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2019 CHESS Users' Meeting and Workshops
"The CHESS Users’ Meeting attracted a record number of 225 registered participants to the Cornell campus to look back at major milestones of the project and to discuss X-ray science enabled by the ambitious upgrade."
Slip but not fail: New Insights into Microstructural Deformation Mechanisms in Al-Li Alloys
"These new X-ray data are creating a path forward for the development of new microstructurally sensitive failure criteria."
$54M for CHEXS, A New High-Energy X-ray Facility
The National Science Foundation awarded Cornell University on Thursday $54 million to create CHEXS, The Center for High Energy X-ray Sciences. CHEXS will be a sub-facility of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, more commonly known as CHESS.
Less is more: Disorder raises the critical temperature of a cuprate superconductor
"Developing materials that exhibit superconductivity at room temperature for wide spread commercial use would allow a significant reduction in energy consumption throughout the power grid."
Conformational Gymnastics Necessary for Ribonucleotide Reductase Activity
"By understanding how an essential enzyme is inactivated in an organism-specific manner, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of new anti-pathogenetic therapies."
2019 Summer students at CHESS
As we reach the height of the summer, a group of students have been pursuing their own academic inquiries.
In-Situ Observations of Performance Evolution in Shape Memory Alloys
Shape memory alloys see use in numerous aerospace and biomedical applications, but their wider use is limited by functional fatigue. Understanding the micromechanical origins of functional fatigue will advance the development of new microstructures that mitigate these effects and lead to wider adoption in industry.
Congratulations Chris Budrow, PhD!
Congratulations to Chris Budrow for receiving his PhD from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell. Chris successfully defended his thesis on June 26th.