MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008 Meeting

June 10-13, 2008

TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Confirmed Invited Speakers

• Steve Dierker, National Synchrotron Light Source  II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
• Richard Garrett, Australian Synchrotron, Australia
• Zhong Zhong, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
• Michael Gensch, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Hasylab), Germany
• Bruce Dunham, Cornell University, USA
• Ken Evans-Lutterodt, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
• Adam Hitchcock, McMaster University, Canada
• Stephan Friedrich, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

Tuesday, June 10

Wednesday, June 11

Thursday, June 12

Friday, June 13

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7:30	REGISTRATION - TCU Place (Lobby) – Open: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm
7:30	Coffee/Tea/Muffins – Grand Gallery Hallway – Ground Floor
REMOTE BEAMLINE ACCESS WORKSHOP  – Grand Gallery A – Ground Floor
8:20	E. Matias (CLS); E. Bergmann (University of Alberta); S. McIntyre (University of Western Ontario):  Opening Remarks
8:40	B. St. Armaud:  Remote Access to Scientific Instruments and Impact on Global Warming
9:20	D. Arms:  Real-Time Remote Data Visualization Using a Standard Web Browser
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	A.E. Cohen:  Fully Remote Access to SSRL Protein Crystallography Beam Lines
11:00	M. Prica:  Elettra E-Science Platform
12:00	Lunch on your own at Local Restaurants
13:20	tbc:  E-MPC Based Remote Control System Design of Physical Motors for CLS Beamlines
14:00	Y. Yan:  Service Oriented Architecture vs. Domain Specific Middleware in Remote Instrument Control
14:40	S. McIntyre:  The RBA System
15:00	Coffee Break
15:20	C. Armstrong: S. McIntyre, E. Matias: Science Studio
15:40	C. Myers:  VBL e-Research Environment at the Australian Synchrotron
16:20	Open Discussion
CHALLENGES IN BEAMLINE OPTICS – Grand Gallery B – Ground Floor
8:20	D. Shu:  Nanopositioning Systems for X-ray Optical Instrumentation
9:20	L. Peverini:  On-Line Mirror Surfacing; Progress Towards the Realization of Nanofocusing Synchrotron Mirrors
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	Z. Zhong:  Challenges in Sagittal Focusing of High-Energy X-rays by Sagittally Bent Laue Crystals
11:20	R. Signorato:  Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control in the X-ray Domain
12:00	Lunch on your own at Local Restaurants
13:20	R. Reininger:  Correcting the Heat Load Induced Performance Degradation on a XUV Beamline
14:20	S. Qian:  Dynamic Monitoring of Grating Rotation Characteristic at National Synchrotron Light Source
15:00	Coffee Break
15:20	T. Warwick:  Brightness Preserving Beamlines, Optics and Metrology for Coherence Experiments
16:20	A. Khounsary:  Fabrication of Aspheric Optics for X-ray Applications
ENGINEERING FOR LOW EMITTANCE – Grand Gallery C – Ground Floor
8:20	J.R. Chen:  Low Emittance Engineering – An Overview
9:00	E. Trakhtenberg:  Precision Support and Motion Systems for LCLS
9:30	L.X. Yin:  Low Emittance Engineering and Performance at SSRF   PAPER
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	S. Sharma:  Low Emittance Engineering at NSLS-II
10:40	V. Ravindranath:  Vibrations Stability of NSLS II Girder-Magnet Assembly
11:00	T.C. Tseng:  Design and Prototype Testing of the Girder System for TPS
11:20	X-Wang:  Design and Testing of the Girder and Support Systems for SSRF   PAPER
11:40	E. Trakhtenberg:  LCLS Extruded Aluminum Vacuum Chamber – New Approaches   PAPER
12:00	Lunch on your own at Local Restaurants
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION PHOTOEMISSION – Grand Gallery D – Ground Floor
8:30	R. Blyth:  Workshop Introduction
8:40	T. Schmidt:  SMART – An Aberration Corrected Photoemission Electron Microscope for Surface Characterization on Nanometer Scale
9:20	Michael Freund:  X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Instrument Operation and Applications
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	J. Tse:  Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and the Variable Energy XPS Spectrometer Proposal at CLS
11:00	CLS:  Future Developments in Photoemission Facilities at the CLS
12:00	Lunch on your own at Local Restaurants
SAFETY CRITICAL SYNCHROTRON SOFTWARE – Grand Gallery Suite I – Ground Floor
8:40	R. Tanner:  Workshop Introduction
9:00	P. Berkvens:  Safety Issues on the Medical Beamline at the ESRF
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	M. Wilson:  Design Methodologies Applied to the Diamond PSS
11:00	M. Prica:  Safety Issues of the Medical Beamline at Elettra
12:00	Lunch on your own at Local Restaurants
CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPY – Grand Gallery D – Ground Floor
13:40	K. Gough & S. Kaminskyi:  Correlative Microscopy for a Symbiotic World
14:20	R. Ogliore:  Synchrotron-based Microscopy of the Stardust Sample Return from Comet Wild2
15:00	Coffee Break
15:20	P.G. Kotula:  Correlation of Spectral Image Data: From Surface to 3D Microanalysis
16:00	J. Dynes & A.P. Hitchcock:  Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy – Correlations with Confocal Laser Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopies
CRYOGENICS SYSTEMS – Grand Gallery C – Ground Floor
13:20	T.W. Wysokinski:  Workshop Introduction
13:30	S. Casalbuoni:  A Summary of the Mini-Workshop on a Cold Vacuum Chamber for Diagnostics – Karlsruhe, 31st January-1st February 2008
14:15	T.W. Wysokinski:  Cryocoolers and Zero Boil-Off Systems
15:00	Coffee Break
15:20	K. Zolotarev:  New Developments in Superconductive Devices at Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
15:55	S. Pattalwar:  Recent Treands in the Development of Sub Cooled Liquid Helium Technology in Superconducting Accelerators
16:40	Question & Answer Period
17:00	REGISTRATION – TCU Place (Lobby) – Open: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
17:30	WELCOME RECEPTION – Grand Gallery Suites I & II – Ground Floor Entertainment – “McDrooge String Quartet”

7:30	REGISTRATION – TCU Place (Lobby) – Open: 7:30 am to 12:00 noon
7:30	Coffee/Tea/Muffins – Exhibition Area – First Floor
FACILITIES:  Chair – S. Hulbert
8:30	T. Ellis:  SRI Opening Remarks
8:40	R.F. Garrett:  A New Light Downunder:  The Australian Synchrotron & Australian Synchrotron Research
9:20	M.M. Shehab:  SESAME Status
9:40	R.T. Neuenschwander:  Recent Developments on Diagnostic Elements for LNLS Beamlines and Facility Highlights
10:00	Coffee Break  & Exhibition – Exhibition Area
INSTRUMENTATION/TIMING:  Chair – P. Tavares
10:20	M. Gensch:  Utilizing Intrinsic Synchronization at VUV Free Electron Lasers: The THz/VUV Pump Probe Beamline at FLASH
11:00	B.W. Adams:  Picosecond-Resolved Meassurements at the Advanced Photon Source
11:20	T.Z. Regier:  XEOL Instrumentation Development at the CLS
11:40	D.A. Walko:  Resolving Multiple Photon Events with Avalanche Photodiodes
12:00	Buffet Lunch – Exhibition Area
APPLICATIONS/IMAGING:  Chair – R. Blyth
13:00	A.P. Hitchcock:  Soft X-ray Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy: Reaching Beyond the State-of-the-Art
13:40	T. Schmidt:  Organic Film Growth Studied by Photoemission Electron Microscopy
14:00	L. Quaroni:  Infrared Functional Spectromicroscopy of Intact Rod Cells
14:20	E. Najafi:  Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
14:30	Coffee Break
OPTICS:  Chair – R. Reininger
15:00	A. Khounsary:  A Synthetic Channel-Cut X-ray Monochromator
15:20	L. Peverini:  On-Line Mirror Surfacing: Progress Towards the Realization of Nanofacusing Synchrotron Mirrors
15:40	K. Yang:  The Application of Sub-Micron Focusing Mirrors to Hard X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
16:00	Poster Session and Wine & Cheese Reception – Exhibitor Area
17:30	First Bus leaves from outside TCU Place for the Canadian Light Source
18:00	Last Bus leaves TCU Place for the Canadian Light Source
18:30	CLS Dinner and Tours Entertainment “Kalissa Regier”
20:30	First Bus leaves the CLS to return to downtown hotels
21:00	Last Bus leaves the CLS to return to downtown hotels

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7:30	REGISTRATION – TCU Place (Lobby) – Open: 7:30 am to 12:00 noon
7:30	Coffee/Tea/Muffins – Exhibition Area – First Floor
SESSION 1
8:30	T. Johnson:  MEDSI Opening Remarks
8:40	M. de Jong:  The Canadian Light Source: Present and Future
BEAM STABILITY: VIBRATION AND THERMAL EFFECTS
9:00	L. Miralles:  The Vibrational Response of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source for the Foundations of the Beam Lines and Complex of Accelerators Critical Floor Area   PAPER
9:20	J-L. Giorgetta:  SOLEII Strategy for Beam Stability
9:40	J. Kay:  First Results from a Hydrostatic Levelling System Installed at Diamond Light Source   PAPER
10:00	Coffee Break  & Exhibition
SESSION 2
10:20	M.M. Shehab:  Vibration Simulation for SESAME Magnets Girder Assembly  PAPER
10:40	L.X. Yin:  Support System of the SSRF Storage Ring   PAPER
11:00	L. Zhang:  Mass Drop Induced Vibration Study at the ESRF
11:20	P. Van Vaerenbergh:  Design and Vibration Measurements of High Stiffness Massive Supports for the ESRF Nanotechnology Platform Integration Laboratory PAPER
11:40	L. Miralles:  Mechanical Aspects of the Design of Third Generation Synchrotron Light Source Storage Ring Girder System   PAPER
12:00	Buffet Lunch – Exhibition Area
SESSION 3
VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES
13:00	C.L. Chen:  Development of Automatic Welding System for TPS Aluminum Bending Chambers   PAPER
13:20	M. Ferreira:  Vacuum Chamber Design of NSLSII Storage Ring   PAPER
13:40	E. Haas:  An Assessment of the Implications of 10CFR851 on the Vacuum Systems at the National Synchrotron Light Source   PAPER
MISCELLANEOUS
14:20	C. Regier:  Dynamic System Modeling for Two-phase Helium Pipe Flow in the Cryosystem at the Canadian Light Source   PAPER
14:30	Coffee Break – Exhibition Area
SESSION 4
15:00	U. Ellenberger:  Compact and Light-Weight Design of a Martin Puplett Interferometer for Synchrotron Radiation Beam Measurements   PAPER
15:20	N. Hammond:  Storage Ring Developments at the Diamond Light Source  PAPER
15:40	P. van der Linden:  Laser Drill for Diamond Anvil Cell Gaskets
16:00	Poster Session and Wine & Cheese Reception – Exhibitor Area
17:30	First Bus leaves from outside TCU Place for the Canadian Light Source
18:00	Last Bus leaves TCU Place for the Canadian Light Source
18:30	CLS Dinner and Tours Entertainment “Kalissa Regier”
20:30	First Bus leaves the CLS to return to downtown hotels
21:00	Last Bus leaves the CLS to return to downtown hotels

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8:00	Coffee/Tea/Muffins – Exhibition Area
8:30	REGISTRATION – TCU Place (Lobby) – 8:30 am to 10:00 am
FACILITIES/MONOCHROMATORS:  Chair – T. Warwick
8:40	S. Dierker:  NSLS-II: Status, Plans and Opportunities
9:20	H.S. Fung:  Commissioning of the Active Grating Monochromator Soft X-Ray Beamline at NSRRC
9:40	W. Diete:  Commissioning of the QEXAFS Monochromator at the Swiss Light Source
10:00	Coffee Break – Exhibition Area
ACCELERATORS AND INSERTION DEVICES:  Chair – H. Bellamy
10:20	B. Dunham:  Development of a High-Brightness Electron Injector for an ERL at Cornell University
11:00	C.S. Hwang:  Spectrum Analysis of Insertion Devices Operated at Synchrotron Accelerator Facility
11:20	Tomasz Wysokinski:  Superconductive Wiggler for 05ID-2 BMIT Beamline
11:40	R. Reininger:  The Wisconsin FEL Project
12:00	Buffet Lunch – Exhibition Area
INSTRUMENTATION:  Chair – P. Revesz
13:00	T. Warwick:  Coherence and Brightness Preservation in Beam Lines
13:40	B. Bewer:  Initial Experience with a Combined K-edge Subtraction and Fluorescence Imaging System for Small Animals
14:00	A.E. Cohen:  Automation, Robotics and Remote Access at the SSRL Protein Crystallography Beam Lines
14:20	J. Gorin:  Performance of Hybrid Small-Gap In-Vacuum Undulators at the CLS Intermediate Energy Storage Ring
14:40	R. Huang:  Considerations and Results of Setting Smaller Beam Size at Focused Crystallographic Beamlines
15:00	Coffee Break – Exhibition Area
DETECTORS:  Chair – J. Cutler
15:20	S. Friedrich:  Superconducting Tunnel Junction High-Resolution Soft X-ray Spectrometers
16:00	W.B. Doriese:  Progress Toward a Microcalorimeter-Array Instrument for Synchrotrons
16:20	A.C. Thompson:  Development of an Active-Edge Pixel Detector System for Synchrotron X-ray Experiments
17:00	Group Photograph – Outside TCU Place
17:15	Poster Session #2 – “Mixer” and Snacks – Exhibition Area
19:00	Closing Banquet – Centennial Hall A – Lower Floor

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8:00	Coffee/Tea/Muffins – Centennial Lobby – Lower Level
Chairs:  T. Ellis and T. Johnson
8:40	Z. Zhong:  Recent Progress in Diffraction Enhanced Imaging at the X15A Beamline of NSLS
9:20	J. Horbach:  Design of a Large Offset Monochromator at PETRA III   PAPER
9:40	S. Casalbuoni:  Design of a Cold Vacuum Chamber for Diagnostics
10:00	Coffee Break
10:20	B. Lindenau:  1.25MHz Light Chopper Dedicated for Operation at BESSY
10:40	M. Mattenet:  Coherence Preserving Pseudo Channel-Cut Monochromator at the ESRF Troika Beamline   PAPER
11:00	K. Evans-Lutterodt:  Kinoform Hard X-ray Optics
11:40	D.J. Wang:  Ultra Precision Rotation Stage for the End-Station TXM at NSRRC
12:00	Conclusion

MEDSI 2008 Posters

M-1	Design Concept for a Standard C-Frame Support Structure for the Insertion Devices
M-2	Numerical Analysis and Design of the Air Conditioning System for the 3GeV TPS Storage Ring
M-3	Fabrication of a Low Temperature Vacuum Chamber for an In-Achromat Superconducting Wiggler at TLS
M-4	Cooling by Mini-Channel Heat Exchanger
M-5	Contact Resistance Bonding Importance
M-6	The Adjustment Laser System for the PETRA III Front Ends
M-7	Portable Magnetic Field Measurement System
M-8	Hybrid In-Vacuum Mini-Gap Undulator of the X9 Beamline to Support BNL’s Center for Functional Nanoscience
M-10	Cryogenic Cooling of the Sample Manipulator of BEAR Beamline at Elettra: Finite element Analysis and Experiment
M-11	A 2nd Generation Crotch Absorber for the ESRF Upgrading
M-12	A Review of the Operation of Cryogenic System at TLS
M-13	The Vibration Test and Improvement of the TPS Prototype Girder
M-16	Development of X-Ray Beam Position Monitor for TPS
M-17	Electronic Control System for Phase Locked 1.25 MHz Light Choppers
M-18	Multi-Analyzer Spectrometers & Milli-Kelvin Crystal Temperature Stabilization
M-19	Carbon Contamination of SR Mirror
M-22	High-Precision Slits Based on a Monolithic Flexible Mechanism
M-23	Quantitative Estimation of Thermal Contact Conductance of a Graphite Filter Assembly
M-24	Preliminary Mechanical Design on TPS Front End in NSRRC
M-25	Preliminary Vibration Analyses on the PROXIMA 1 Beamline at SOLEIL
M-28	Design and Test of A PSD System for the TPS Girder
M-29	Mechanical Design of a Triple-Collimator for Macromolecular Crystalloqraphy
M-32	Use of Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) pump motors to supply cooling water for CLS Beamlines
M-33	A 5 DOF PEEM Table at the Canadian Light Source
M-34	Motor Control at the Canadian Light Source
M-35	CLS BMIT Beamline First Hutch Multi-Position Photon and Safety Shutters Design
M-36	The SSRL Stanford-type Automated Mounting system (SAM) on the CMCF-2 beamline at the Canadian Light Source (CLS)

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