Curt Preissner focuses on developing innovative X-ray instrumentation and synchrotron components. He uses his expertise in vibrations and precision positioning to enable a more stable APS-U storage ring and X-ray microscopes. Current projects include developing the fast and stable Velociprobe, designing the new PtychoProbe for APS-U, and mechanical stability-related R&D for the APS-U magnet support system.
Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
Recent Publications
J. Deng, C. Preissner, J. A. Klug, S. Mashrafi, C. Roehrig, Y. Jiang, Y. Yao, M. Wojcik, M. D. Wyman, D. Vine, K. Yue, S. Chen, T. Mooney, M. Wang, Z. Feng, D. Jin, Z. Cai, B. Lai and S. Vogt, Review of Scientific Instruments 90 (8), 083701 (2019).
Patents
US 10,393,242 Method and apparatus for implementing ultra-high stability long-vertical travel stage
US 8,957,567 Mechanical design of deformation compensated flexural pivots structure for linear positioning stages
US 8,850,611 Simultaneous topographic and elemental chemical and magnetic contrast in scanning tunneling microscopy
US 7,331,714 Optomechanical structure for a multifunctional hard x-ray nanoprobe instrument
US 7,162,888 Robot-based automation system for cryogenic crystal sample mounting
