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Inter/Micro 2024 Schedule of Events Event ended

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Author Presentations McCrone Lecture Room View author abstracts and presentation schedule
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.Morning Coffee Break, sponsored by Cargille Labs
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by McCrone Research Institute McCrone Garden
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.SMSI Silent Auction McCrone ClassroomBid on microscopy equipment and other related items of interest at the annual silent auction benefitting the State Microscopical Society of Illinois (SMSI). Winners will be announced Wednesday afternoon after the speaker presentations. Learn more
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break, sponsored by Cargille Labs
Photomicrography Competition Sponsored by pH2, LLC We invite you to submit photomicrographs taken with any microscopy technique -- darkfield, brightfield, fluorescence, interference contrast, polarized light, SEM, etc. The deadline for in-person submissions at Inter/Micro 2024 is 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Awards for Best Overall Image, Most Unique Image, and Best SEM Image will be announced at the SMSI Awards Dinner, Wednesday, June 12. Learn more
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Author Presentations McCrone Lecture RoomView author abstracts and presentation schedule
9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. SMSI Silent Auction McCrone ClassroomBid on microscopy equipment and other related items of interest at the annual silent auction benefitting the State Microscopical Society of Illinois (SMSI). Winners will be announced Wednesday afternoon after the speaker presentations. Learn more
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Morning Coffee Break, sponsored by Cargille Labs
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by TAKA in memory of Mrs. Madeleine V. Kubic McCrone Garden
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break, sponsored by Cargille Labs
  • 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. SMSI Awards Dinner, sponsored by Cargille Labs Honoring John Gustav Delly, 2024 Émile M. Chamot Award Recipient
  • Buddy Guy’s Legends, 700 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. Social hour
  • 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner and drinks
  • 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Award announcement and presentations, photomicrography contest results
Join Inter/Micro and the State Microscopical Society of Illinois (SMSI) as they honor John Gustav Delly (1934–2024) with the 2024 Émile M. Chamot Award. Mr. Delly was presented with the award and accepted the Chamot medal earlier this year. SMSI will highlight and illustrate his long and distinguished microscopy career.
Private event venue: Buddy Guy’s Legends, owned by seven-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bluesman Buddy Guy, is renowned as Chicago’s premier blues club, serving tantalizing Cajun and soul cuisine. Since opening in 1989, the Legends stage has been graced by some of the world’s most talented musicians such as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bo Diddley, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Junior Wells, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to name a few. Learn more and view the SMSI dinner menu
Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, 2024
Particles of Combustion and Their Sources 2-Day Workshop Sponsored by Cargille Labs and Jan Burmeister
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (lunch: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.) both daysMcCrone Laboratories and Classrooms This hands-on workshop taught by Ernest (Russ) Crutcher will demonstrate how particles of combustion are identified along with their source. The fuel and the conditions of combustion, such as temperature and oxygen availability, produce telltale optical characteristics on and in these particles. We will examine some of these characteristics produced by wildfires, structure fires, home combustion sources, vehicle emissions, and industrial combustion sources. Learn more