Mechanical designer Maria O’Neill thinks of creative solutions to the challenges of upgrading the APS.

As a vacuum engineering specialist for the Advanced Photon Source’s new storage ring, John Zientek has a unique view of how things are coming together, one weld at a time.

Poxviruses are many and unpleasant, and they have an impressive ability to evade or deceive human immune responses. Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source want to outsmart them.

As part of a massive upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source (APS), scientists studying the ​“chemical map” of samples will have better proximity to colleagues, improved research tools and state-of-the-art facilities.

The technology housed in the new Long Beamline Building will lead to more efficient solar cells, longer-lasting batteries, more durable materials for airplanes and much more.

Starting in April 2023, Erdmann will oversee the effort to replace the current APS storage ring with a brand new model, one that will be carefully transported and installed in sections.

Meet the engineer who oversees implementation of the thousands of electronic components that will bring the upgraded APS to life.

Kathy Harkay was there at the start of the APS, working to determine the limits of what the machine could do. Now she’s working on upgrading the facility, and is looking forward to test-driving the new APS.

Prototypes of new superconducting magnets for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source were successfully lowered to their operating temperatures, far below freezing. These new magnets will help the APS generate more powerful X-rays more efficiently.

As Project Controls manager, Katie Martin’s job is to account for the APS Upgrade’s schedule and its $815 million budget, down to the penny.