Progress In Pictures

People cutting a large ribbon.
July 2024
Elected officials and leaders from DOE and Argonne cut the ribbon dedicating the upgraded Advanced Photon Source on July 17, 2024. Photo by Seth Hammond, Argonne National Laboratory
Man speaking in front of a crowd.
July 2024
Argonne Director Paul Kearns addresses the crowd at the dedication ceremony for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source on July 17, 2024. Photo by Seth Hammond, Argonne National Laboratory
A man presses a button in a control room while his colleagues look on with excitement
June 2024
Mohan Ramanathan, associate project manager for the APS Upgrade, opens the shutter at beamline 27-ID to let in the first upgraded X-ray light to a scientific beamline. 
Three men crowd around a piece of technical equipment, working on portions of the device.
March 2024
Ali Mashayekhi, Sarvit Shastri and Peter Kenesei of XSD work on a monochromator for the HEXM feature beamline. Photo by Jason Creps, Argonne National Laboratory.
A large silver tube sits in the end station of beamline 12-ID.
February 2024
The newly installed Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) flight tube at beamline 12-ID. Photo by Jason Creps, Argonne National Laboratory.
A man uses a marker to sign a large red magnet next to the signatures of his colleagues.
December 2023
Members of the APS Upgrade team signed one of the final magnets to be installed in the new storage ring on Dec. 11, 2023.  Photo by Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory.
Worker in large metal tube
September 2023
A view from inside the Grand Tube, the enormous new detector under construction at the Coherent Surface Scattering Imaging (CSSI) feature beamline. Photo by Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory.
Two workers look on as a large red crane moves an enormous wooden crate from the bed of a truck.
August 2023
Workers use a massive crane to unload the four sections of the Grand Tube for the CSSI beamline. Photo by Jason Creps, Argonne National Laboratory.
Modules of the new APS storage ring installed in the tunnel
July 2023
Modules of the new APS storage ring installed in the tunnel. Photo by Mike Edelen, Argonne National Laboratory. 
Argonne Laboratory Director Paul Kearns visits the APS to see the progress of the new storage ring.
July 2023
Argonne Laboratory Director Paul Kearns visits the APS to see the progress of the new storage ring. Photo by Elmie Peoples-Evans, Argonne National Laboratory.