Saturday, April 5, 2003

THIN SECTIONS: A Workshop

Wase Ahmed

Some optically dense substances will transmit light if made sufficiently thin. Such materials include rocks, some minerals, stony meteorites and cement. Mr. Ahmed will discuss the methods and machines for making thin sections. A limit of 20 SMSI participants will enable good viewing of techniques demonstrated in the Buehler Laboratory.

Bio Sketch
Mr. Ahmed has a B.S. degree in Geology and a B.S. in Soil Science. He then did postgraduate studies in Metallurgical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Wase, although semi-retired, works for Buehler, Ltd., in Lake Bluff, Illinois where he is responsible for development of improved specimen preparation techniques and products. He has authored several papers on preparation of difficult materials for microscopic analysis, and teaches a course on Petrography at Buehler.

His hobbies include photography, traveling, and hiking.