Powder Diffraction and Rietveld Refinement School 2026
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In Durham
The Durham Powder Diffraction and Rietveld Refinement school will be held from 12-16th April 2026 (Sunday afternoon to Thursday lunchtime).
Applications for places can be made here. The closing date is 23rd December.
The cost of the school will be a maximum of £500 for PhD student delegates and £850 for industry delegates or those with permanent academic positions. This covers accommodation, food and copies of the school material. We are hoping to be able to provide bursaries to financially support some PhD delegates.
The course will include a mixture of lectures, small group tutorials and hands-on computer exercises.
Topics to be covered will include:
  Data collection strategies for X-ray and neutron diffraction
  Constant wavelength and time of flight diffraction
  Modelling peak shapes
  Indexing powder patterns
  Rietveld, Le Bail and Pawley fitting methods
  X-ray and neutron combined Rietveld refinement
  Extended solids and molecular systems
  Restrained refinements
  Rigid body refinements
Magnetic refinements will not be explicitly covered.
Teachers on the course will include John Evans, Ivana Evans, Jeremy Cockcroft, Andy Fitch, Emma McCabe, Robert Dinnebier and a dedicated team of course tutors.
Applications for places can be made here. The closing date is 23rd December.
The cost of the school will be a maximum of £500 for PhD student delegates and £850 for industry delegates or those with permanent academic positions. This covers accommodation, food and copies of the school material. We are hoping to be able to provide bursaries to financially support some PhD delegates.
The course will include a mixture of lectures, small group tutorials and hands-on computer exercises.
Topics to be covered will include:
  Data collection strategies for X-ray and neutron diffraction
  Constant wavelength and time of flight diffraction
  Modelling peak shapes
  Indexing powder patterns
  Rietveld, Le Bail and Pawley fitting methods
  X-ray and neutron combined Rietveld refinement
  Extended solids and molecular systems
  Restrained refinements
  Rigid body refinements
Magnetic refinements will not be explicitly covered.
Teachers on the course will include John Evans, Ivana Evans, Jeremy Cockcroft, Andy Fitch, Emma McCabe, Robert Dinnebier and a dedicated team of course tutors.
Contact:
John Evans