Abstracts are requested for the AVS 64th International Symposium and Exhibition, to be held October 29 – November 3, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. The Novel Trends in Synchrotron and FEL-Based Analysis session will provide a forum for communicating the most recent achievements in surface and interface research using SR and FEL radiation from IR to hard x-rays. The abstract deadline is May 1, 2017. Read more »
Updates & Announcements
UEC Update from March 2017 Meeting
The ALS Users’ Executive Committee met in mid-March. Topics of discussion included this year’s User Meeting and possible combined projects with the Molecular Foundry UEC. Users should mark their calendars for the next User Forum, to be held June 1 at 3:30 p.m. User Forums are an opportunity for users to learn about UEC activities and to bring up questions and concerns. Read more »
New ALS Scheduler Tool to Access Beamline Schedules
As part of the ongoing effort to provide users and staff improved tools to track their proposals, safety, and beam time, the ALS has rolled out the ALS Scheduler. For cycle 2017-1 and future cycles, ALS beamline schedules will be displayed through this new software tool designed to provide centralized access to all beamline schedules. Read more »
March 2017 Call for General User Proposals
The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the August-December 2017 cycle. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2017. Read more »
Meet the New UEC Members
The results of the ALS Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) election are in, and six new members have been chosen, including a new student representative. They will each serve on the committee for three years (two years for the student representative), starting on January 1, 2017. Read more »
Plans for the 2017 ALS Shutdown
The ALS’s next long shutdown period will commence in January, giving staff and technicians a chance to complete work critical to keeping the ALS at the scientific forefront. Between January 3 and March 20, 2017, the ALS will be closed to users so that facility, beamline, and accelerator upgrades and maintenance can be accomplished. Read more »
ALS Staff Honored by American Physical Society
Accelerator Operations and Development Deputy Christoph Steier has been named an APS Fellow. Science Deputy Steve Kevan and Senior Scientist Eli Rotenberg received the Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, and Detector Engineering Lead Peter Denes received the Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science. Read more »
ALS Launches New Website
The ALS Communications Group has launched a new ALS website. Features include a searchable beamline directory, staff profiles, and tagging system that makes it easy to find science highlights and news articles on similar topics of interest. Read more »
David Robin Named ALS-U Project Director; Fernando Sannibale Becomes ALS Division Deputy for Accelerator Operations and Development
David Robin of the Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics Division (ATAP) has been named project director of the Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U). Fernando Sannibale, presently the principal investigator of the Advanced Photoinjector Experiment at LBNL, will take Robin’s place as leader of the ongoing ALS Accelerator Physics program in ATAP and will also serve as the ALS Division Deputy for Accelerator Operations and Development. Read more »
ALS-U Receives DOE Mission-Need Approval
On September 27, the ALS received news that the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the mission need (also known as critical decision zero, or CD-0) for the ALS Upgrade (ALS-U). Read more »