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CLS-News Vol. 1 No. 6 June 10, 2002

www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada

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CLSI Director Appointed- Dr. Bill Thomlinson
Booster Ring Progress
Health, Safety and Environment Department
Synchrotron Project Wins National Engineering Award
Notes from the UAC
New CLS Staff
Science Highlights:
- Report on Environmental Short-Course - GAC- Mac 2002, Saskatoon
- Report on MEMs/Nanotechnology Workshop, Saskatoon

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1. CLSI Director Appointed- Dr. Bill Thomlinson
(Contact: kathryn.warden@usask.ca)

Following an extensive international search, Dr. Bill Thomlinson, a world-renowned expert in synchrotron medical imaging, has been selected to lead Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) at the University of Saskatchewan, effective Nov. 1. The five-year appointment, a unanimous decision of the CLSI board, was announced jointly on May 31st by CLSI board chair Dr. Arthur Carty, who is President of the National Research Council, and Peter MacKinnon, President of the University of Saskatchewan.

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2. Booster ring progress
(Contact: lucas.smith@lightsource.ca)

Testing of the power supplies was successfully completed, as was the installation of the controls and diagnostic equipment. The current plan is to run the beam into the booster ring by mid June, once the testing of the RF system is completed.

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3. Health and Safety Department
(Contact: mohamed.benmerrouche@lightsource.ca)

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission staff's visit to the facility on March 18th included an inspection. The report on the visit/inspection was positive and included minor recommendations for changes.

During May, the electron beam was successfully transported from the sub-basement, through the first set of vertical bending magnets, to the end of the LTB tunnel. HSE staff conducted extensive radiological measurements in all occupied areas above the future beamlines areas. All levels were within acceptable range for normal beam operations.

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4. Synchrotron Project Wins National Engineering Award
(Contact: dgeorge@umagroup.com)

The CLS project has been awarded the 2002 National Award for Exceptional Engineering Achievement by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE).

The prestigious award is not given out annually, but is reserved for exceptional Canadian-engineered projects or achievements that have had, or will have, a significant impact on society, industry and engineering. The award was presented June 1 at the annual CCPE awards ceremony in St. John's Newfoundland. For more information please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/media/synchrotronaward.php

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5. Notes from the UAC
(Contact: stephen.urquhart@usask.ca)

The UAC would like to extend an enthusiastic "welcome aboard" to Dr. Bill Thomlinson -- we are very excited that he will be joining the CLS as executive director and look forward to working with him.

Preparations are continuing for this year's Annual Users' Meeting, on November 15-16th, 2002 at the University of Saskatchewan. Associated with this year's meeting are a series of workshops, focusing on the application of synchrotron radiation in materials science, biological science, environmental/geochemistry, and a special workshop on the technology of high heat load optics at synchrotron facilities. Preliminary program information will be available on the CLS - UAC web site in early July 2002 (http://www.cls.usask.ca/contacts/)

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6. New CLS Staff
(Contact: lavina.carter@usask.ca)

We'd like to welcome the following new staff members to the team: Kari Krueckl, Radiation Safety Technologist; Christopher Angel, IT Systems Analyst; Alex Sitnikov, Mechanical Designer; James Kimmerly, Controls Technologist; Wade Dolton, Electrical Engineer; Robert Harvey, IT Systems Analyst and Carl Jansen, Electrical Designer.

Also, to the following summer students: Rian Cory, Business Development; Willem de Jong, engineering; Sean Hodgson, Beamlines; Christopher Knievel, Health, Safety & Environment; Dawnn Olexson, Finance & Administration; Mushir Ahmed, Controls; Jennifer Paulsen, Engineering; Daniel Chapman, Health, Safety & Environment; Jason Wiens, Engineering; Christopher Chahley, Engineering; Ian Stavness, Controls and Lindsay Olson, Outreach.

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7. Science Highlights

I- Report on Environmental Short-Course - GAC- Mac 2002, Saskatoon
(Contact: henders@geology.utoronto.ca)

Recently, the Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC) presented a shortcourse on synchrotron radiation at the Geological Association of Canada (GAC)/MAC annual meeting in Saskatoon May 26-29. The shortcourse entitled Synchrotron Radiation: Earth, environmental and materials science applications had 39 registrants from a number of diverse fields and took place over the Saturday and Sunday prior to the annual meeting. A tour of the CLS was also arranged for the following Monday. The aim of the course was to introduce to the general earth science community some of the basics of synchrotron radiation based research. While it was not intended as a review of all aspects of every synchrotron-based technique, it did cover the basics of synchrotron research at a level suitable for those interested in beginning to use synchrotron radiation in their research. The shortcourse volume (Volume 30 of the MAC shortcourse series: available for purchase from the MAC Business Office or via the internet at http://www.mineralogicalassoication.ca) is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 covers the physics of synchrotron radiation and synchrotron storage rings in general. Chapter 2 details what the Canadian Light Source is, what it will be capable of, and the types of experiments that will be able to be performed on the beamlines. Chapter 3 covers the basics of synchrotron based diffraction studies including both powder and single crystal studies. Chapter 4 introduces the novice user to x-ray absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS/XANES) and includes details on how to correctly reduce the data. Chapter 5 outlines the capabilities of the x-ray microprobe for chemical analyses, micro-EXAFS/XANES and imaging of geological samples. Chapter 6 gives a detailed overview of synchrotron based x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with application to mineralogical and geochemical studies. Finally, chapter 7 introduces the types of experiments within the geological community that are commonly performed on amorphous materials.

II- Report on MEMs/Nanotechnology Workshop
(Contact: Andrew Kostiuk, kostiuk@sask.trlabs.ca)

Over 65 participants attended the "2nd Workshop on MEMs/Nanotechnology at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron" held on Tuesday May 28, 2002 in Saskatoon. This one-day workshop was presented by TRLabs, CLSI (Canadian Light Source Inc.), the Saskatchewan Synchrotron Institute (SSI), the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the University of Saskatchewan.

The workshop was in support of the ongoing initiative to develop a MEMs/Nanotechnology facility at the CLS (the "Canadian Synchrotron Nanotechnology Facility" - "CSNF"). This workshop follows a very successful 1st Workshop in February 2001 on synchrotron lithography with Dr. Franco Cerrina from the Center for NanoTechnology (CNTech), University of Wisconsin. The intention of the 2nd Workshop was to bring together parties interested in further exploring the potential for research and commercial applications in the area of synchrotron nanofabrication.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Volker Saile, Director, ANKA (Angstrom Source Karlsruhe) GmbH and Director, Institute for Microstructure Technology (IMT) in Karlsruhe, Germany. Dr. Saile has been involved with synchrotrons since 1979 and brought a wealth of experience to his presentation on building microstructure devices for microfluidics and optical applications using synchrotron radiation.

Dr. David Klymyshyn (TRLabs/University of Saskatchewan) provided an update on the status of putting together a proposal for a MEMS/Nanotechnology beamline at the CLS. Rob Slinger (CLS Inc.) provided an update on the construction of the CLS.

For further information, or if interested in the MEMS/Nanotechnology beamline proposal for the CLS, please contact Mr. Andrew Kostiuk, TRLabs, 668-9309.

Additional information can be found at:

MEMS/Nanotechnology Workshop	(under construction)
ANKA Synchrotron	http://www.fzk.de/anka
ANKA GmbH	http://anka-online.com/
IMT	http://www.fzk.de/imt
TRLabs	http://www.trlabs.ca/

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