UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION APPLICATIONS WORKSHOP
Environmental, Earth, and Materials Sciences

Friday and Saturday, October 19th and 20th , 2001
Commerce Building Rm. 18

Environmental and Earth Sciences -- Friday, October 19th, 2001
Co-Chairs: Karsten Liber, Toxicology Centre; Jim Hendry, Department of Geological Sciences

7:00 p.m.

Welcome by President Peter MacKinnon

 

7:30 p.m.

The CLS: The Beamline Array and Opportunities for Saskatchewan Scientists

Emil Hallin, CLS Staff Scientist

8:00 p.m.

Overview of Applications of SR in the Environmental and Earth Sciences.

Alan Anderson, Department of Geology, St. Francis Xavier University

8:30 p.m.

An Example of the Application of Synchrotron Light to Environmental Issues: Controls on Arsenic in Uranium Mine Tailings

Brett Moldovan, PhD Student, U of S Department of Geological Sciences/ Cameco

9:00 p.m.

Synchrotron Environmental Soil Science

P. Ming Huang, U of S Department of Soil Science

9:30 pm

Wine and Cheese hosted by President MacKinnon, The President's Residence

Materials Science -- Saturday, October 20th, 2001
Co- Chairs: Kunio Takaya, Department of Electrical Engineering; Akira Hirose, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics

9:00 a.m.

A Survey of Applicable SR Techniques in Materials Science

Jeff Cutler, CLS Industrial Liaison Scientist

9:30 a.m.

Valence Band Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Probing Surfaces, Interfaces and New Materials

Katie Mitchell, U of S Department of Physics and Engineering Physics

10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break -- Sponsored by UMA

 

10:30 a.m.

Soft X-ray Microscopy: Applications and Prospects for the Microanalysis of Organic Material

Stephen Urquhart, Assistant Professor, U of S Department of Chemistry

11:00 a.m.

X-ray Lithography: Opportunities in Microelectronics and MEMs

David Klymyshyn, U of S Department of Electrical Engineering and TR Labs

11:30 a.m.

Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Heterogeneous Catalytic processes

Ajay K. Dalai, U of S Department of Chemical Engineering

12:00 p.m.

LUNCH

Opportunities for Graduate Students at the CLS -- Saturday October 20th, 2001
Chair: Tom Wishart, Acting Head of Graduate Studies

1:00 p.m.

Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Pure and Applied Soil Science

Alex Jokic, U of S Department of Soil Science

1:30 pm

Hard X-ray Science at the CLS: Research Opportunities

De-Tong Jiang, CLS Staff Scientist

2:00 p.m.

Soft X-ray Science at the CLS: Research Opportunities

Ian Coulthard, CLS Staff Scientist

2:30 p.m.

Computer Science and Instrumentation Research Opportunities at CLS

Johannes M. Vogt, CLS Staff Scientist

3:00 p.m.

Accelerator Physics and Engineering Research Opportunities at CLS

Mark de Jong, CLS Project Leader

3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break -- Sponsored by UMA

 

4:00 p.m.

Round table discussion on opportunities for students

 

Sponsored by the Office of the President and Organized by Professor Emeritus Dennis Johnson With Assistance from the Office of the Vice-President Research and the Canadian Light Source

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