Graduate students and research professors, Stephen Gramsch and Muhetaer Aihaiti of CDAC at UIC visited HPCAT on Friday, June 14th. The visit provided an opportunity for a first-hand look at the major upgrade at HPCAT and APS, as well as discussion on future opportunities in high-pressure sciences with advanced x-ray sources. Host facility staff, Curtis Kenney-Benson, Jesse Smith, Eric Rod, Dmitry Popov and many others, provided a great overview of the detailed effort required for building, maintaining, and upgrading a large scale x-ray facility. With over $10M invested so far (out of a projected ~$14M total cost), HPCAT has undergone a full upgrade of all x-ray delivery components and improved many experimental capabilities. With a phased restart approach commencing early July, HPCAT is preparing to resume operations and bring back users over the coming months.