BEATS X-ray tomography lectures and training course at SESAME

6 Jun 2023, 08:00 → 7 Jun 2023, 22:20 Asia/Amman

BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME (BEATS) (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME))

BEATS X-ray tomography lectures and training course at SESAME

SESAME Allan (Jordan) 6th and 7th June 2023

BEATS, the BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME is an H2020 European project to build a beamline for tomography at the SESAME synchrotron in Jordan. BEATS involves leading research facilities in the Middle East (SESAME and the Cyprus Institute), and European synchrotron radiation facilities ALBA-CELLS (Spain), DESY (Germany), the ESRF (France), Elettra (Italy), INFN (Italy), PSI (Switzerland), and SOLARIS (Poland).

The initiative is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The project is coordinated by the ESRF.

In order to qualify a group of early users from the SESAME region, a dedicated lecture & training course for the BEATS beamline will be offered on 6 – 7 June, 2023 at SESAME, in coincidence with the inauguration of the beamline. The lecture & training program aims at providing prospective users with the essential theoretical and experimental background knowledge in tomography and related techniques to enable them to use the beamline, and allow them to gain their first practical experience at the beamline.

Tuesday, 6 June

08:00 Tomographic Imaging: How and why at BEATS -- Convener: Marco Stampanoni (PSI)

08:40 Data collection and reconstruction -- Convener: Dr Gianluca Iori (SESAME)

09:20 Brief Introduction into 3D image analysis -- Convener: Alexander Rack (ESRF)

10:00 Networking Break

10:20 SESAME and beam time proposal submission -- Convener: Dr. Ercan Alp (APS/Argonne)

11:00 SXCT use applications, and from laboratory to synchrotron -- Convener: Dr Kirsi Lorentz & Anis Fatima (The Cyprus Institute)

11:40 User contributions (beam time proposal ideas), discussion, and Q&A -- Convener: Dr Moderator: Kirsi Lorentz

12:30 In-person participants are invited to join the BEATS Inauguration Ceremony in the afternoon of 6 June 2023.

Wednesday, 7 June

08:00 Group 1: Hands-on training at BEATS beamline; Convener: Gianluca Iori and Anis Fatima

08:00 Group 2: Satellite image processing event: "Unleash the power of Dragonfly: a short training workshop" -- Convener: Anton Du Plessis (ORS Dragonfly)

10:20 Networking Break

10:40 Group 1: Satellite image processing event: "Unleash the power of Dragonfly: a short training workshop" -- Convener: Anton Du Plessis (ORS Dragonfly)

10:40 Group 2: Hands-on training at BEATS beamline; Convener: Gianluca Iori and Anis Fatima