William R. Woerner

Analytical Techniques

• X-ray powder and single crystal diffraction (XRD)
• Neutron time-of-flight powder diffraction (NPD)
• X-ray powder total scattering and pair distrobution function analysis (PDF)
• X-ray reflectometry (XRR)
• X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
• Total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF)
• Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA)
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Inductivley coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
• UV/VIS/IR diffuse reflectance

Instrumentation

• Parr Autoclaves
• Hydrothermal cold-seal vessels
• Tube furnaces
• Deltech box furnaces
• Gas-mixing furnaces
• Piston-cylinder pressure apparatus
• Paris-Edinburgh pressure apparatus
• Multi-anvil high pressure apparatus
• Ultrasonic and aerodynamic levitation
• Welding and lathe machining
• 3D printing

Professional Development

• Total Reflection X-Ray fluorescence TXRF Analysis - ICDD Semiconductor Wafer Analysis Course, EAG Laboratories, October 2016
• Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Overview - AVS Short Course, EAG Laboratories, June 2016
• Evolutionary Structure Prediction Using the USPEX Code workshop, Stony Brook University, 2012.
• Advanced Simulation Techniques for Total Scattering Data workshop, Santa Fe, NM, 2012.
• Nanoscale Ordered Materials Diffractometer workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2011.
• DISCUS workshop, Stony Brook University, 2011.
• National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, Argonne & Oak Ridge National Labs, 2010.
• Communicating Science Workshop with Alan Alda, Stony Brook University 2009.

DOE National Laboratory Facilities Experience

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Argonne, IL, Advance Photon Source

• 11-BM – high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction
• 11-ID-B – high-energy total X-ray scattering and atomic pair distribution function
• 11-ID-C – in situ high-energy total X-ray scattering on levitated liquids
• 13-BM-D – in situ high-pressure X-ray diffraction

Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) Oak Ridge, TN, Spallation Neutron Source

• POWGEN – powder neutron scattering
• NOMAD – neutron total scatting and atomic pair distribution function
• SNAP – in situ high pressure powder neutron scattering

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Upton, NY, National Synchrotron Light Source

• X17B2 – in situ high pressure X-ray energy dispersive diffraction
• X17B3 – in situ diamond anvil cell high energy total X-ray scattering
• X17A – high-energy total X-ray scattering and atomic pair distribution function
• X26A – X-ray microprobe
• X16C – high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction