (7.9MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Ralph Napolitano	Iowa State University
5:30 p.m.	Discussion: Faculty and Students	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
6:30 p.m.	Dinner	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Silver History and Conservation Presentation (10MB PDF file)	HL218 & WB113	Mr. Robert Van Langh	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:45 a.m.	Surface Treatments and Patinations	HL218 & WB113	Dr. Matthias Pfaffenbichler	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
1:30 p.m.	Characterizing Metallic Microstructures Presentation 1 (7.6MB PDF file) Presentation 2 (16MB PDF file) Presentation 3 (8.3MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Ron Biederman Mr. George Vander Voort	WPI Buehler, Ltd.
4:30 p.m.	Discussion: Faculty and Students	Higgins House
5:30 p.m.	Introduction: History of the Higgins House	Higgins House	Mr. Kent dur Russell	Higgins Armory
5:45 p.m.	Conservation of Arms and Armor	Higgins House	Mr. Edward Hunter	Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)
7 p.m.	Dinner	Higgins House
Friday, June 3, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Metallography and Microscopy I Presentation 1 (7.6MB PDF file) Presentation 2 (16MB PDF file) Presentation 3 (8.3MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Ron Biederman Mr. George Vander Voort	WPI Buehler, Ltd.
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:45 a.m.	Metallography and Microscopy II	HL218	Prof. Ron Biederman Mr. George Vander Voort	WPI Buehler, Ltd.
1 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
2 p.m.	Metallography and Microscopy III	HL218 & WB113	Prof. Ron Biederman Mr. George Vander Voort	WPI Buehler, Ltd.
5 p.m.	Break
5:15 p.m.	Early Copper Production - Reconstructing the Pyrotechnological Process	HL218	Dr. Aaron Shugar	Lehigh University / Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
6 p.m.	Dinner	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Time	Session/Event
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast at HL201
9 a.m.	Lecture: Use of Theoretical Mechanics in Explaining Properties of Materials Before the Industrial Revolution Speaker: Prof. Malcolm Parkinson
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Lecture: The Relationship between Curator and Conservator: Case Studies in Metals Conservation at the Wallace Collection Speaker: Mr. David Edge
12:45 p.m.	Break
1 p.m.	Depart for off-site copper smelting demonstration
1:30 p.m.	Reconstruction of a Bronze Age Copper Furnace by Dr. Aaron Shugar from Lehigh University / Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education
6 p.m.	Bus departs for WPI Campus
6:30 p.m.	Arrive at WPI Campus
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Time	Session/Event
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast at HL201
9 a.m.	Free morning
12 noon	Bus departs for Saugus Iron Works
1:15 p.m.	Arrive at Saugus Iron Works Box lunch and free time in museum
2:15 p.m.	Guided tour by Curtis White
4 p.m.	Bus departs for WPI Campus
5:15 p.m.	Arrive at WPI Campus - Dinner on your own
Monday, June 6, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Introduction to Cu Alloys and the Copper-Tin Phase Diagram Presentation (13.8MB PDF file)	HL218 & WB113	Prof. David Scott	UCLA, Getty Conservation
10:30 a.m.	Practical Metallographic Session with Copper Alloys already Mounted for Examination	HL218 & WB113	Prof. David Scott	UCLA, Getty Conservation
1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
2:30 p.m.	Use of X-ray Radiography in the Study of Ancient Works of Art in Metal	HL218	Ms. Deborah Schorsch	Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:45 p.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
4 p.m.	Gold and Silver in Moche Culture - Gold and Silver in Egypt in the Time of Tutankhamun	HL218	Ms. Deborah Schorsch	Metropolitan Museum of Art
5:30 p.m.	Discussion: Faculty and Students	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
6:30 p.m.	Dinner	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Emerging Non-Destructive Analysis Methods in Archaeometallurgy Presentation (10MB PDF file)	HL218	Mr. Brian Newbury	Lehigh University
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:45 a.m.	The Physical Metallurgy of Steel Presentation (9.6MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Ron Biederman	WPI
1 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
2 p.m.	Depart for Worcester Art Museum
2:30 p.m.	Worcester Art Museum Conservation Lab Tour	Worcester Art Museum	Ms. Paula Artal-Isbrand Mr. Philip Klausmeyer	Worcester Art Museum
4:30 p.m.	Depart for WPI Campus
4:45 p.m.	Discussion: Faculty and Students	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
6 p.m.	Dinner	Campus Center - Hagglund Room
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Precious Metals Metallurgy and Related Topics Presentation (9.9MB PDF file)	HL218	Dr. Aldo Reti	wTe Corporation
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break	HL201
10:45 a.m.	Forensics Research with Metal Objects: World Trade Center Steel Case Study Presentation (11.5MB PDF file)	HL218	Prof. Ron Biederman	WPI
12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Food Court
1:30 p.m.	Lab Projects - Open Lab Time	WB113
3:45 p.m.	Depart for Higgins Armory Museum
4 p.m.	Metals and the Martial Imagination	Higgins Armory Museum	Dr. Jeffrey Forgeng	WPI/Higgins Armory Museum
6 p.m.	Dinner	Great Hall Higgins Armory Museum
7 p.m.	Student Presentations	Great Hall Higgins Armory Museum
8 p.m.	Certificate Presentations	Great Hall, Higgins Armory Museum	Mr. Kent dur Russell Ms. Cristina Bauer	Higgins Armory Museum
9 p.m.	Depart for WPI Campus
Thursday, June 9, 2005
Time	Session/Event	Location	Speaker	Affiliation
8 a.m.	Continental Breakfast	HL201
8:30 a.m.	Bus departs for Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge
10 a.m.	Arrive at Fogg Art Museum Guided tour of Straus Center for Conservation laboratories and an examination of bronze fabrication techniques	Fogg Art Museum	Mr. Henry Lie Dr. Francesca Bewer	Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums
12 noon	Box Lunch	Fogg Art Museum
1 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Fogg Art Museum
1:15 p.m.	Conference Adjourns Students departing from Boston can proceed directly to Logan Airport. The bus will also return to WPI Campus.

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