2021 NXS Program

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Week 1 (all times are Eastern Daylight Time, EDT)

Monday, July 12
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Welcome to the School
    NX directors
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Welcome to the APS - Presentation 2021
    Stephen Streiffer - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Neutron Generation and Detection/Neutron Optics and Instrumentation
    Thomas Huegle
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday, July 13
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter
    Roger Pynn - University of Indiana
    Efrain Rodriguez - University of Maryland
    Rana Ashkar - Virginia Tech
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter, cont.
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Virtual Tour through the APS
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Gathertown - meet with lecturers, instrument scientists and students
Wednesday, July 14
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    X-ray Generation and Instrumentation
    Dennis M. Mills - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
    Powder Diffraction - Annotated Thought Exercises
    Cora Lind-Kovacs - University of Toledo
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
    Single Crystal Diffraction
    Christine Beavers - Diamond Light Source
Thursday, July 15
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
    PDF Analysis
    Katharine Page - University of TN, Knoxville
  • 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
    Diffuse Scattering
    Ray Osborn - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
    General Introduction to FELs
    Paul Fuoss - LCLS/Stanford Linear Accelerator
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
    Probing Ultrafast Dynamics
    Anne Marie March - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Gathertown - meet with lecturers, instrument scientists and students
Friday, July 16
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
    X-ray Absorbtion Spectroscopy
    Grant Bunker - Illinois Institute of Technology
  • 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
    In Situ and Operando Measurements
    Karena Chapman - Stony Brook University
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Career path at National Labs Symposium
    Meridith Bruozas (ANL)
    Moody Altamimi (ORNL)
    Tina Henne (ANL)
    Jaime Fernandez-Baca (ORNL)
    Clarina de la Cruz (ORNL)
    Venkat Srinivasan (ANL)
    + scientists as panelists

 

Week 2 (all times are Central Daylight Time, CDT)

Monday, July 19
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
    Inelastic X-ray Scattering
    Jason Hancock - University of Connecticut
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
    Resonant Elastic and Inelastic Scattering
    Stuart Wilkins - Brookhaven National Lab
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Break
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
    High Pressure Measurements - Presentation 2021
    Bianca Haberl - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
    Fast X-ray Imaging and Diffraction for Engineering Materials Science - Presentation 2021
    Tao Sun - University of Virginia
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Break
    Setting up Remote Access to Beamline Computers
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
    User Facilities in North America
    Jonathan Lang - Argonne National Laboratory
    Ken Andersen - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday, July 20
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
    X-ray Imaging - Presentation 2021
    Chris Jacobsen - Argonne National Laboratory / Northwestern University
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
    Coherence Based Imaging
    Ross Harder - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Break
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
     
Wednesday, July 21
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Break
    Setting up Remote Access to Beamline Computers
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
    X-ray Photon Correlation
    Larry Lurio - Northern Illinois University
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
    X-ray Magnetic Dichroism
    Elke Arenholz - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thursday, July 22
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
    Surface/Interface Scattering
    John Freeland - Argonne National Laboratory
  • 11:15 PM - 12:00 PM
    Small Angle X-ray Scattering
    Millie Firestone - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Break
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
Friday, July 23
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Break
    Setting up Remote Access to Beamline Computers
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
    Artificial Intelligence for Scattering Experiments
    Thomas Proffen - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
    Artificial Intelligenc for Imaging Experiments
    Matthew Cherukara - Argonne National Laboratory

Week 3 (all times are Eastern Daylight Time, EDT)

Sunday, July 25
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    Welcome to Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Bianca Haberl
    Mike Manley
    Matthias Frontzek
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
    Neutron Scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Dr. Hans M. Christen - Director, Neutron Scattering Division
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Second Target Station
    John Haines - Manager, Second Target Station Project
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Virtual SNS and HFIR Tours
Monday, July 26
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    Inelastic Neutron Scattering
    Bruce Gaulin - McMaster University
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
Tuesday, July 27
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Reflectivity
    Chuck F. Majkrzak - NIST
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
    Neutron polarization
    Kathryn Krycka - NIST
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
    Magnetic Scattering
    Kate Ross - Colorado State University
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
Wednesday, July 28
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Small Angle Neutron Scattering
    Lisa DeBeer-Schmidt - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
    Imaging
    Hassina Bilheaux - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Yuxan Zhang - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
    Engineering Diffraction
    Jeff Bunn - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    WINS Seminar
    Dvorah Perahia - Clemson University
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Break
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
    Interactive Session
     
Thursday, July 29
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy
    Yongqiang Cheng - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
    Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering
    Niina Jalarvo - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
    Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy
    Laura Stingaciu - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
Friday, July 30
  • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Beamline Experiments
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Proposal Writing
    Brian Toby - Argonne National Laboratory
    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Trivia and Farewell
    Michelle Everett - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Rhonda Moody - Oak Ridge National Laboratory