News and Events
Dynamic Compression Sector Related News and Events
2024
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Science: Research Frontiers Using High Energy X-Rays Workshop (May 21 – 22, 2024)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
2023
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS, July 30 – August 4, 2023)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
2022
News:
2021
News:
- Shock-Induced Melting of a Porous Solid (APS Science Highlight – May 10, 2021)
- Photons go to Extremes (SPIE News – May 1, 2021)
- Shock Wave-Induced Changes in the Structure of Noble Metals (APS Science Highlight – April 26, 2021)
- A New Method for Probing Material Strength (APS Science Highlight – February 17, 2021)
2020
News:
- High-Impact Research: How Meteorite Strikes May Change Quartz on the Earth’s Surface (Argonne National Laboratory Press Release – December 2, 2020)
- Putting a Shine on Metal 3-D Printing (APS Science Highlight – November 17, 2020)
- A Short, Sharp Shock to Gold Structure (APS Science Highlight – November 2, 2020)
- Meteorite Strikes May Create an Unexpected Form of Silica (APS Science Highlight – September 8, 2020)
- Meteorite Strikes May Create Unexpected Form of Silica (Carnegie Science News – August 26, 2020)
- Ultrafast Snapshots of Laser-Metal Dynamics in Additive Manufacturing (APS Science Highlight – May 11, 2020)
- Putting the Squeeze on AM Lattices (APS Science Highlight – February 6, 2020)
2019
News:
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
October 22, 2019 - 21st Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
Hilton Portland Downtown Hotel, Portland, OR
June 16 – 21, 2019 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
May 15, 2019
2018
News:
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
September 19, 2018 - Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
August 5 – 10, 2018
2017
News:
- Watching How Rare, Meteoric Diamonds Form (Scientific American – December 25, 2017)
- Under Pressure – Researchers Create Hexagonal Diamonds from Graphite (WSU Daily Evergreen – December 1, 2017)
- Transformation of Graphite into Hexagonal Diamond (APS Science Highlight – November 6, 2017)
- First-ever U.S. experiments at new x-ray facility may lead to better explosive modeling (Los Alamos National Laboratory – November 6, 2017)
- Transformation of Graphite into Hexagonal Diamond Documented by WSU Researchers (WSU Insider – November 3, 2017)
Events:
- Inaugural Dynamic Compression Summer School (DCSS)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
August 6 – 10, 2017 - 20th Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, St. Louis MO
July 9 – 14, 2017 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
May 3, 2017
2016
News:
- Shock & Awe (WSU Magazine – Fall, 2016)
- Laser and Target Area System Developed for the Dynamic Compression Sector (Laboratory for Laser Energetics – October, 2016)
- First-of-its-Kind NNSA Capability to Support Study of Materials at Extreme Conditions for Stockpile Stewardship (National Nuclear Security Administration – August 4, 2016)
- “Watching” Crystal Structure Change in Real Time (Advanced Photon Source Science Highlight – July 29, 2016)
- Putting Pressure on 3D-Printed Structures (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – June 27, 2016)
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Dedication Ceremony
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
August 4, 2016 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
May 12, 2016 - Advanced Photon Source Users Meeting – Workshop 9
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
May 11, 2016
2015
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
November 18, 2015 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
May 14, 2015
2014
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
November 5, 2014 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
April 16 – 17, 2014
2013
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
April 10 – 11, 2013
2012
News:
Events:
- Dynamic Compression Sector User Workshop
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
January 19 – 20, 2012 - Dynamic Compression Sector Scientific Working Group (SWG) Meeting
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
March 28, 2012
Left to Right: Sheila Heyns (WSU), Timothy Ashenfelter (Argonne National Laboratory), Yogendra Gupta (WSU), Glynda Becker-Fenter (WSU), Christopher Deeney (Laboratory for Laser Energetics – University of Rochester), Allen Dalton (National Nuclear Security Administration), Kirsten Laurin-Kovitz (Argonne National Laboratory), Brian Jensen (WSU), Mark Herrmann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Leonidas Tsapatsaris (Stony Brook University/National Nuclear Security Administration), Paulo Rigg (WSU), Dana Dattelbaum (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher Keane (WSU)
