One-Day Course
Date to be announced; 8:30am – 5:00pm
Dr. Richard Crocombe, Crocombe Spectroscopic Consulting, Winchester, MA
Dr. Pauline Leary, NOBLE, Stevensville, MD
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will bring attendees up-to-date on portable spectroscopy (infrared, Raman, Mass Spec, GC/MS, XRF, LIBS, etc.), both on the instruments themselves and new applications, Instrumental developments include a portable mapping Raman instrument, a mobile mass spec with true unit mass resolution, a new combined IR and Raman portable, new NIR portables, more versatile sampling techniques, fluorescence mitigation (for Raman) stand-off detection, and mounting instruments on robots. New technologies include photonic integrated circuits, and spectroscopy in wearables and for human health. Applications developments include more techniques for street drugs (e.g., fentanyl), counterfeit detection, forensics, recycling, etc.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
All those interested in, using, developing or proposing to purchase portable spectrometers: Pharmaceutical QA/QC and counterfeit detection; pharmaceutical PAT; process and QA/QC scientists and engineers; counterfeit detection, brand protection; forensic scientists; cultural heritage scientists; law enforcement – narcotics; hazardous materials (HazMat) personnel; safety & security scientists and engineers
TOPICS
- Where We Stand Today
a. Optical (infrared, Raman, etc.)
b. Mass (MS, GC/MS, IMS, etc.)
c. Elemental (XRF, LIBS) - Recent Instrumental Developments
a. New instruments
b. Combined and Sampling techniques
c. New technologies (e.g., photonic integrated circuits) - Recent Applications Developments
a. Street drugs and fentanyl
b. Counterfeit detection
c. Pharmaceutical and PAT
d. Wearables and human health
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Richard Crocombe Principal at Crocombe Spectroscopic Consulting. He has worked in the analytical instrument business for about thirty years, with the last half of that concentrating on miniature and portable instruments. In 2017 he left the corporate world to set up his own consulting company, helping to commercialize new miniature spectroscopic technologies. He has written extensively on the topic and is the joint editor (with Paulione Leary and Brooke Kammrath) of the two-volume book “Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry’ published by Wiley in 2021.
Dr. Pauline Leary is a CBRNE subject matter expert for Noble, Inc., specializing in training law enforcement and military personnel in the use of portable instruments. Prior to that she was a Technical Solutions Engineer for Smiths Detection, Inc., working with military, emergency-response, transportation and critical-infrastructure customers to help them develop solutions to the problems they are experiencing with detecting, identifying and quantifying dangerous substances and other contraband in the field. Prior to joining Smiths in 2005, Pauline worked as scientist performing physical testing within the R&D division of Purdue Pharma, LP. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marist College, a Master of Science degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
