After lunch the students will divide into four groups of eight, and each group will perform an experiment using a different instrument. Students will learn how the instrument works, how to mount samples, how to set up the instrument to perform the desired measurements, and the scientific motivation for the measurements. The instrument will be set up to run through the night and on the following morning the students will learn how the data are visualized, reduced as necessary, and analyzed. There will be ample opportunities for questions and feedback. (Actually one of the four groups will perform experiments on the same sample using two distinct instruments so that in this case the available time will be allocated somewhat differently.)

The instruments to be used for these experiments are listed on the summer school home page.

After lunch on each of the second, third and fourth days the groups will rotate to a different experiment so that by the end of the week students will have had an opportunity to learn about five very different types of instrument.

The schedule for the summer school is reproduced below.