CHESS eNews #46

From the Associate Director

It's getting seriously exciting around CHESS these days as the summer shutdown comes to a conclusion and many major upgrades and modifications come to fruition. A new hutch for F-line, a new PLC control system of G-line, an upgraded water cooling system for CESR, and a successful test powering of the superconducting RF cavities in the East from a source in CHESS West. Needless to say, we've gotten a great head start on rearranging floor space and building prototypes and new infrastructure for the CHESS-U upgrade that will be completed in 2018! Now we're getting ready for users to return for Fall, Winter and Spring x-ray running periods whose dates are announced below. And while you're at it, send congratulations to graduate student Howie Joress for winning a prestigious conference award and to Sol Gruner for being highlighted as "A Pioneer of Scientific Tools" on the new Cornell Research website.

X-RAY RUNS

                     2017: November 1 - December 21
                     2018: February 7 - April 3
                     2018: April 11 - June 4

JOB OPENINGS

CHESS's own Howie Joress wins Jerome B. Cohen award

CHESS proudly congratulates Howie Joress on his win of the 2017 Denver X-ray Conference Jerome B. Cohen award for outstanding achievements in student research in x-ray analysis... more »

Materials scientist Jin Suntivich to study fuel cells differently

At the heart of every fuel cell is a catalyst that controls how the cell converts fuel into energy. The better the catalyst, the more efficient, powerful and cost-effective the fuel cell... more »

Summer Science Snapshot Success!

On July 25th and 26th, CHESS co-hosted the seventh annual Summer Science Snapshot for Educators Program in the eXploration station at Wilson Lab for ten middle school educators from the New York State areas of Syracuse, Tully, and Ithaca... more »

Sol Gruner: A pioneer of scientific tools

Gruner's tool-making expertise has resulted in an array of scientific breakthroughs and developments over the years. One area of research he is well-known for involves the development of new kinds of x-ray detectors for use at synchrotron facilities... more »

RAW Power! MacCHESS software brings synchrotron-level data processing to the laptop and home laboratory

Since its introduction in 2010, the BioXTAS RAW software... more »

MacCHESS launches international data collection

Remote data collection, made possible by the use of a sample automounter such as the BAM-2 located at F1 and remote desktop software, is a growing trend at MacCHESS. Research groups regularly ship in their samples from as far away as... more »

CHESS-U update: Here come the hutches!

Preparations for the arrival of the initial two CHESS-U hutches are well under way... more »