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Scientists Focused on Small Things Hit The Road

Atlanta-based MVA Scientific Consultants to share microanalytical knowledge with peers and clients at various events this summer.

/24-7PressRelease.com/ - ATLANTA, GA, May 22, 2005 - MVA Scientific Consultants work with a range of clients and peers to share microanalytical knowledge through leading-edge training, high-level presentations, and research. As part of these efforts, the Firm's Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will be participating in a number of presentations and meetings over the next few months:

*On May 25th, Research Microscopist Bryan R. Bandli will make a presentation at The 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference in Moscow, Idaho. The conference is the premier annual meeting in geochemistry and mineralogy, covering the full range of geochemistry from cosmochemistry to the origin of life.

*July 18th -21st Bandli will join Managing Director and Senior Research Scientist James R. Millette, Ph.D. in making presentations at the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Johnson Conference. Dr. Millette is a Subcommittee Vice Chair with ASTM International.

*July 31st - August 4th Managing Director and Senior Research Scientist Tim B. Vander Wood, Ph.D. heads to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend The Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 Meeting. At the meeting, Dr. Vander Wood will present a paper that he authored in collaboration with the Firm's Rachel Rose.

These events follow earlier SME appearances at the Symposium on Air Quality Measurement Methods and Technology 2005 in San Francisco, CA and at the ASTM International Committee E56 on Nanotechnology in Reno, NV. Dr. Vander Wood is a founding member of the E56 Committee, which currently consists of 70 members and organizations representing over twelve countries.

For more information on these or other upcoming events involving MVA Scientific Consultants, please visit our website at www.mvainc.com.

MVA Scientific Consultants provides critical analysis and support for a variety of public and private sector interests through the use of electron and light microscopy. Clients from across the world seek out the Firm to help address unique challenges involving QA/QC, litigation, industrial hygiene, environmental forensics and a host of other issues.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Anthony M. Cooper
Director of Marketing and Communications
770-662-8509

Microscopist Recognized by Georgia State University

Whitney B. Hill, Research Scientist at Atlanta-based MVA Scientific Consultants wins award from GSU Geology Department.

/24-7PressRelease.com/ - Atlanta, GA, May 22, 2005- MVA Scientific Consultants is proud to congratulate staff member Whitney B. Hill for her recognition as the 2004 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Teaching Assistant of the Year by the Department of Geology, at Georgia State University.

The Sigma Gamma Epsilon Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, which was officially presented last month, is awarded annually by the Epsilon Rho Chapter of the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon (The National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences) in recognition of outstanding performance in introductory laboratory teaching.

A graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Hill has an M.S. in Geology after completing the Geology Graduate Program at Georgia State University (GSU). During her time at GSU, she served as a Teaching Assistant in the university's geology department where she taught 2-3 classes a semester for 5 semesters (2002-2004).

Currently, Hill is a Research Scientist at MVA Scientific Consultants, where she is responsible for preparing and analyzing samples using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

MVA Scientific Consultants provides critical analysis and support for a variety of public and private sector interests through the use of electron and light microscopy. Clients from across the world seek out the Firm to help address unique challenges involving QA/QC, litigation, industrial hygiene, environmental forensics and a host of other issues.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Anthony M. Cooper
Director of Marketing and Communications
770-662-8509
tcooper@mvainc.com