Instructor(s)

Matt Nowell

Product Manager, EBSD

Matt Nowell is the EBSD Product Manager at EDAX and has a passion for EBSD and microstructural characterization. Matt joined TexSEM Labs (TSL) upon graduation from the University of Utah in 1995 with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering. At TSL, he was part of the team that pioneered the development and commercialization of EBSD and OIM. After EDAX acquired TSL in 1999, he joined the applications group to help continue to develop EBSD as a technique, and integrate structural information with chemical information collected using EDS. Within EDAX, Matt has held several roles, including product management, business development, customer and technical support, engineering, and applications support and development. Matt has published over 70 papers in a variety of application areas. He greatly enjoys the opportunity to interact with scientists, engineers, and microscopists to help expand the role that EBSD plays in materials characterization. In his spare time, Matt enjoys playing golf and pondering if changing the texture of his clubs will affect his final score.

Raising the standard for EBSD

As a course attendee, you will learn the fundamentals of pattern generation, indexing, and data analysis using APEX and OIM Analysis to enhance your basic electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) studies

  • Study the fundamental principles at a pace that is most efficient and convenient for you

  • One-year access ensures you can reference best practices during your materials studies

  • Interact with industry specialists through the online discussion forum to ask questions and clarify content

  • Attain a professional certificate upon course completion

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the course!

    2. EBSD essentials

    3. OIM EBSD Video 3 Opening Files

    4. OIM EBSD Video h Report Designer and OIM Analysis Reporting

    5. OIM EBSD Video 7 Templates

    6. OIM EBSD Video 4 Quick Gen Toolsbar

    7. OIM EBSD Video 1 OIM Analysis Introduction

    8. OIM EBSD Video 5 Project Tree

    9. OIM EBSD Video 3 Misorientations and Boundaries

    10. OIM EBSD Video 2 Grains

    11. OIM EBSD Video 6 Partitioning

    1. Project setup

    2. Sample setup

    3. Sample tilt and detector insertion

    1. Velocity binning and exposure settings

    2. Background subtraction and processing

    3. Beam current effects

    4. Working distance range effects

    5. Camera optimization and saving preset values

    1. Loading crystal phases

    2. Hough transform

    3. Indexing

    1. Basic mapping

    2. Faster mapping and batch scans

    3. Saving simultaneous EDS data and EBSD patterns

    1. EBSD reporting in APEX

About this course

  • Free
  • 35 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content