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Conservation Scientist for a Day

On March 25, 2011 By

What will students learn from the “Conservation Scientist for a Day” program?

Students will learn about:

  1. The role of the conservation scientist,
  2. The Scientific Method,
  3. Conservation,
  4. Cultural heritage,
  5. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) theory,
  6. The Metric System,
  7. Chemical analysis testing, and
  8. Safety in the laboratory setting.
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pXRF Presentation at LAS/MAA

On March 3, 2009 By

NCPTT’s David W. Morgan and Jason Church presented preliminary results of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis of copper at the joint Louisiana Archaeological Society and Mississippi Archaeological Association meeting held from February 27-March 1, 2009 in Natchez, Miss.

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Gahagan copper hand being analyzed using pXRF

David Morgan presents research at Southeastern Archaeological Conference

On December 30, 2008 By

NCPTT staff recently presented the results of initial research on the applicability of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) to copper artifact elemental composition studies at the 56th annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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$165,415 Released for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program

On July 9, 2008 By

More than $165,000 will fund research to protect America’s historic legacy as part of the National Center for Preservation Technology & Training’s PTT Grants program.

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Anna Johnson Presents NCPTT Research at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

On June 17, 2008 By

Anna Johnson, a high-school junior at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, took NCPTT research to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Atlanta, Ga. on May 11-16.

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Miller and Kurshid Receive Awards from ACS

On April 10, 2008 By

NCPTT interns Stace Miller and Bilal Khurshid were acknowledged for their research and professional presentations at NSU’s Annual College of Science and Technology banquet.

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NCPTT Provides Archeology Technical Assistance to Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

On February 4, 2008 By

NCPTT recently provided technical assistance to the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport regarding concerns about the condition of several archeological copper objects associated with the Gahagan burials that were excavated in the 1930s.

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Caitlin O'Grady calibrates a portable XRF

Mobile XRF in Museums

On July 30, 2007 By

NCPTT’s David W. Morgan participated in “Mobile XRF in Museums: Applications for Anthropology and Natural History Collections.”

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Congressional Cemetery Comprehensive Condition Assessment Conducted

On July 9, 2007 By

Mary Striegel and Jason Church of NCPTT conducted a comprehensive condition assessment and documentation of the Macomb and the U.S. Arsenal Monuments in Washington, DC’s, historic Congressional Cemetery.

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