The 22nd NSRRC Users’ Meeting and Workshops was held on September 20, 21 and 22, 2016. It comprised of three days of presentations and discussions devoted to recent developments and future directions in science at the NSRRC. Jointly organized by the UEC Chair Yuan-Chieh Tseng (National Chiao Tung University) and Kueih-Tzu Lu (NSRRC), the meeting consisted of the plenary sessions and three featured workshops.
The intensive meeting commenced on the morning of September 20 with an address from NSRRC director Shangjr Gwo. He gave an overview of the current status and future developments of the NSRRC. Later on, Ming-Chyuan Lin and Yu-Shan Huang, group leaders of Light Source Division and Experimental Facility Division of the NSRRC respectively, outlined the progress of NSRRC synchrotron light sources and synchrotron experimental facilities.
The Keynote Speech titled “Electronic Effects and Phenomena in Ultrathin Films” was delivered by Tai Chang Chiang (Univ. of Illinois, USA). This educational and inspirational speech described how Chiang solved the long standing questions about charge density wave physics. The afternoon sessions were dedicated to five users of the NSRRC, Xuhui Sun (Soochow Univ., China), Chwan-Deng Hsiao (Academia Sinica), E-Wen Huang (National Chiao Tung University), Hao-Ming Chen (National Taiwan University), and Jun Okamoto (NSRRC).
Three workshops focusing on the beamlines and research of the TPS which was officially opened to users a day before were held in the following days. The workshops provided many opportunities to explore specific sciences and technical areas related to the beamlines of the NSRRC. The topics included Workshop I: TPS Beamline Commissioning organized by Yu-Shan Huang; Workshop II: Soft X-ray SpectroNanoscopy and Its Emergent Opportunities in Materials Science organized by Der-Hsin Wei, Yao-Jane Hsu and Chia-Hao Chen; and Workshop III: Synchrotron for Industries organized by Bor-Yuan Shew, U-Ser Jeng and Wei-Tsung Chuang.
Fifty distinguished scholars, both domestic and international, were invited to present their outstanding research achievements. This highly anticipated event attracted an enthusiastic crowd of 530 synchrotron experts, users and prospective users. In total, 264 posters featuring NSRRC research projects and activities from users were displayed, including 12 registering for the Oral Presentation Contest.
The 22nd Users’ Meeting and Workshops provided users with a forum to communicate and to discuss issues related to experiments, user service and the future development of the NSRRC with Director Gwo and NSRRC scientists. The attendees had an opportunity to learn not only about the current status of the NSRRC’s light sources and beamlines, but also about the recent scientific achievements and new capabilities the TPS can offer. All sessions and workshops were well-attended; the presentations encouraged and inspired valuable discussion among the participants.
For details of the programs, please visit the 22nd Users' Meeting and Workshops website (http://regis.nsrrc.org.tw/Default.aspx?lang=enUS).