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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS-News Vol. 1 No. 10 February 7, 2003 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ====================================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. Research Director position (Contact: william.thomlinson@lightsource.ca) The Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) and the University of Saskatchewan jointly invite applications from outstanding individuals for the position of Research Director at CLSI. CLSI and the University of Saskatchewan are jointly seeking a highly motivated, experienced, synchrotron based scientist to fill the newly created position of Research Director. The successful candidate, reporting to the Executive Director, will develop and direct the overall research program at the CLSI, ensuring consistency with its research mandate and vision. The opportunity exists for the successful candidate to hold an academic appointment in an appropriate department of the University and providing the opportunity of maintaining his/her research program. The Research Director will liaise with universities, collaborating institutions and the private sector to foster research and development activities in synchrotron science. He/she will lead strategic planning to determine, develop and direct the scope of science and services offered by CLSI. Specific duties will include development of policies and procedures related to access and peer review, intellectual property issues, direction of the user administration and involvement in matters related to the expansion of scientific capabilities at CLSI. For full details please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/researchdirector.php *************************************************************************** 2. Synchrotron Sessions at the August 10-15, 2003 IUPAC meeting in Ottawa (Contact: mike.bancroft@lightsource.ca) The annual Canadian Chemical Society (CSC) meeting is being held in conjunction with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) meeting in Ottawa, August 10-15. A number of synchrotron radiation sessions are being organized by Mike Bancroft, Jeff Cutler, Stephen Urquhart, Kathy Gough, John Tse and Emil Hallin, and a number of excellent invited speakers have agreed to come to Ottawa. These sessions will be focused on the following topics: Environmental applications, Spectromicroscopy, diffraction and 3rd generation SR beamlines. Please consider presenting a paper at one of these sessions. The abstract deadline is February 14 (a FIRM deadline). *************************************************************************** 3. Distinguished synchrotron scientist named Officer of the Order of Canada (Contact: mike.bancroft@lightsource.ca) Michael Bancroft, Acting Director of Research for the CLS has been named Officer of the Order of Canada. Established in 1967 to recognize outstanding achievement and service in various fields of human endeavour, the Order of Canada is Canada's highest honour for lifetime achievement. Dr. Bancroft's citation states "He was one of the key players in the development of Canada's first synchrotron that is scheduled to be operational at the University of Saskatchewan in 2004.Thanks to his sustained efforts, this new technology offers the potential for significant breakthroughs in medical science and engineering and increased economic benefits for our country." Full details are available are available at: http://www.lightsource.ca/media/orderofcanada.php Recently, Dr. Bancroft was also selected as one of 33 Canadian innovation pioneers showcased in a new essay collection launched by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). http://www.innovation.ca/innovation2/essay_bancroft.html *************************************************************************** 4. Storage Ring progress (Contact: dan.lowe@lightsource.ca) The first vacuum chamber has been assembled and baked out successfully. All 108 Quadrupole and Sextupole magnets have been shipped from the supplier, 54 have already arrived, and the remainder is expected to arrive by the middle of February. The first shipment of four Orbit Corrector magnets is on site, with the remaining ones in transit. The majority of the magnet power supplies are on site with the remaining 3 units expected by the middle of February. The factory cold tests for the superconducting RF cavity are planned for early February, and the cavity should be at CLS for installation and testing by the first week of March. The initial surveying of the SR1 Tunnel is complete. All pedestals are aligned with girders placed on them. All of the Quadrupoles and Sextupoles that are on site are placed. The assembly and installation of the vacuum chambers will be in full swing in early February. The installation of the mechanical and electrical services is progressing well. The Storage Ring Ventilation System is being tested, and will be fully operational by the end of February. *************************************************************************** 5. Notes from the UAC- Results of election- New members (Contact: Tom Tiedje tiedje@physics.ubc.ca) I'm pleased to announce four new members have been elected to represent the users of the Canadian Light Source in the Users' Advisory Committee:
The continuing members are:
As the new Chair of the Users' Advisory Committee, I want to extend an invitation to all users to contact the members of the UAC with any concerns or questions. I look forward to coordinating the efforts of the UAC in support of science at our facility. I would like to thank outgoing Chair Stephen Urquhart for his excellent leadership and successful efforts during 2002. 2003 will be a busy year for the UAC and an important year for the CLS as it moves closer to operation. We will be meeting regularly to address your needs, and we will also soon begin to plan the next Annual Users' Meeting- whether you have attended previous user events, or are planning to attend for the first time, we welcome your suggestions. Please contact the chair at tiedje@physics.ubc.ca or any member. (Membership contact information at http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/ ) ==================================================================== 6. - Commissioning the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Molecular Environmental Sciences (MES) beamline, the prototype for the CLS Spectromicroscopy beamline (Contact: Adam Hitchcock aph@mcmaster.ca) During the past four months, CLS staff Scientist Konstantin Kaznacheyev has participated in commissioning and development of the ALS MES beamline, as part of a co-development agreement between CLS and ALS. The ALS MES facility is a project of the Berkeley Lab Chemical Sciences Division. It will use a combination of spectroscopies and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) to study environmental problems. The ALS MES beam line is an entrance slit-less collimated plane grating monochromator based on x-ray optical principles first implemented at BESSY and designed by an ALS team lead by Tony Warwick. The monochromator and mirrors are all new designs optimized for low contamination, flexibility, and ease of use. Two branch lines, developed after the diffraction grating with independent exit slits, serve STXM microscopy and multiple end-stations for photoelectron and X-ray emission spectroscopy. Participating in commissioning has provided very useful familiarization with this equipment. The ALS MES beam line saw first light on October 30, 2002. The first absorption spectra were obtained the following day, and the first soft x-ray images from the STXM were obtained the day after that. Careful tune-up during Nov-December has allowed the beamline to meet or exceed design performance: energy resolving power better than 5500 (70 meV at N 1s edge), brightness better than 2 x1015 photons/s/mm2 in STXM, and flux greater than 1011 photons/s for the spectroscopy branch. CLS congratulates the ALS MES research team on their achievements and wishes them much success in advancing their scientific goals. Konstantin Kaznacheyev, CLS SM Beamline Development Scientist ==================================================================== 7. Infrared Beamlines progress- purchase of Spectrometers (Contact: tim.may@lightsource.ca) The Infrared Facility has sent in recommendations for both the Far and Mid IR beamline spectrometers. The Far IR will use a high resolution FTIR spectrometer that will attain resolutions of 0.001 inverse- centimetre (Wavenumber). The successful bidder was Bruker with their 120 HR spectrometer and data station. It is expected to arrive this summer and be installed in July. The Mid IR spectrometer and microscope is awaiting signoff on the submitted recommendation - it is also expected to be here this summer. The experimental areas, or hutches, for both beamlines are built and being outfitted now with utility services. The packages for the design/construction of the vacuum systems and optics are being prepared for tender soon. ==================================================================== 8. Summer students positions CLSI is currently receiving applications for summer positions. The positions run from May 1 - August 31, 2003. The following positions have been posted: Technical Assistant; Engineering Assistant; Research Assistant - Electronics Development; Research Assistant - Software Development; ICT Systems Support; Research Assistants (various); Outreach Assistant; Marketing Assistant; Health, Safety & Environment Assistant, and Finance & Administration Assistant. Full details are available at: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ ==================================================================== 9. New CLS staff We'd like to welcome the following new staff members to the team: Grant Cubbon, Radiological Control Coordinator; Kevin Walker, Electrical CAD; Bree Harris (Co-op Internship program, U. of A.), Accelerator Operations; Duane Walker, Systems Analyst and Kate Berezowski, ICT System Support Technologist. ==================================================================== 10. Upcoming opening: User Services Administrator/ Manager (Contact: jobs@lightsource.ca) The CLS will be looking to fill a User Services Administrator/Manager position soon. The information will be posted on http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ before the end of February. ==================================================================== 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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