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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.