Name: AFOSR + NSF Scientific Opportunities with Compact, High Intensity Accelerators
Start: 2026-02-24T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-26T17:00:00-05:00
Location: AFOSR BRICC Facility

AFOSR + NSF Scientific Opportunities with Compact, High Intensity Accelerators

from Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, February 26, 2026 (5:00 PM)

Monday, February 23, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

8:00 AM Badging and Setup
Badging and Setup
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM Welcome to the workshop
Welcome to the workshop
8:30 AM - 9:35 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Introduction and Welcome - Jared Maxson Nigel Lockyer (Cornell University)

8:40 AM Welcome and Perspective from AFRL Materials - Hilmar Koerner (AFRL)

8:55 AM Welcome and Perspective from NSF Materials - Charles Ying (NSF)

9:10 AM Welcome and Introduction to the AFOSR HERMES program - Joel Bixler (AFOSR)
9:35 AM Break
Break
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM New Paradigms
New Paradigms
9:45 AM - 11:25 AM
Contributions

9:45 AM New paradigms in compact linear accelerators - Sami Tantawi (Arizona State University)

10:10 AM New Applications Enabled by High Gradient RF accelerators - Emilio Nanni (SLAC)

10:35 AM From Limits to Breakthroughs: Short-Pulse RF Acceleration at GV/m level gradient - Chunguang Jing (Euclid Techlabs)

11:00 AM State of the Art Performance and Applications of Plasma Accelerators - Samuel Barber (LBNL)
11:25 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:25 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM X-ray 1
X-ray 1
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Contributions

1:00 PM LCLS Research, Quantum Materials, And International Context - Mengning Liang (SLAC)

1:25 PM X-ray science at Arizona State University CXLS and CXFEL - Arvinder Sandhu (Arizona State University)

1:50 PM MeV Ultrafast electron diffraction materials research in US and Globally - Pietro Musumeci (UCLA)
2:15 PM Break
Break
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM X-ray 2
X-ray 2
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Introduction to the Materials Solutions Network at CHESS - Arthur Woll (Cornell University)

2:55 PM Synchrotron radiation for critical studies of composites and thin films in aerospace and space applications - Hilmar Koerner (AFRL)

3:20 PM Synchrotron X-ray Evaluation of Residual Stress - Paul Shade (AFRL)
3:45 PM Break
Break
3:45 PM - 3:55 PM

3:55 PM First Day
First Day
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
8:30 AM 1
1
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM A plasma-accelerator storage ring injector - Andreas Maier (DESY)

8:55 AM The COLD project: upgrading the ESRF storage ring injector with C3 cavities - Simone Luizzo (ESRF)

9:20 AM Upgrades plans for the LEA at Argonne - Alireza Nassiri (ANL)

9:45 AM Cornell high gradient linac testing and CHESS/CESR upgrade opportunities - Jared Maxson
10:10 AM Break
Break
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM 1
1
10:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Contributions

10:20 AM Accelerator and RF source technology for drilling and sensing applications - Emma Snively (SLAC)

10:45 AM Rapid Density-Modulated Electron Beam Sources for Next-Generation X-ray Communications - Brandon Cortez (U. Wisconsin)

11:10 AM DE Discussion - John Luginsland (AFRL)
11:45 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM 1
1
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:15 PM Quantum Materials: Structural Insights as the Key to Future Technologies [From X-ray Materials Research With Accelerators Session] - Suchismita Sarker (Cornell University)

1:40 PM The ultra-compact XFEL: a new paradigm for science and translational applications - James Rosenzweig (UCLA)

2:05 PM From Classical (facility) to Wavefunction-level (ultracompact) High-precision e-beam Control for Advanced Light Sources - Sergio Carbajo (UCLA & SLAC)

2:30 PM Ultrafast X-ray Modulation with Quantum Materials - Ankit Disa (Cornell University)
3:00 PM Break
Break
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:10 PM Exploring extreme matter: accelerators required - Rip Collins

3:35 PM LANSCE Enhancements (LANE) Overview - Shea Mosby (LANL)

4:00 PM Development of C-band high gradient accelerator structures and LANL and potential applications - Evgenya Simakov (LANL)
Thursday, February 26, 2026
9:00 AM 1
1
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Medium energy electron accelerator facilities in Europe supporting R&D for VHEE/FLASH radiotherapy - Deepa Angal-Kalinin (Daresbury Laboratory)

9:20 AM Medical Studies at the CLEAR Accelerator Facility - Antonio Gilardi (CERN)

9:40 AM Accelerator Design for novel cancer therapy efforts - Phia Morton (SLAC)

10:05 AM Accelerator–Based Cancer Therapy Efforts at Duke - Mark Oldham (Duke University)
10:40 AM Break
Break
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM Discussion and Closeout
Discussion and Closeout
11:00 AM - 12:05 PM