Virtual Poster Session-2020

Structural Biology

Moderators/Awards Committee: Marian Szebenyi, David Schuller

• Cryogenic SAXS for Structural Biology - David Moreau, Cornell University

• Effect of High Pressure on RNA and Protein folding - Jinqiu Wang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Poster Slam!)

• Structural basis of reiterative transcription from the pyrG and pyrBI promoters by bacterial RNA polymerase - Yeonoh Shin, Pennsylvania State University (Poster Slam!)

• High-Pressure Chromatography-Coupled SAXS at Beamline ID7A - Robert Miller, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

Quantum materials

Moderators/Awards Committee: Purnima Ghale

• Studying quantum materials from resonant X-ray diffraction - Xiang Chen, University of California, Berkeley

• Discovering order in quantum materials - Purnima Ghale, Cornell University/CHESS

Structural materials

Moderators/Awards Committee: Peter Ko, Armand Beaudoin

• Quantifying microscale drivers for fatigue failure via coupled synchrotron X-ray characterization and simulations - Sven Gustafson, Purdue University (Poster Slam!)

• Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Deformation and Failure in Cold Spray Metal Matrix Composites - Lewei He, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• Grain-Resolved Temperature-Dependent Anisotropy in Hexagonal Ti-7Al Revealed by Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction - Rachel Lim, Carnegie Mellon University (Poster Slam!)

• Synthesis, characterization and size effect of capping agent on CoxMn1-xO nanomaterials for Fuel Cells Applications. - Jose Torres, Ana G. Mendez University, Cupey Campus

• In-Situ Characterization and Modelling of Cyclic Deformation in Rare-Earth Magnesium Alloys - Duncan Greeley, University of Michigan (Poster Slam!)

• Decoding ultrafast dynamics of solidification and residual stress evolution in additive manufacturing using high energy x-ray diffraction - Andrita Dass, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• X-ray Investigations of Copper Drinking Vessels - Margaret Koker, Lawrence University (Poster Slam!)

Functional materials

Moderators/Awards Committee: Stan Stoupin

• Robotic sample preparation for autonomous exploration of liquid formulation and synthesis phase space - Peter Beaucage, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Poster Slam!)

• Structural Evolution of Polyurea under Hydrostatic Pressure in a DAC - Stephanie Rosenbloom, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• Revealing Filler Morphology in 3D-Printed Thermoset Nanocomposites by Scanning Microbeam SAXS and WAXS - Edward Trigg, Air Force Research Laboratory (Poster Slam!)

• Use Your Beamtime Better: Identifying Structural Transformations without X-Rays - Aine Connolly, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• Nozzle flow measurements during composite 3D printing - Brendan Croom, Air Force Research Laboratory (Poster Slam!)

• Electrochemical strain and charge storage mechanism in defect engineered Δ-MnO₂ - Madeleine Flint, Alfred University 

• The Undiscovered Country: Autonomously Exploring the Materials Landscape - Duncan Sutherland, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• Laser Sintering of Aerosol Jet Printed Metallic Interconnects on Flexible Substrates - Detlef Smilgies, Binghamton University (Poster Slam!)

• Operando Synchrotron X-ray Characterization of Cu2S Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries - Xinran Feng, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

Spectroscopy

Moderators/Awards Committee: Louise Debefve

• Valence-to-Core X-ray emission spectroscopy provides insight into the electronic structures of catalytically-relevant platinum compounds - Louise Debefve, Cornell University/CHESS

• Breakdown of the Conventional Small-Polaron Model in Higher Order Spinels: The Role of Decoupled Charge Carrier Pathways in MnxFe3-xO4 - Anuj Bhargava, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• NSF PREM Center for interfacial Electrochemistry of Energy Materials - Carlos Cabrera, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

• Metal-Modified Zirconium Phosphate Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction - Mario Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Poster Slam!)

• X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of iridates using HERFD - Blair Lebert, University of Toronto (Poster Slam!)

• Testing for the Continuous Spectrum of X-Rays Predicted to Accompany the Photoejection of an Atomic Inner Shell Electron - Carl Franck, Cornell University (Poster Slam!)

• Operando XAS electrochemical studies of PtNi-Nanowires for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) in alkaline electrolyte - Joesene Soto, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Poster Slam!)

• Operando XAS Studies of Synergistic Co-Mn Spinel Catalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells - Rui Zeng and Yao Yang, Cornell University

Other, Techniques, Methods, Instrumentation

Moderators/Awards Committee: Arthur Woll

• The present and future of commercial ultra-wide dynamic range imaging - Ben Martin, Sydor Technologies (Poster Slam!)

• The Keck-PAD: a pixel array detector for single-bunch imaging - Kate Shanks, Cornell University/CHESS 

• Optimizing high-pressure SAXS set up for improved data statistics and user experience - Durgesh Rai, Cornell University/CHESS