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Week 1 - ANL

Saturday, July 27 ANL

• School participants arrive at Argonne and register at the Argonne Guest House, Building 460
• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  Registration - Argonne Guest House
• 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  Dinner at Argonne Guest House

Sunday, July 28 ANL

Argonne School Opening - Sunday, July 28, 2024
Building 446, Auditorium B102

• 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  Breakfast Buffet
  Argonne Guest House
  Shuttles from Guesthouse to Building 446 or walk (~15 min)
• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
  Welcome to ANL Opening Remarks Slides
  ANL NXS Team: Jessica McChesney, Stephan Rosenkranz. Chengjun Sun
• 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM 
  Welcome & Overview of the APS 
  Laurent Chapon
  APS Director, Argonne National Laboratory
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
  Break
• 10:00 - 11:00
  Lecture: Interactions of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter I
  Recording 1 (22:58)  | Slides 1  Recording 2 (12:21) | Slides 2  Recording 3 (15:44) | Slides 3  Recording 4 (14:13) | Slides 4  
  Recording 5 (21:53) | Slides 5 Recording 6 (23:45) | Slides 6
  Roger Pynn - Indiana University 
• 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  APS Tour
• 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter II  Recording 1 (19:32)  |  Recording 2 (20:37)  |  Slides
  Rana Ashkar - Virginia Tech
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  Break
• 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
  Lecure: Interaction of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter   Recording 1 (15:32) | Slides 1  Recording 2 (15:02)  | Slides 2 Recording 3 (16:49) | Slides 3 
  Efrain Rodriguez - University of Maryland
• 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
  Extended Break
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  Lecture:  X-ray Generation and Detection I Slides
  Dennis M. Mills - APS, Argonne National Laboratory

Monday, July 29 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: X-ray Generation and Detection II Slides
  Dennis M. Mills - Argonne National Laboratory
  9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  Lecture: Powder Diffraction Slides
  Cora Lind-Kovacs - University of Toledo
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  Break
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Lecture: Single Crystal Diffraction Slides
  William Ratcliff - NIST
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: X-ray Spectroscopy Slides
  Shelly Kelly - Argonne National Laboratory
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  Break
• 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
• Lecture: Inelastic X-ray Scattering Slides
  Young-June Kim - University of Toronto
• 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
  Picture and Break
• 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  Lecture: X-ray Dichroism
  Jian Liu - University of Tennessee
• Dinner, Guesthouse

Tuesday, July 30 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: X-ray imaging Slides
  Chris Jacobson - Northwestern University
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
  Break
• 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
  Lecture: Fast X-ray imaging and diffraction Slides
  Tao Sun - Northwestern University
• 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
  Break
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  Lecture: Introduction to x-ray free electron lasers Slides
  Mengning Liang - SLAC National Accelerator Lab
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  APS Tutorials I
• 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  Graduate and Postdoctoral opportunities at National Labs
• Dinner, Guesthouse

Wednesday July 31 ANL

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  APS Tutorials II
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: Coherence based Imaging Slides
  Stephan Hruszkewycz - Argonne National Laboratory
• 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
• Trip to Chicago

Thursday August 1 ANL

• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Slides
  Larry Lurio - Northern Illinois University
• 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: Small Angle Scattering Slides
  Tao Li - Argonne National Laboratory
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  APS Tutorials III
• 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  Graduate and Postdoctoral opportunities at National Labs
• Dinner, Guesthouse

Friday August 2 ANL

• 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  APS Tutorials IV
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: Multi-modal experiments Slides
  Yu-Chen Karen Chen-Wiegart - Stony Brook University
• 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
  Networking Roundtable discussions with Beamline Scientists
• 5:30 PM
  Farewell and Dinner, Guesthouse

Saturday, August 3 ANL

• Travel to Oak Ridge

Week 2 - ORNL

Saturday, August 3 ORNL

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

Sunday, August 4 ORNL

Oak Ridge School Opening - Sunday, August 4, 2024
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Building 8600, Iran Thomas Auditorium, Room A103

• 9:15 AM
  Bus departs hotel (Breakfast on own at hotel before departure each morning)
• 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM
  Badging and Safety Training
• 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
  Welcome to ORNL
  Opening Remarks Slides
  ORNL NXS Team: Bianca Haberl, Mike Manley, Adam Aczel
  Jon Taylor, NSD Director, ORNL
• 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
  Lunch
• 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
  Lecture: X-ray and Neutron User Facilities Slides
  Stephen Streiffer, Laboratory Director, ORNL 
• 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
  Break
• 2:05 PM - 3:05 PM
  Lecture: Neutron Generation, Optics, Detection, and Instrumentation Slides
  Thomas Huegle - ORNL
• 3:05 PM - PM - 6:30 PM
  Tours - SNS, HFIR, Graphite Reactor
• 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  Dinner and Discussion
• 7:30 PM
  Buses depart ORNL for hotel

Monday August 5 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy Slides
  Bruce Gaulin - McMaster 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  - 12:10 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 1 (17 instruments) - See Experiments schedule
• 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  DEI Dinner Discussion
  Host: Shelly Ren & WINS
• 7:00 PM
  Buses departs for ORNL for hotel

Tuesday, August 6 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: PDF Analysis Slides
  Katharine Page - UTK/ORNL
• 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
  Break
• 9:50 AM- 10:50 AM
  Lecture: Engineering Diffraction
  Donald Brown - Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
  Break
• 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
  Lecture: Diffuse Scattering Slides
  Raymond Osborn - Argonne National Laboratory
• 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 7 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  Lecture: Small Angle Neutron Scattering 
  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 Poster
  Barry Winn, ORNL
• 12:10  PM - 1:00 PM
  Lunch
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  Lecture: High Pressure Measurements Slides
  Stella Chariton - University of Chicago
• 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
  Break
• 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
  Lecture:  Proposal writing Slides
  Mike Manley - ORNL
• 2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
  Break
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Hands-on proposal writing
• 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  Bus Trip from ORNL to Oak Ridge hotel to picnic 
• 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM
  Melton Lake Picnic
• 7:30 PM
  Buses depart picnic for hotel

Thursday, August 8 ORNL

• 7:45 AM
  Bus departs hotel
• 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
  Lecture: Neutron Reflectivity Slides
  Chuck Majkrzak - National Institute of Standards and Technology
• 9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
  Break
• 9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
  Lecture: Vibrational Spectroscopy Slides
  Yongqiang Cheng - ORNL
• 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
  Break
• 10:40 AM - 11:25 AM
  Lecture: Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Slides
  Niina Jalarvo - ORNL
• 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
  Break
• 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
  Lecture: Neutron Spin Echo
  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 9 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: Machine Learning and AI for Scattering Experiments Slides
  Thomas Proffen - ORNL
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM
  Break
• 2:35 PM - 3:20 PM
  Lecture: Neutron scattering under non-equilibrium conditions
  Alan Tennant - UTK/ORNL
• 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: Mary Odom, Michelle Everett
• 7:30 PM
  Bus departs for ORNL for hotel

Saturday, August 10 ORNL

• Departure for travel home