COMPRES I ReportBob Liebermann

Introductory Talkon State of COMPRESFifth Annual Meeting of COMPRESSnowbird Alpine VillageSnowbird, UtahJune 21, 2006

COMPRES is an organization to promote and facilitate high-pressure research in the science of Earth materialsCOMPRES is charged with the operation and oversight of high-pressure beamlines for Earth sciences at national synchrotron and neutron facilitiesCOMPRES currently has 49 U.S. member institutions and 25 foreign affiliatesCOMPRES supports the development of new technologies for high-pressure researchCOMPRES advocates for science and educational programs with various funding agenciesFunded initially by the NSF for a 5-year period starting May 2002FY05 funding level $2.1M New 5-year proposal expected in 2006Learn more at: http://www.compres.us/

Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences [COMPRES]PROGRAM ELEMENTS:Community Facilities at the NSLS, ALS and APS synchrotron light sources, and neutron studies for the SNS and LANSCE and other neutron facilitiesInfrastructure Development Projects at 10 U.S. universities Meetings and WorkshopsEducation and Outreach [including student interns at beamlines]

49 U. S. Member Institutions of COMPRES May 2006

25 Foreign Affiliate Members of COMPRESMay 2006

European Members of COMPRESMay 2006

EOS, October 4, 2005

Santa Cruz-2003 Granlibakken-2004 Mohonk-2005

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COMPRES-Related Workshops2005-2006

30 August to 3 September 2005Interdisciplinary Workshop on Earths Mantle: Composition, Structure and Phase Transitions22-23 October 2005Rheology and Elasticity Studies at Ultra High P & T29-30 October 2005Evaluation of Synchrotron Mossbauer Data3-5 November 2005Synchrotron Infrared Spectroscopy for High Pressure Geoscience and Planetary Science25-26 February 2006NSLS X-Ray High Pressure Research29 April-1 May 2006Synergy of 21st Century High-Pressure Science and Technology

COMPRES CommunicationsWebsite at http://www.compres.usNewlettersMonthly Messages from PresidentFall AGU MeetingExhibition booth with NSF groupBass Report [2004] and Poster [2005]EOS Article [Oct 2005] on The Future of High-Pressure Mineral PhysicsListserv Electronic DistributionsVisits to Government Agencies

New Mineral Physics Faculty in U. S. Pre-COMPRES Era[1997-2001]--8NameDate of apptInstitutionRoss Angel2000Virginia TechPaul Asimow1999CaltechPamela Burnley1998Georgia State Thomas Duffy1997Princeton Marc Hirschmann1997Univ of MinnesotaNancy Ross2000Virginia TechThomas Sharp1997Arizona State Lars Stixrude1997Univ of Michigan

COMPRES Era [2002-2006]--20NameDate of apptInstitutionSofia Akber-Knutsen2005UC San DiegoAndrew Campbell2005Univof MarylandUli Faul2006Boston UniversityMark Frank2003Northern Illinois UnivSasawata Hier-Majumdar 2006Univ of MarylandJennifer Jackson2006CaltechSteven Jacobsen2006Northwestern UnivBijay Karki2003Louisiana State Abby Kavner2002UCLA Boris Kiefer2003New Mexico State Kanani Lee2006New Mexico StateJie Li2003Univ of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignYanzhang Ma2002Texas Tech Wendy Panero2005Ohio State Henry Scott2003Indiana Univ at South BendAnurag Sharma2004RPIDan Shim2003MITSarah Stewart-Mukhapadhyay 2003 Harvard UnivOliver Tschauner2003Univ of Nevada at Las VegasJames van Orman2002Case Western Reserve Univ

Industrial Sponsors at SnowbirdAlmax IndustriesBlake IndustriesBruker IndustriesContainerless ResearchDAnvilsDiacellHigh Pressure Diamond OpticsMAR-USARigaku MSCTechnodiamant