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Week 1 - ORNL

Saturday, August 5 ORNL

• 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  School participants arrive at Oak Ridge Hotel via flights
• 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  Informal get-together at Oak Ridge Hotel. Buffet and beverages for all school participants

Sunday, August 6 ORNL

Oak Ridge SCHOOL OPENING - SUNDAY, August 6, 2023
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Building 8600, Iran Thomas Auditorium, Room A103

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel (Breakfast on own at hotel before departure each morning)
• 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  Badging and Safety Training
• 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  Welcome to ORNL
  Opening Remarks
  ORNL NXS Team: Bianca Haberl, Mike Manley, Adam Aczel, Keith Taddei
  Jon Taylor, NSD Director, ORNL
• 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
  Break
• 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
  Lecture: Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter I
  Recording 1 | Slides 1  Recording 2 | Slides 2  Recording 3 | Slides 3  Recording 4 | Slides 4  Recording 5 | Slides 5 | Recording 6
  Roger Pynn - University of Indiana
• 12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter II  Recording 1  |  Recording 2  |  Slides
  Rana Ashkar - Virginia Tech
• 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
  Break
• 2:20 PM - 3:25 PM
  Lecure: Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter III  Slides 1 | Recording 1  Slides 2 | Recording 2  Slides 3 | Recording 3
  Efrain Rodriguez - University of Maryland
• 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
  Break
• 3:40 PM - 6:40 PM
  Tours - SNS, HFIR Graphite Reactor
• 6:40 PM - 7:45 PM
  Dinner and Discussions
• 7:45 PM
  Buses depart ORNL for hotel

Monday August 7 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Generation, Optics, Detection, and Instrumentation Slides 1 | Slides 2 | Video
  Thomas Huegle - ORNL
• 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
  Break
• 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
  Lecture: Powder Diffraction Slides 1 | Slides 2
  Cora Lind-Kovacs - University of Toledo
• 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
  Break
• 11:10 AM  - 12:10 PM
  Lecture: Single Crystal Diffraction Slides 
  William Ratcliff - NIST
• 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  HFIR/SNS Experiment 1 (17 instruments) - See Experiments schedule
• 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
  Dinner and Discussion
• 6:45 PM
  Buses departs for ORNL for hotel

Tuesday, August 8 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy Slides
  Bruce Gaulin - University
• 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
  Break
• 9:50 AM- 10:50 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy II
  Bruce Gaulin - McMaster University
• 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
  Break
• 11:10 AM - 12:010 PM
  Lecture: Magnetic Scattering Slides
  Pat Clancy - McMaster University
• 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  HFIR/SNS Experiment 2 (17 instruments) - See Experiments schedule
• 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
  Dinner and Discussion
• 6:45 PM
  Buses departs for ORNL for hotel

Wednesday, August 9 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Slides
  Lisa Debeer-Schmitt - ORNL
• 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
  Break
• 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Imaging Slides
  Yuxuan Zhang, ORNL
  Hassina Bilheux, ORNL
  Jean Bilheux, ORNL
• 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
  Break
• 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
  Lecture: Neutron Polarization Slides
  Barry Winn, ORNL
  Dean Myles, ORNL
  Josh Pierce, ORNL
• 12:10  PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  DEI Event
• 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
  Break
• 2:20 PM - 3:05 PM
  Lecture: Machine Learning and AI for Scattering Experiments Slides
  Thomas Proffen - ORNL
• 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
  Break
• 3:25 PM - 4:10 PM
  Lecture: Neutron User Facilities Slides
  Mark Lumsden - ORNL
• 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
  Bus departure
• 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM
  Melton Lake Picnic
• 7:30 PM
  Buses depart picnic for hotel

Thursday, August 10 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Reflectivity Slides 1 | Slides 2
  Chuck Majkrzak - NIST
• 9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
  Break
• 9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
  Lecture: Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Slides
  Niina Jalarvo, ORNL
• 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
  Break
• 10:40 AM - 11:25 AM
  Lecture: PDF Analysis Slides
  Katharine Page  - UTK/ORNL
• 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
  Break
• 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
  Lecture: Neutron Spin Echo Slides
  Laura Stingaciu - ORNL
• 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
  Lunch
• 1:15 PM - 5:45 PM
  HFIR/SNS Experiment 3 (17 Instruments) - See Experiments schedule
• 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
  Dinner and Discussion
• 7:00 PM
  Buses departs for ORNL for hotel

Friday, Friday August 11 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  HFIR/SNS Experiment 4 (15 Instruments)
• 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
  Lunch
• 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
  Lecture: Vibrational Spectroscopy Slides
  Yongqiang Cheng - ORNL
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM
  Break
• 2:35 PM - 3:20 PM
  Lecture: Engineering Diffraction Slides
  Donald Brown - LANL
• 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
  Break
• 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM
  Lecture: Diffraction and Spectroscopy at TOF vs Continuous Sources Slides
  Stuart Calder, ORNL
  Garrett Granroth, ORNL 
• 4:40 PM - 7:30 PM
  Dinner/Social at SNS
  Hosts: Hans Christen, Mary Odom, Michelle Everett
• 7:30 PM
  Bus departs for ORNL for hotel

Saturday, August 12 ORNL

• 8:00 AM
  Bus departs hotel
  Bus travel to Argonne
  A box lunch will be provided

  School participants arrive at Argonne and register at the Argonne Guest House, Building 460.
  Registration will be from 5-6:00 pm with dinner from 6:00-8:00 pm, both at the Argonne Guest House.

Week 2 - ANL

Sunday, August 13 ANL

ARGONNE SCHOOL OPENING - SUNDAY, August 13, 2023
Lower-Level Gallery, APS Building 402

• 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
  Breakfast Buffet
  Argonne Guest House
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  Welcome to ANL Opening Remarks
  ANL NXS Team: Jessica McChesney, Stephan Rosenkranz. Chengjun Sun
• 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
  Welcome & Overview of the APS Slides
  Laurent Chapon
  APS Director, Argonne National Laboratory
• 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
  Group Photo & APS Tour
• 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
  Lecture: X-ray Generation & Instrumentation Slides
  Dennis M. Mills APS - Argonne National Laboratory
• 12:15 PM- 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lectured Continued: X-ray Generation & Instrumentation Slides
  Dennis M. Mills APS - Argonne National Laboratory
• 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  Outing to Chicago

Monday, August 14 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Inelastic X-ray Scattering Slides
  Jason Hancock - University of Connecticut
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  Lecture: X-ray spectroscopy Slides
  Shelly Kelly - Argonne National Laboratory
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  Break
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Lecture: X-ray dichroism Slides
  Jian Liu - University of Tennessee
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  Extended Break / Ice Cream
• 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
  Lecture: High Pressure Measurements Slides
  Stella Chariton - University of Chicago
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
  Break
• 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Lecture: Introduction to X-ray Free Electron Lasers
  Paul Fuoss - Stanford National Laboratory
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
  Break
• 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
  Lecture: Proposal Writing Slides
  Jessica McChesney - Argonne National Laboratory
• 6:00 PM
  Dinner, Guesthouse

Tuesday, August 15 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: X-ray Imaging
  Chris Jacobsen - Argonne National Laboratory/Northwestern University
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  Lecture: Fast X-ray imaging and diffraction Slides
  Lianyi Chen - University of Wisconsin
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  Break
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Lecture: Coherence Based Imaging Slides
  Stephan Hruszkewycz  - Argonne National Laboratory
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  APS Tutorials I
• 6:00 PM
  Dinner, Guesthouse

Wednesday August 16 ANL

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  APS Tutorials II
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy Slides
  Larry Lurio - Northern Illinois University
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  Break
• 2:15 - 3:15 PM
  Lecture: Probing ultrafast dynamics with X-rays Slides
  Anne Marie March - Argonne National Laboratory
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
  Break
• 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Lecture: X-ray User Facilities in North America Slides
  Jonathan Lang - Argonne National Laboratory
• 5:15  PM
  Panel & Dinner: Career paths at National Laboratories Guesthouse

Thursday August 17 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Single crystal diffuse scattering Slides
  Raymond Osborn - Argonne National Laboratory
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  Lecture: Surface and Interface Scattering Slides
  Dillon Fong - Argonne National Laboratory
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  Break
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Lecture: Multi-Modal Experiments Slides
  Yu-Chen Karen Chen-Wiegart  - Stony Brook University
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  APS Tutorials III
• 6:00 PM
  Dinner, Guesthouse

Friday, Friday August 18 - ANL

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  APS Tutorials IV
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: Small Angle X-ray Scattering
  Tao Li - Argonne National Laboratory
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  Break
• 2:15 - 3:15 PM
  Lecture: AI for experiment and analysis
  Mathew Cherukara - Argonne National Laboratory
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
  Break
• 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  Lecture: Networking Roundtable discussions with Beamline Scientists
• 5:30 PM
  Farewell and Dinner, Guesthouse

Saturday, August 19 ANL

• Return travel