2003 NSLS Users' Meeting

Schedule of Events


Sunday, May 18
Starts

Ends

Event Location

4:00 p.m.

 

All attendees must check in at Conference Desk; Registration Office opens  Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Rm. D

4:00 p.m.

 

Voting for 2003-04 UEC members available Berkner Hall Lobby
 

7:30 p.m.

Conference Desk and Registration Office closes Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Rm. D

Monday, May 19
Starts

Ends

Event Location
7:00 a.m.   All attendees must check in at Conference Desk and Registration Office opens Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Rm. D
9:00 a.m. . Workshop 1: Frontiers in Powder Diffraction, P. Stephens (S.U.N.Y, Stony Brook) Bldg 911A, AGS, Synder  Seminar Room
9:00 a.m. . Workshop 2:Spectroscopy in High Magnetic Fields: ESR, Infrared and Other Applications L. Mihaly (S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook) and L. Carr (BNL) Bldg. 463, Biology Large Seminar Room
9:00 a.m.   Workshop 3:Processes in Environmental Sciences, T. Schafer (Inst. for Nuclear Waste Management, Germany) and M. Fuhrmann (BNL) Bldg. 555, Chemistry, Large Hamilton Room
11:00 a.m. 12 noon Tour of the NSLS NSLS, Building 725
12 noon 1:00 p.m. Lunch for Workshop Attendees At Workshop Locations
  5:00 p.m. Workshops conclude At Workshop Locations
5:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Lobby
5:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Vendor & Equipment Exhibit Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488 
5:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Poster Session Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Rm. B
  8:00 p.m. Conference Desk and Registration Office closes Berkner Hall, Rm. D

Tuesday, May 20
Starts Ends Event Location
7:30 a.m.   All attendees must check in at Conference Desk and Registration Office opens Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488 Rm. D
8:00 a.m.   Vendor & Equipment Exhibit opens Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488 
8:00 a.m.   Poster Session opens Berkner Hall, Bldg. 488, Rm. B

Main Meeting Agenda
Tony Lanzirotti
Microprobe Scientist, CARS, University of Chicago
Chair, Users' Meeting Planning Committee
Chair-Elect, User' Executive Committee
Early Morning Session Chair ( 8:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.)
8:30 a.m. 8:35 a.m.  "Welcome and Introduction," Doon Gibbs, Associate Laboratory Director for Basic Energy Sciences (Acting), BNL  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
8:35  a.m. 8:50 a.m. "BNL Overview," Dr. Peter Paul, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
8:50 a.m. 9:05 a.m. "Center for Functional Nanomaterials and Synergy with the NSLS," Robert Hwang, Center Director, CFN, BNL Berkner Hall, Auditorium
9:05 a.m. 9:50 a.m. Keynote Address "Carbon Nanotube Electronics," Phaedon Avouris, Manager Nanometer Scale Science & Technology,  IBM T.J. Watson Research Center  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
9:50 a.m. 10:05 a.m. "Legislation and the UEC," Simon Bare, UOP Berkner Hall, Auditorium
10:05 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break Berkner Hall, Lobby
10:15 a.m.

10:20 a.m.

Planning Committee photo Berkner Hall, Outdoors/Indoors
Ronald Pindak
Head, Science Progra.m. Support, NSLS/ BNL
Late Morning Session Chair (10:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
10:45 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

"DOE Update," and "Pat's Totally Unsanctioned Safety Seminar," Patricia Dehmer, Associate Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, DOE  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
11:15 a.m.

11:50  a.m.

"NSLS Update/Upgrade," Steven Dierker, NSLS Chairman, BNL  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
11:50 a.m.

12:25 p.m.

"Coherent Bea.m.s in the Nano World," Ian Robinson, Professor, University of Illinois Berkner Hall, Auditorium
12:25 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

"In-situ Glancing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Self-assembled Surfactant Templated Silica Thin Films," Alain Gibaud, Professor, Université du Maine, France Berkner Hall, Auditorium
1:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Lunch Berkner Hall Cafeteria
 

2:30 p.m.

Voting closes for 2003-04 UEC Members Berkner Hall Lobby
Lisa Miller
Coordinator, Information and Outreach Office, NSLS/BNL
Early Afternoon Session Chair (2:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.)
2:30 p.m.

 2:45 p.m.

"UEC Community Award Presentation, and Student/Post Doc Poster Contest Winners,"  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
2:45 p.m.

3:20 p.m.

"X-ray Crystallography Without Crystals and It's Application in Nanoscience and Structural Biology," Jianwei (John) Miao, SLAC, Stanford University, CA  Berkner Hall, Auditorium
3:20 p.m.

3:55 p.m.

"Ultra-fast, Table-top  X-ray Sources and Their Application to X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy," Christoph  Rose-Petruck, Assistant Professor, Brown University Berkner Hall, Auditorium
3:55 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Announcements: UEC Business including UEC Election Results Berkner Hall, Auditorium
 

4:10 p.m.

Main Meeting adjourned Berkner Hall, Auditorium
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Introduction to Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) Chemistry, Bldg. 555, Ha.m.ilton Seminar Rm
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Open discussion with CFN scientific and facility leaders Chemistry, Bldg. 555, Ha.m.ilton Rm.
 

5:15 p.m.

Conference Desk and Registration Office closes Berkner Hall, Rm. D
 

5:15 p.m.

Vendor & Equip.m.ent Exhibit closes Berkner Hall 
 

5:15 p.m.

Poster Session closes Berkner Hall, Rm. B

5:15 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

UEC Meeting - All UEC Members invited (including newly elected members) Berkner Hall, Rm. A

6:30 p.m.

10:00 p.m. Banquet onsite at BNL Berkner Hall, Cafeteria

Wednesday, May 21
Starts Ends Event Location

7:30 a.m.

  All attendees must check in at Conference Desk and Registration Office closes Berkner Hall, Rm. D

8:30 a.m.

  Workshop 4: Bio-Matters: From Infrared to X-rays, V. Stojanoff (BNL) Bldg. 911A, AGS Snyder Seminar Room

8:45 a.m.

  Workshop 5: High Pressure Mineral Physics Using Synchrotron Radiation, M. Vaughan (S.U.N.Y, Stony Brook) Bldg. 463, Biology. Large Seminar Room

9:00 a.m.

  Workshop 6: EXAFS Under Extreme Experimental Conditions: EXAFS in the Realms of Small Spot Size, Low Energy, Low Sa.m.ple Concentration or Fast Time Resolution, B. Ravel (Naval Research Laboratory) Bldg. 555, Chemistry, Ha.m.ilton Room

12 noon

1:00 p.m.

Lunch for Workshop Attendees At Workshop Location
 

5:00 p.m.

Workshops conclude At Workshop Location
 

5:00 p.m.

Conference Desk and Registration Office closes Berkner Hall, Rm. D