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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS E-News Vol. 4 No. 4 September 26, 2006 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ===========================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. Reminder: CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN – Deadline October 2, 2006! A Call for Proposals is open for beamtime during the January – June, 2007 period. GENERAL USER PROPOSALS received for the PGM, SGM, Mid-IR, Far-IR and the XAFS endstation on HXMA will be reviewed for safety and technical feasibility and scored for scientific merit by the CLS peer review committee. Research time is assigned through this process twice per year. General User research should result in the publishing of scientific results. For more information please visit our website: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/call_proposals.php . At this time we would also like to announce that the Soft X-ray Spectomicroscopy (SM) and Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility (CMCF) beamlines are now accepting Letters of Intent. LETTERS OF INTENT (http://www.lightsource.ca/experimental/intent_letter.php ) provide the opportunity to perform exploratory experiments as the beamline is being commissioned. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office at clsuo@lightsource.ca or 306-657-3700. *************************************************************************** 2. NSERC to conduct Mid-Term Review- October 5-6, 2006 The CLS, its beamteams and its advisory committees are in the final stages of preparation for the October 5-6 Mid-Term Review of our NSERC Major Resources Support (MRS) Grant. This is the culmination of many months of intense work meeting the ambitious monthly targets that had been set earlier this year. The review will be a great opportunity to highlight some of the exciting data coming out of our Phase I beamlines. The timing of the review is ideal since we are now producing publishable science on six beamlines, with the seventh to follow shortly. We have also taken this opportunity to further update the beamline Science Plans and I will have more to say about science planning in upcoming issues of e-news. Tom Ellis, *************************************************************************** 3. Phase II Building Construction Update Conventional construction: The steel structure for the Phase II building addition is nearing completion. Subsequent conventional construction taking place in the next couple of months will include:
*************************************************************************** 4. Phase II Procurements Update: Frontend procurement is almost complete (some components of the CMCF2 frontend and of the BMIT insertion device frontend have not yet been procured). Tendering is complete for the main optical components and their required infrastructure for three of the phase II projects: SXRMB, VESPERS and SyLMAND. Most of the components for the first endstation for SXRMB are either awarded or will soon be awarded. The first shipment of lead shielding for the SXRMB primary optical enclosure has arrived in Montreal and will arrive at the CLS soon. Other POE shipments will occur on a staggered schedule. The procurement for the secondary optical enclosures is out. Bids for the REIXS monochromator are under evaluation. BMIT has just begun the detailed design stage, so procurement activity on this beamline is expected to accelerate in the very near future. CMCF2 will also be entering the procurement stage of its development in the near future. Phase II installation update: The first frontends for two of the Phase II bending magnet beamlines (SXRMB and VESPERS) should be installed during the October shutdown. The next two frontends (BMIT bending magnet and SyLMAND) may also be installed during this shutdown, time permitting. Any installation activity not completed in the shutdown will be completed by the end of 2006, during short shutdowns or at the start of the Christmas break. *************************************************************************** 5. New Spaces (and food choices!) for Users and Staff The recently completed South Mezzanine expansion created much needed office space, an expanded User Services Office and a lounge. Occupants moved into the new space over the summer and final touches have recently been put in the lounge including comfortable couches, a refrigerator, microwave and vending machines to improve the food choices available at the facility. The User Office was furnished with a training center that includes five computers and enough space to accommodate the increased number of Users arriving at the facility. *************************************************************************** 6. Remote Course On Synchrotron X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy A pilot program out of the University of Saskatchewan is broadcasting a synchrotron course across Canada. Ingrid Pickering and Graham George, Canada Research Chairs from the Department of Geological Sciences, are recording lectures presented for this term’s undergraduate/graduate 3-credit course. So far they have 33 remote participants from BC to Nova Scotia! The course describes the physical principals, experimental technique and data analysis of synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Lectures include frequent reference to practical examples in diverse research areas and a review of relevant synchrotron technology. This will equip the student or researcher with a practical working knowledge of the technique and its capabilities. As lectures are recorded it is not too late to join in. For more information visit http://www.usask.ca/its/apreso/sync_course/ *************************************************************************** 7. New Staff and now Hiring The CLS welcomes Kelvin Kliewer, an HSE Technician who joined the HSE Department at the end of August. Kelvin previously was an Occupational Health & Safety Coordinator at Siemens Laserworks in Saskatoon. His career also includes many years as a Machinist in addition to being a Registered Massage Therapist. We are currently accepting applications for several vacancies. For more information please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/careers =========================================================== CLS E-News is an electronic newsletter designed to keep users and stakeholders informed about developments at the Canadian Light Source, the national synchrotron research facility located at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Current and past issues of CLS E-News are available on the CLS web site: http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/archives.php =========================================================== Last modified: 2009-11-10 09:11:14 |
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