
MCP Annual Users Meeting
September 17
Free

Save the date for our first annual MCP Users Meeting! Whether you are a current user or curious about what the MCP has to offer, we invite you to our sessions on September 17th where you’ll learn about the capabilities at the facility, how we can advance your research, and more.
MCP Annual Users Meeting Agenda*
Date | 17-Sep-25 | |
Location | Stieff Silver Building MCP Floor | |
8:30 AM – 8:55 AM | Registration and continental breakfast | |
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | WELCOME AND MORNING SESSION | |
9:00 – 9:10 AM | WSE Welcome | Larry Nagahara, Vice Dean for Research and Translation, WSE, JHU |
9:15 – 9:30 AM | MCP Facility Overview | Mitra Taheri. MCP Director, WSE, JHU |
9:35 – 9:50 AM | MCP Facility Operations | S Diallo, MCP Ex. Dir. Of Operations, WSE, JHU |
9:55 AM – 10:25 AM | Break – Posters and Vendors display | |
10:30 AM – 11:10 AM | Electron Videography and Its Automation for Soft and Energy Materials | Qian Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
11:20 AM – 12:00 PM | Intelligent Automation in the Materials Lab: From Statistical Learning to Multi-Agent Reasoning | Maxim Ziatdinov, Pacific Northwest National Lab |
12:10 – 12:20 PM | Group Photo | |
12:25 – 1:20 PM | Working Lunch
Revamping neutron scattering infrastructure for non-equilibrium measurements with FAIR Data at NIST |
Craig Brown, NIST Center for Neutron Research |
1:30 – 5:00 PM | AFTERNOON SESSION | |
1:30 – 1:50 PM | Examining Deformation Mechanisms in Geologic Materials and Concrete using In-Situ and Post-Mortem X-ray Imaging | Ryan Hurley, WSE, JHU |
1:55 – 2:10 PM | Bioprinting is the approach to realize the new NIH and FDA mission to prioritize human-based research technologies | Yun Chen, WSE, JHU |
2:15 – 2:30 PM | Enabling Dynamic Discovery: In Situ TEM Capabilities at MCP | Elaf Anber, WSE, JHU |
Using micro ct-scanning in functional and developmental anatomy | Siobhan Cooke, SOM, JHU | |
2:35 – 2:50 PM | Leveraging Rapid Characterization and Physics-Based Machine Learning to Uncover Structure–Property Relationships in Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys | Sreenivas Raguraman, WSE, JHU |
2:55 PM – 3:10 PM | Break – Posters and Vendor Display | |
3:15 – 3:30 PM | Iron-ing out the Details: Microbial Transformations of Earth’s Most Abundant Element | Isabel Baker, KSAS, JHU |
3:30 – 3:50 PM | Selective Cobalt and Nickel Separation via Bioacid-Mediated Electrowinning | Tianchen L. WSE. JHU |
3:55 – 4:10 PM | Electron Microscopy of Structural Materials at Extremes | Mo-Rigen, WSE, JHU |
4:15 – 4:30 PM | Patterning of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks using Electron Beam Lithography | Kayley, Waltz, WSE, JHU |
4:35 – 4:50 PM | Advanced electron diffraction techniques for the structural characterization organic and inorganic crystals | Dan Foley, WSE, JHU |
5:00 – 5:30 PM | MCP Tour (Optional) | Ken Livi, MCP |
5:30 – 7:00 PM | EVENING RECEPTION/STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION |
*Agenda is subject to change. Last updated 6/30/2025.
MCP Annual Users Meeting
RSVP today for the first annual Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) Facility User Meeting on Wednesday, September 17th 2025. We will host sessions all day from 9AM until 5PM, including lunch, poster sessions, and a tour of the facility.
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