[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-23139]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Meeting; NSF Synchrotron Subcommittee of the Advisory
Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following
meeting.
Name: NSF Synchrotron Subcommittee Workshop (66)
Date and Time: October 8, 2013 8:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m.; October 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.--11:30 a.m.
PLACE: Residence Inn, 650 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22203.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Mary Galvin, Division Director, Division of
Materials Research, Room 1065, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone: (703) 292-8562.
Purpose of Meeting: To gather information needed to advise the Division
of Materials Research on its facilities portfolio including the role it
and NSF should play in synchrotron science.
Agenda:
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
8:45 a.m.--10:15 a.m.: Overview
1. Summary of NSF Mat 2022 report findings--Murray Gibson,
Northeastern University
2. Importance of materials research facilities for US research and
economy, including the Department of Energy (DOE) role in materials
facilities--Patricia Dehmer, DOE
3. Biology/biomaterials talk--importance of materials research
facilities--Pupa Gilbert, University of Wisconsin
4. Nanoscience/technology talk--importance of materials research
facilities--Stephen Campbell, University of Minnesota
10:15 a.m.--10:30 a.m.: Coffee break
10:30 a.m.--12:00 p.m.: DMR facilities and materials research needs,
funded major facilities past and present
5. NSF DMR funded materials facilities, past accomplishments and
future potential*
a. Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS)--Joel Brock,
Cornell University
b. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHFML)--Gregory
Boebinger, Florida State University
12:00--1:00 p.m.: Lunch
1:00 p.m.--2:30 p.m.: DMR funded major facilities past and present
6. NSF DMR funded materials facilities, past accomplishments and
future potential
a. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
partnership--Rob Dimeo, NIST
b. Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) at University of Wisconsin-
Madison--Tai Chiang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign General
discussion
2:30 p.m.--3:00 p.m.: Coffee Break
3:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m.: Novel materials facilities concepts and
opportunities and how they are currently funded in the US
7. Future of higher harmonic light sources and their applications
in materials science--Margaret Murnane, Joint Institute for Laboratory
Astrophysics (JILA)
8. Potential new light sources--overview of field, especially mid-
scale accelerator based light sources and compact light sources--Chan
Joshi, University of California at Los Angeles
9. Theory and Simulation of materials--what facilities or
infrastructure is needed to advance the field faster--Peter Voorhees,
Northwestern University
5:00 p.m.--5:45 p.m.: Community input and general open discussion
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.--10:30 a.m.: International materials facilities developments
10. International picture--new developments in light sources--Yves
Petroff, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)
11. International picture--new developments in Transmission
Electron Microscope (TEM) facilities--Dorte Jensen, Riso and Nigel
Browning, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
12. International picture--materials synthesis and
characterization--Hard Materials--Charles Ahn, Yale University
13. International picture--materials synthesis and
characterization--Soft Materials--TBD
10:30--11:30 a.m.: Community input and general open discussion
Dated: September 19, 2013.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23139 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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