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The Center for Art Materials was founded and is operated by Kenneth J. Smith PhD, an Analytical Chemist with over thirteen years of materials analysis and consulting experience. Dr. Smith received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1992. His materials analysis and consulting experience involved the use of FTIR microscopy, Raman microscopy, UV/VIS spectroscopy, gas and liquid chromatography, ion chromatography, and optical microscopy. Dr. Smith has worked with a broad range of clients including government, industry, museums, attorneys and individuals completing over 2000 projects over the last thirteen years. He is also an instructor of the Advanced FTIR Microscopy course and the Raman Microscopy course offered in conjunction with the McCrone Research Institute. He is a member of Chicago Area Conservators Group, the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, the Materials Research Society and the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). |
Publications and Presentations“Imaging With FTIR Microscopy” Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 2005 “An Introduction to Ink Analysis and Characterization”, Barabe, Joseph G., Smith, Kenneth J., and Florence, Darlene; Journal of Forensic Document Examination, Vol. 15, pp. 49-72, 2004. “Raman: Sampling, Analysis and Interpretation Workshop” – Southwest Association of Forensic Scientist (SWAFS) meeting, Oklahoma City, OK Oct 2004. “Raman Analysis of Native American Dyed Artifacts” Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG), IRUG 6, Florence, Italy March 2004 – also presented at Chicago Area Conservators Group meeting, Sep 2004, Chicago IL “Raman Analysis in Document Examination” Journal of Forensic Document Examination, Smith, Kenneth J.; Vol. 15, pp. 29-48, 2004. “Pens, Printers, Inks and Toners: Protocols for their Identification” Joseph G. Barabe, Kenneth J. Smith, Darlene Florence, AFDE Symposium, November 2-6, 2003, Scottsdale, AZ “Characterization of Thermal Degradation Effects on Infrared Spectra”, Kenneth J. Smith, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 2003 “Further Studies of an Anomalous Meteorite”, Bill C. Mikuska, and Kenneth J. Smith and Wayne D. Niemeyer, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois 2003. “Applications of Raman Microscopy in Art Conservation”, Chicago Area Conservators Group, April 2002 “Organic and Inorganic Pigment Analysis Using Raman Microscopy”, Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG), IRUG 5, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, 2002. “Raman Analysis of Watercolor Pigments”, Smith, Kenneth J., Barabe, Joseph G., Microscope, 49:2, 163-174 (2001). “Raman Analysis of Watercolor Pigments”, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 2001 “Determination of Sources of Carbonaceous Dusts Using Microscopy and Spectroscopy,” Rice, Stephen B.; Smith, Kenneth J.; Chapin, William C. , Conference Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association, pp. 224-236, 2000. “Raman Microscopy in Document Examination,” Association for Forensic Document Examiners Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 2000. “Evaluation of Electron Beam Damage to Polymeric Samples by Raman Spectroscopy’” FACSS, Nashville, TN, September 2000. “Analysis of Contaminants in Pharmaceutical Products”, invited speaker, Chicago Section Society of Applied Spectroscopy Annual Workshop, Elmhurst, Illinois, February 2000. “Raman Microscopy and Chemical Analysis”, Inter/Micro, Chicago, Illinois, 2000. "The Cobalt Blue Pigments: Keys to their Identification" Barabe, Joseph G., Steven B. Rice and Kenneth J. Smith, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois 1999. “Raman Analysis in Materials Characterization”, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 1999. “Raman Analysis of Carbon Blacks and Soot”, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 1999. “Microchemistry in Micropipettes”, Intermicro, Chicago, Illinois, 1997. “Infrared Microspectroscopy and Computer Library Searching”, Microbeam Analysis Society, Breckenridge, Colorado, 1995. “Infrared Microspectroscopy and Computer Library Searching”, Microscopy Today, Issue #94-6, September 1994. “Reverse Dual Phase Gas Diffusion Flow Injection Analysis”, K.J. Smith, G.E. Pacey, Talanta, 40(12), 1961-9 (1993). “Industrial Applications of MicroFTIR”, FACSS, Detroit, Michigan, 1993. “Recent Advances in Gas Diffusion Flow Injection Analysis”, ACS Regional Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1992. “Improvements in the N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine Method of the Determination of Free and Combined Chlorine Through the Use of Flow Injection Analysis”, Talanta, 38(2), 145-9, (1991). “Improvements in the DPD Method of the Determination for Free Chlorine Analysis”, FACSS, Chicago, Illinois, October 1989. “Kinetic Discrimination in FIA”, Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference, Oxford, Ohio, October 1989. “FTIR and Raman Microscopy in the Consulting Laboratory”, State Microscopy Society of Illinois, February 2000. |
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