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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS-News Vol. 2 No. 11 December 8, 2004 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ====================================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. 7th Annual Users' Meeting Success! The Canadian Light Source 7th Annual Users' Meeting and Associated Workshops were held at the University of Saskatchewan, November 17-21, 2004. The meeting attracted a wide range of users and exhibitors, with a record setting total attendance of 350 people from across Canada, North America and Internationally. A report on the meeting will be available soon on the UAC pages at: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2004/highlights.php . There was considerable interest in changing the date of the Annual Users Meeting from the third week of November to early June (June 2nd for 2005). In 2005 this would directly follow the 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition held May 28th-June 1st in Saskatoon. Please vote for your preference during the UAC elections starting December 8 and express your opinions via an online discussion forum at http://www.lightsource.ca/forum prior to the vote. *************************************************************************** 2. Election for new Users' Advisory Committee members- Be sure to vote! A request for you to participate in the Users' Advisory Committee (UAC) online election will be distributed on December 8th. If you do not receive a request to vote by email, please be sure to contact clsuo@lightsource.ca indicating you intend to use the CLS in your research and therefore would like to have the opportunity to vote on UAC representation. The UAC provides advice to the Director on the operation and management of the synchrotron and beamlines; represents the interests of CLS users; provides feedback to CLS management on various aspects of the development and operation of CLS; assists CLS in providing feedback to users about CLS-related issues and plans, and hosts the CLS User's Meetings with assistance from CLS. Do not miss your opportunity to be involved in the decision making process! *************************************************************************** 3. Nanostructure Facility Established Canada’s micro and nano technology industries are poised to benefit from a $4.3 million investment in the new Canadian Synchrotron Nanostructures Facility (CSNF) being established at the CLS. The X-ray lithography beamline, officially known as the Canadian Synchrotron Nanostructures Facility (CSNF), is essentially a "machine shop" to create structures with extremely small features - 100 to 1,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. The facility will provide Canadian industry and scientists with their first opportunity to fabricate micro-level, structurally superior devices that will be used for a broad range of commercial applications, including biomedicine, aerospace, communications and sensors. Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance on behalf of Stephen Owen, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Sport), and Saskatchewan Industry and Resources Minister Eric Cline announced on October 22nd the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are contributing a total of $3 million over the next three years to establish and construct the CSNF. Equal contributions of $1.5 million will be provided through the joint Canada-Saskatchewan Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA). Rockwell Collins provided $315,000 and anticipates the research will enable it to develop ever-smaller communications products. TRLabs committed an in-kind contribution valued at $400,000 in staff resources for project management and design expertise as well as equipment to establish the facility. VCom Inc. invested $105,000 in the facility and anticipates utilizing the superior calibre of nano-scale devices to be developed in future product lines. "Rockwell Collins Canada is investing in the Canadian Synchrotron Nanostructures Facility because it will allow the kind of world-class research that will fuel innovation and provide real benefits to our industry," says Kevin Ferguson, General Manager of Rockwell Collins Canada. "We believe the micro and nano research that CLS will undertake represents the future of advanced communications systems for use in aerospace and many other sectors." For more information please go to: *************************************************************************** 4. New staff & now hiring In the Engineering and Technical Services group, Ben Boyachek is now an official CLS employee in our Machine Shop. Previously, Ben was contracted to CLS from Nutana Machine for the last year, covering a sick leave. In the Controls and Instrumentation group, Hao Zhang has been hired for a new Control Systems Analyst/Engineer position. Hao moved from Regina, where he completed his Masters degree from the University of Regina. Kyle Sokul has been hired for a term position as an Inventory Control Assistant in Purchasing/Receiving/Stores. Kyle is no stranger to CLS, as he was a summer student for two years in addition to working casual hours as a student at the U of S. As of January 1/05, Kyle will take time away from the U of S to help us out until next fall, when he will be finishing his Bachelor of Commerce degree. For information on new positions please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ *************************************************************************** 5. WANTED: Beamline Scientists We are currently recruiting Staff Scientists for a number of experimental facilities, including (The science team leader and their affiliation are in brackets):
For details please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/experimental_facilities.php *************************************************************************** 6. Happy Holidays and New Year from all of us to all of you! From the entire CLSI team, we wish you Happy Holidays and we look forward to seeing you in Saskatoon in 2005! ==================================================================== CLS E-News is an electronic newsletter designed to keep users informed about developments at the Canadian Light Source, the national synchrotron user facility located at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Current and past issues of CLS E-News are available on the CLS web site: http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/archives.php To unsubscribe please go to http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/signup.php. We welcome suggestions for topics and content. =========================================================== Last modified: 2008-07-29 14:07:29 |
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