Scientific Strategic Planning Workshops
Chemical and Energy Sciences
Agenda
Location: NSLS Seminar Room, Bldg. 725
| Session 1. Introduction - Moderator: Anatoly Frenkel | |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 8:40 am | Welcoming remarks and overview - Anatoly Frenkel (Yeshiva University) |
| 8:40 am - 9:00 am | Building beamlines at NSLS-II - John Hill (BNL) |
| Session 2. Overview - Moderator: Bruce Koel | |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Planning the CES community at the NSLS-II - Anatoly Frenkel (Yeshiva University) |
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Catalysis science with hard x-rays - Simon Bare (UOP LLC) |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Implementation: a 3-pole wiggler beamline for fast XAFS/XRD experiments - Jose Rodriguez (BNL Chemistry) |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Surface chemistry and catalysis with soft x-rays - David Mullins (ORNL) |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Implementation: an undulator beamline for XPS/NEXAFS experiment - David Starr (BNL, CFN) |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Needs of synchrotron characterization for carbide and bimetallic catalysts - Jingguang Chen (University of Delaware) |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Energy sciences at the NSLS-II - Miriam Rafailovich (SUNY Stony Brook) |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Coffee break |
| Session 3. Invited talks - Moderator: Jingguang Chen | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Characterization of Working Catalysts: Homing in on Active Species - Bruce Gates (UC Davis) |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Applications of X-ray Absorption Techniques for Characterization of Metals, Metal Cations, and Metal Oxo Species in Catalysts - Alexis Bell (UC Berkeley) |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Time resolved in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy - Ronald Frahm (University of Wuppertal) |
| Session 4. Discussion - Moderator: David Starr | |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Working Lunch - Criticism of the proposed program, fresh scientific and organizational ideas, any feedback from the floor that should be added to the white paper. |
| 12:15 pm | Workshop Photo |
| Session 5. BAT (Beamline Advisory Team) - Moderator: Simon Bare | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | BAT membership nominations and discussion |
| Session 6. White paper revisions - Moderator: Anatoly Frenkel | |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Tour of the SCC |
| 2:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Point-by-point revisions of the white paper draft. Participants: organizing committee members, Advisory Board members, SCC members, BAT members, and everybody else willing to contribute. |