This fall semester I will be offering an introductory graduate level course entitled Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation at Illinois Tech. This course has been offered on a regular basis over the past 5 years and it is avilable as an online course through IIT/Online. Through a special arrangement with the Dean of the College of Science, online students can take this course as non-degree students at a 67% tuition discount. We have had students from Italy and Brazil in past sessions of this course. Registering for this course as a non-degree student requires a simple application which can be completed online and will be approved in only a few days. The course description is below. Please share this with interested parties and direct any questions to Carlo Segre Course Description: This is a graduate course which introduces students to the production, manipulation and use of synchrotron radiation in research. The course will include visits to, and possibly hands-on experience with, beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory but is not specific to the APS. Students will be expected to give presentations and write a General User Proposal to the APS as their final projects. Graduate students in any science or engineering program are welcome to register as are undergraduates with senior standing and permission of instructor. It is particularly recommended for students wishing to make use of synchrotron radiation in their research. The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays 17:00-18:15 and the lectures are available online as an Internet section for students not on the IIT campus or even in the United States. Textbook: Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics, 2nd ed., Jen Als-Nielsen and Des McMorrow, (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011). Topics Covered: X-rays and their interaction with matter Sources of x-rays Refraction and reflection from interfaces Kinematical Diffraction Diffraction by perfect crystals Photoelectric absorption Resonant scattering Small angle scattering Other topics as appropriate Course Organization: The grade will be based equally on homework assignments, student presentations and a draft General User Proposal to the Advanced Photon Source. There will be at least one field trip to the Advanced Photon Source for experiment demonstrations. For more information please contact Carlo Segre -- Carlo U. Segre -- Duchossois Leadership Professor of Physics Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry Director, Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation Illinois Institute of Technology Voice: 312.567.3498 Fax: 312.567.3494 segre@iit.edu http://phys.iit.edu/~segre segre@debian.org