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The NSLS-II Project is seeking engineers, research associates and
others to join the team.
See this video for an overview of
opportunities available at NSLS-II, presented by current team members. |
About the NSLS-II Project
Commissioned in 1982, the original National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) provides essential scientific tools for
2,500 scientists per year from more than 400 academic, industrial and
government institutions. Their myriad research programs produce about 650
publications per year, with more than 125 appearing in ‘premier’ journals.
In order for this productivity to continue and even increase, and in order
to tackle the “grand challenge” problems of today and especially those of
tomorrow, it is essential that the NSLS be upgraded to provide much higher
average brightness and higher flux.
NSLS-II is a proposed new state-of-the-art medium energy storage ring
(see glossary) designed to deliver world leading brightness and flux with top-off operation
for constant output. The facility will be able to produce x-rays up to
10,000 times brighter than those produced at the NSLS today. Design and engineering of the new light source began
in 2007 and construction and operations are expected to being in 2009
and 2015, respectively. (See a
summary of technical capabilities that NSLS-II
will provide.)
The superlative character and combination of capabilities will have broad
impact on a wide range of disciplines and scientific initiatives in the
coming decades, including new studies of small crystals in structural
biology, a wide range of nanometer-resolution probes for nanoscience,
coherent imaging of the structure and dynamics of disordered materials,
greatly increased applicability of inelastic x-ray scattering, and
properties of materials under extreme conditions.
Please forward all questions about this site to:
Gary
Schroeder
