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This is the home page for the The Materials Research Collaborative Access Team (MRCAT), a multiple-institution consortium for building and operating x-ray beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source .

MR-CAT Research

Instrumentation and Capabilities

Scientific Program

 

MR-CAT Publications

Journal Articles     Conference Papers     Dissertations     Conference Proceedings

Funding Acknowledgement

All publications resulting from experiments performed at MRCAT are required to include the acknowledgement: MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions. We request that any publication resulting from work done at MRCAT be added to The APS Publications Database.

Information for Users

Current beamtime schedule
Beamtime accounting
MRCAT General User Access

MRCAT is accepting General User proposals. Please submit proposals through the APS User Administration Office (UAO) web site for review.

Absorption Edge Reference Spectra

Ti   V   Cr   Mn   Fe   Co   Ni   Cu   Zn   Ge   Zr   Nb   Mo   Pd   Ag   Ta   Pt   Au

Windows SCP client

WinSCP is a program that can be used to copy data from MR-CAT computers to your Windows computer. It uses the secure copy protocol to go through the APS firewall.

Safety

Online Experimental Safety Forms

NOTE: We have moved to the APS Experimental Safety Approval Form (ESAF) submission system. All active, approved MR-CAT forms have been exported to the APS system and will remain active for their full term. Please check the APS site for status by logging in and searching on your badge number.
All experiments performed at MRCAT must have an approved ESAF. ESAF's are submitted over the Web by authorized Principal Investigators and are reviewed by the MRCAT Safety Committee and the APS. An approved ESAF is active for 1 year.

Printing Safety Forms

Active ESAFs may be printed only be authorized MR-CAT staff. Log in and search on the badge number of the experimenter, the sector (10), the approval status (Approved) and any other criteria you wish. Select the desired ESAF and press the "Generate Report" button. After printing, have the Verifier sign and then submit to the Floor Coordinator.

APS Safety Information

All MRCAT Users must follow APS Safety Guidelines. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with APS procedures. If you have any questions, please contact Carlo Segre, MRCAT Safety Coordinator.

Executive Committee and Institutional Membership

MRCAT is a partnership of four universities (University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, University of Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology, two Argonne National Laboratory Divisions (Chemical Technology and Environmental Research) and one company (BP). Each institutional member has a seat on the MRCAT Executive Committee, which is responsible for the operation of the CAT. The Executive Committee members are:

Director:
	Bruce Bunker	University of Notre Dame, Physics Department	(bunker.1@nd.edu)
Deputy Director:
	Carlo Segre	Illinois Institute of Technology , Physics Division	(segre@iit.edu)
Executive Committee Members:
	Mark Davidson	University of Florida , Microfabritech	(mark@microfab.ufl.edu)
	Pulak Dutta	Northwestern University , Physics Department	(pdutta@northwestern.edu)
	Jim Kaduk	BP Corporation	(kadukja@bp.com)
	Ken Kemner	Argonne National Laboratory , Environmental Research Division	(kemner@anl.gov)
	Vic Maroni	Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division	(maroni@cmt.anl.gov)

Staff Members

The MRCAT staff is responsible for developing and maintaining the experimental facilities at the MRCAT sector. The Beamline Scientists are also responsible for user support at MRCAT. The staff can be reached at APS Sector 10, Bldg. 433, beamline: (630.252.1710) or at the individual contact points listed below.

	Jeff Terry	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.9708)	(terryj@iit.edu)
	Soma Chattopadhyay	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.0348)	(soma@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Tomohiro Shibata	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.0354)	(shibata@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Bill Lavender	Software Specialist	(510.612.4747)	(lavender@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	John Katsoudas	Physicist	(630.252.0351)	(katsoudas@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Faith Kancauski	CAT Coordinator	(312.567.3403)	(kancauski@iit.edu)
	David Ehle	Computer Systems Administrator	(312.567.3751)	(ehle@iit.edu)
	Andrew King	Research Engineer	(734.973.1506)	(king@kingtech.org)

Contact Information

Prof. Bruce Bunker
Physics Department
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
219.631.7219 (voice); 219.631.5952 (FAX)
bruce.a.bunker.1@nd.edu (Internet)

Other Synchrotron and X-Ray Resources

Advanced Photon Source
Other APS CATs
IIT Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation (CSRRI)
IXS/XAFS Database
X-Ray WWW Server
Matt Newville's FEFFIT Home Page
Bruce Ravel's EXAFS Software
FEFF Home Page
Synchrotron labs around the world

Please send mail to Carlo Segre (segre@iit.edu) to report problems with this server.
Last modified 02/19/2004