Education and Outreach at GSECARS
GSECARS operates as a national research resource for the entire earth, planetary, soil and environmental communities. GSE welcomes students at all levels – high school, undergraduate, graduate and post graduate, into our laboratories, giving them the opportunity to learn about x-ray science and instrumentation as well as to be involved in hands-on activities.
Check in here for our latest in educational outreach, workshops, and events
GSECARS Hosts Virtual Tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction (CTR) for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement
On Wednsday, March 31st, GSECARS Beamline Scientists Peter Eng and Joanne Stubbs host a virtual tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction (CTR) for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement.
GSECARS Hosts Faculty and Students from Lockport Township High School Involved with the ESRP Program at APS
Their experiment “Comparative Chemical Analysis of Soil Contamination Using Hyperaccumulators” was run at 13 IDE with GSE beamline scientists Tony Lanzirotti and Matt Newville as hosts.
Virtual Tutorial on Crystal Truncation Rod Diffraction for Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Measurement
March 31, 2021: GeoSoilEnviroCARS, the University of Chicago, at the Advanced Photon Source invites you to attend a half-day online workshop.
HP Interest Group
Dr Stella Chariton, GSECARS, to host high pressure interest group: “Solving crystal structures from complex multigrain, multi-phase samples at extreme conditions”. Monday, Jan 25th, 2-3pm (CST)
In-situ Studies of Rock Deformation Science Workshop
Presentations will be given in virtual meeting format on the afternoons of Jan 18 and 19, 2021.
GSECARS Hosts Virtual Hands-On Microtomogoraphy Tutorial Sessions
Dr. Mark Rivers at GSECARS hosts a virtual hands-on tutorial sessions on synchrotron computed microtomography.
GSECARS Virtual Tour for Summer Interns
Tony Lanzirotti and Mark Rivers presented a virtual tour to the ANL summer interns on earth and planetary synchrotron research at GSECARS.
GSECARS Virtual Talk
Matt Newville presented a virtual talk to the ANL high school camp, “Coding for Science”. In this camp students learned Python and how to apply it to scientific problems.
GSECARS Host Talk for Hastings College, Nebraska
GSE staff scientist Matt Newville showed physics majors and their professors from Hastings College, Nebraska synchrotron reasearch techniques used at GSECARS.
GSECARS Hosts Talk for UofC Lab School
GSECARS hosted a group of University of Chicago Lab School chemistry students. The group visited all three CARS sectors and learned about synchrotron radiation research in material science, biology and earth and mineral sciences.