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HPCAT Newsletter - Dec 2024

Photo of Tyler Eastmond

Welcome Dr. Tyler Eastmond in his new role as Beamline Scientist at 16-BM-B

Photo of Dr. Mikhail Eremets

High-pressure researcher, friend and colleague, Mikhail Eremets passes away

Photo of Dr. Choong-Shik Yoo of WSU

Professor Choong-Shik Yoo selected for the 2024 American Physical Society Fellowship in the Topical Group on Compression of Condensed Matter

Photo of Dr. Matthew C. Brennan

2025 GCCM Student Award Winner

Photo of Tyler Eastmond and Innocent Ezenwa with NX School students

HPCAT hosts students from the 2024 NX School

Photo of First x-ray at 16-ID-A post upgrade, July 03, 2024

HPCAT Receives First X-ray Beam After Upgrade

Photo of Dr. Changyong Park

HPCAT Staff Visits International High-Pressure Facilities

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16 BMB- PE Press Experiments User Manual

Online User Manual - available HERE

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APS Upgrade Project begins April 2023

Technical Developments

Picture of SonicPy interface

Efficient Ultrasound Data Analysis Enabled by SonicPy Suite for High-Pressure Experiments at 16-BM-B

Photo of syringe pump

New remote-controlled large-volume pressurization system commissioned at 16-BM-B

Figure. High resolution pressure and stress visualization in zirconium.

New Multimode Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy for Diamond Anvil Cell experiments

Figure 1: (left) HPCAT’s Soller slit assembly, positioned between a diamond anvil cell and the Pilatus detector, during commissioning on the General Purpose Table in 16-ID-B. (right) X-ray image of ceria highlighting the slits’ exceptionally large field-of-view.

New Soller slit assembly commissioned at 16-ID-B

Multi-functional cryostat compatible with laser heating

Multi-functional cryostat compatible with laser heating

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