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Deadline for APS user proposals for the 2015-2 run is Friday, March 6, 2015
by Nancy Lazarz 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2015-2 run (June 2 - August 25, 2015) is Friday, March 6, 2015, at 11:59pm (CST) : * New General User Proposals * Beam Time Requests against existing active proposals Apply for Beamtime : https://www1.aps.anl.gov/Users-Information/About-Proposals/Apply-for-Time If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : * Microprobe, 13 IDE : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>); Steve Sutton (sutton(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:sutton@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Microtomography, 13 BMD : Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>) * XAFS, 13 BMD : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) * Surface Studies and Micro-crystallography, 13 IDC and 13 BMC : Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:eng@cars.uchicago.edu>); Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Diamond Anvil Cell, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Multi-anvil Press, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:wang@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Yu (tyu(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:tyu@cars.uchicago.edu>) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>

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Deadline for APS user proposals for the 2015-1 run is Friday, October 31, 2014
by Nancy Lazarz 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2015-1 run (February 3 - April 28, 2015) is Friday, October 31, 2014, at 11:59 (CST) : * New General User Proposals * Beam Time Requests against existing active proposals Apply for Beamtime : https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : * Microprobe, 13 IDE : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) * Microtomography, 13 BMD : Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>) * XAFS, 13 BMD : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) * Surface Studies and Micro-crystallography, 13 IDC and 13 BMC : Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:eng@cars.uchicago.edu>); Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Diamond Anvil Cell, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Multi-anvil Press, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:wang@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Yu (tyu(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:tyu@cars.uchicago.edu>) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu

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Deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-3 run (Oct 1 - Dec 16, 2014) is Friday, July 11, 2014, at 11:59 (CST)
by Nancy Lazarz 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-3 run (Oct 1 - Dec 16, 2014) is Friday, July 11, 2014, at 11:59 (CST) * New General User Proposals * Beam Time Requests against existing active proposals Apply for Beamtime : https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : * Microprobe, 13 IDE : Matt Newville (Newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:Newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>); Steve Sutton (sutton(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:sutton@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Microtomography, 13 BMD : Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>) * XAFS, 13 BMD : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) * Surface Studies and Micro-crystallography, 13 IDC and 13 BMC : Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:eng@cars.uchicago.edu>); Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Diamond Anvil Cell, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu>) * Multi-anvil Press, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:wang@cars.uchicago.edu>) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>

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Software Survey for Mineral and Environmental Sciences - Update
by Nancy Lazarz 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Software Survey for Mineral and Environmental Sciences - Update We would like to express our thanks to all of the respondents for taking time to express their opinions on this important issue! Thus far we have received 74 responses. Preliminary report summarizing the results is accessible here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxjd5uab0v2ihym/Software%20Survey%20Summary.pdf The survey web form is still accessible at: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=jjgtjeekvxd4yp8426895 The survey will remain open to participants until Monday, March 10, 2014, so if somebody has not yet had a chance to take part - there is still time to have their voice heard! With best regards, Przemek Dera, Lars Ehm, Bin Chen and Aaron Wolf

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Deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-2 run (May 28 – Aug 25, 2014) is Friday, March 7, 2014, at 11:59 (CST)
by Nancy Lazarz 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-2 run (May 28 – Aug 25, 2014) is Friday, March 7, 2014, at 11:59 (CST) : • New General User Proposals • Beam Time Requests against existing active proposals Apply for Beamtime : https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : · Microprobe, 13 IDE : Matt Newville (Newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:Newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) · Microtomography, 13 BMD : Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>) · XAFS, 13 BMD : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) · Surface Studies and Micro-crystallography, 13 IDC and 13 BMC : Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:eng@cars.uchicago.edu>); Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu>) · Diamond Anvil Cell, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu>) · Multi-anvil Press, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:wang@cars.uchicago.edu>) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>

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Software for Mineral Sciences Survey and EarthCube SIG
by Nancy Lazarz 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Dear All, Recently, though their multidisciplinary funding programs such as the NSF EarthCube and Software Infrastructure for Sustainable Innovation, federal agencies have started emphasizing investments in data and software related research. This may be a good chance for our community to identify and address any critical needs and the most important opportunities in terms of development of scientific software for mineral and environmental sciences. To enable exploration of these new cyberinfrastructure-focused funding opportunities we would like to propose two initiatives: We would like to invite you to take part in an online survey about custom software needs in your research. The survey can be accessed by following this link: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=jjgtjeekvxd4yp8426895 The purpose of this survey is to analyze the level of interest and need for federally funded development of software for data processing and analysis in mineral and environmental sciences, with particular emphasis on experimental science at National User Facilities. We created a new interest group, called Software for Mineral Sciences within the EarthCube Workspace. You can access the webpage of this interest group by following this link: http://workspace.earthcube.org/software-mineral-sciences All members are free to post new content, so if you have any comments, needs, dreams or wishes, please, feel free to express them. If you have interest in development and customization of scientific software, and would either like to participate in collaborative activities, bring attention to your own projects, or just stay informed about new projects and initiatives, please register with EarthCube and subscribe to our special interest group. We plan to make the results of the survey publicly available and hope that they will be useful to strengthen the case of any software-focused proposal submitted from our community. With best regards, Przemek Dera, Lars Ehm, Bin Chen and Aaron Wolf

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Deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-1 run (Jan 28 – April 21, 2014) is Friday, November 1, 2013,11:59 (CST)
by Nancy Lazarz 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2014-1 run (Jan 28 – April 21, 2014) is Friday, November 1, 2013, at 11:59 (CST) : • New General User Proposals • Beam Time Requests against existing active proposals Apply for Beamtime : https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu>) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : · Microprobe, 13 IDE : Matt Newville (Newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:Newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu) · Microtomography, 13 BMD : Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>) · XAFS, 13 BMD : Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:newville@cars.uchicago.edu>); Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu<mailto:lanzirotti@uchicago.edu>) · Surface Studies and Micro-crystallography, 13 IDC and 13 BMC : Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:eng@cars.uchicago.edu>); Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu) · Diamond Anvil Cell, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu>) · Multi-anvil Press, 13 IDD and 13 BMD : Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu<mailto:wang@cars.uchicago.edu>) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu

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APS deadline for 2013-3 proposals, July 12, 2013
by Nancy Lazarz 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS general user proposals for the 2013-3 run (Oct 1 - Dec 16, 2013) is Friday, July 12, 2013 for: . New General User Proposals . Beam Time Requests on existing active proposals The GUP system (https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page ) will accept proposals and beam time requests until 11:59 pm (Chicago time) on July 12th. If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : Microprobe: Steve Sutton (sutton(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Microtomography: Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu) XAFS: Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu) Surface Studies and Microcrystallography: Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Joanne Stubbs (stubbs(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC): Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu) High Pressure Single Crystal: Przemek Dera (dera(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Multi-anvil Press(LVP): Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu

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APS deadline for 2013-2 proposals, March 8, 2013
by Nancy Lazarz 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Just as a reminder, the deadline for APS user proposals for the 2013-2 run (May 29 - August 21, 2013) is Friday, March 8, 2013 for: . New General User Proposals . Beam Time Requests on existing active proposals The GUP system (https://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page ) will accept proposals and beam time requests until 11:59 pm (Chicago time) on March 8th. If you have any questions concerning your proposal, please contact Nancy Lazarz (lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu) or the appropriate GSECARS beamline scientist : Microprobe: Steve Sutton (sutton(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Microtomography: Mark Rivers (rivers(a)cars.uchicago.edu) XAFS: Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)uchicago.edu) Surface Studies and Microcrystallography: Peter Eng (eng(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Diamond Anvil Cell: Vitali Prakapenka (prakapenka(a)cars.uchicago.edu) High Pressure Single Crystal: Przemek Dera (dera(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Multi-anvil Press: Yanbin Wang (wang(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Regards, Nancy Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu

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Technique Availability at GSECARS (Sector 13, APS) for Run 2012-3
by Nancy Lazarz 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Technique Availability at GSECARS (Sector 13) for Run 2012-3 (General User Proposal Deadline July 13, 2012) GSECARS is in the final stages of upgrading the undulator port to a canted geometry with two independent undulators serving two independent beamlines; 13ID-C/D and 13ID-E. Both new undulators and the canted beam front-end have been installed and the 13ID-C/D beamline is fully operational. All beamline components for the 13ID-E beamline are installed except for the monochromator which is expected to be delivered and installed during the September 2012 maintenance period. The table below summarizes our beam time scheduling plans for the 2012-3 operations cycle (Oct. - Dec. 2012; proposal deadline July 13, 2012). All undulator and bending magnet stations will run in normal operations (i.e., General User proposals accepted through the APS web-based system) with the exception of 13ID-E. For 13ID-E, we expect the beamline to be fully assembled at the beginning of the cycle and will devote a substantial portion of the cycle to commissioning activities. We anticipate running some first experiments toward the end of the cycle but will not be scheduling those through the APS General User program. If you're interested in getting some of this early experiment time, send an email to Steve Sutton, Matt Newville or Tony Lanzirotti. Techniques 2012-3 Operations Undulator Stations 13-ID-C, Surface/Interface Scattering Normal Operations 13-ID-D, Laser Heated DAC, 1000-ton Press Normal Operations 13-ID-E, X-ray Microprobe Commissioning and First Experiments Bending Magnet Stations 13-BM-C, Surface/Interface Scattering, Microtomography Normal Operations 13-BM-D, DAC, Brillouin, 250-ton Press, Microtomography, X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (bulk/microbeam) Normal Operations Sincerely, Mark Rivers and Steve Sutton, Project Managers

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