High Energy X-ray Techniques (HEXT) workshop 2021 - CHESS 2030 Workshop

This workshop on High Energy X-ray Techniques (HEXT) at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) will give students the knowledge and skills needed to plan, conduct, and interpret synchrotron experiments to answer questions specific to their research interests in material science.

This workshop took place on June 9-10 2021.

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The workshop will consist of three components:

1) Lectures by CHESS staff scientists that cover the fundamentals of synchrotron methods and how these can be applied to materials research. Topics will include x-ray scattering, imaging, spectroscopy, and crystallography.

2) Instruction and coaching on how to write a successful proposal for beamtime, with the opportunity for personalized feedback from CHESS scientists. Our goal is that, at the conclusion of the workshop, the participants will have the knowledge and demonstrated skills to be productive members of the CHESS user community.

Agenda:

Wednesday June 9

Time Topic
1:00 pm Introduction to Synchrotrons and X-rays / How X-rays Can Answer Questions in Materials Science - Ernie Fontes
1:45 pm Break
2:00 pm Methods I: Scattering - Jacob Ruff
3:00 pm Scattering Q/A
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Methods II: Imaging - Louisa Smieska
4:30 pm Imaging Q/A
4:45 pm End

Thursday June 10

Time Topic
1:00 pm Methods III: Spectroscopy - Chris Pollock
2:00 pm Spectroscopy Q/A
2:30pm Break
2:45 pm Methods IV: Crystallography - Aaron Finke
3:45 pm Crystallography Q/A
4:00 pm Break
4:15 pm How to Write a Proposal - Ernie Fontes
5:00 pm End

All times are EST.


The workshop is supported by NSF under award DMR-2023647.

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