We are very excited to announce our Annual event will take place via Zoom this year - 9 - 10 September. Taking place over two days, we have some fantastic speakers lined up for you. Day one will cover COVID-19 response from the particle accelerator community and the second day will be alligned with what the annual conference usually covers.
Registration is required, and the Zoom link to join the event will be sent to you no later than 2 days before.
Details for the speakers to date are below. For further details and how to register please Visit the webpage
Diamond's contribution to the fight against covid-19", Dr Alice Douangamath, Senior Beamline Scientist, Diamond Light Source Ltd
Synopsis:
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has resulted in over twenty million confirmed cases and in excess of 740 000 deaths across 188 countries as of August 2020. Despite being the third zoonotic coronavirus outbreak, currently no antiviral drugs or vaccines have been developed against these closely related viruses.
To contribute to the global effort against COVID-19, Diamond Light Source is currently undertaking a wide range of projects including multiple crystallographic fragment screens against potential therapeutic targets.
In order to ensure the data was as effective as possible at seeding anti-COVID-19 efforts around the world, data are made immediately available to public. One of the programs resulted in the COVID Moonshot – an international crowdsourced initiative to combat COVID-19.
About the presenter:
Alice Douangamath, I04-1 senior beamline scientist and responsible for the fragment screening platform (XChem) at Diamond Light Source.
Alice graduated in Physics at the University Paris 7 (France) and completed a joint PhD (University Orsay, France and EMBL-Hamburg, DESY, Germany) in biophysical characterisation of protein interactions. She then moved to the pharmaceutical industry (Morphochem, Switzerland and Evotec Ltd, UK) where, as a crystallographer, she was involved in structure-based drug discovery projects. Finally, she joined Diamond in 2007 for the construction of the high-throughput protein crystallography beamline i04-1 and contributed to the development of the fragment screening platform (XChem).
“Remote Beamline Operation at Diamond Light Source (aka applying robots and automation to speed things up)”, Chris Charlesworth, Senior Electrical Project Engineer – Specialist in Robotics, Safety Engineering and Project Policy, Diamond Light Source
Synopsis:
In this talk we will explore how Diamond has automated some of its beamline operations. Contents:
• How Diamond uses Robots.
• How we have used Automation to enable high throughput for experiments.
• The need for machine learning to speed the process further.
• Looking at the rapid deployment of these techniques to a new beamline.
• The challenges we encounter when applying robots to beamlines.
About the presenter:
Chris Graduated from The University of Sheffield with a degree in Systems and Control Engineering. After several years working in the automotive and control systems sectors joined Diamond in 2016 as a Design Engineer; made Project Engineer 2017 and Senior Project Engineer 2019. Chris’s focus has been on bringing Diamonds newest Beamline, DIAD, into service and managing several complex projects, including the rapid deployment of a robot system to enable high throughput experiments.
“PPE for COVID” David Bogg Daresbury, Manager of campus technology hub
Synopsis:
Presentation will cover:
Introduction to the Campus Technology Hub
Covid 19 a new working environment
Identifying NHS needs
3D printing – capabilities & process
Lessons learnt
About the Presenter:
David is the Manager of the Campus Technology Hub Technology Hub (CTH), a purpose-built engineering facility. Its underlying purpose is to provide a focal point where businesses, universities and research organisations can work in partnership to tackle engineering challenges.
David is an accomplished professional engineer working exclusively within world leading science and technology research. From a traditional engineering apprenticeship David has held several positions including management of the detector operations support team, leadership of the innovation and prototype manufacturing team. With an honours degree in electronic engineering and a master’s in business he is an enthusiastic advocate of innovation and prototyping, inspiring the next generation of engineers as a STEM ambassador.
“Ventilators for COVID” Anna Orlowska and Jack Day, Director and Apprentice, STFC Technology Department
Synopsis:
In this talk we will talk about the UK Ventilator Challenge, in response to the Global Coronavirus Pandemic, this will include:
• The Ventilator Challenge and its members
• The Science And Technology Facilities Councils involvement within the project
• Volunteering at the Penlon Site
• Reworking the ESO2 Emergency Ventilators
• Outcomes from the Challenge
About the Presenters:
Jack Day will complete his electronic engineering apprenticeship at the Science and Technology Facilities Council on the 5th of September 2020. After 4 years of training with STFC, he is joining the ISIS Electronics Support Group, working to develop and support data acquisition electronics around the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. During his apprenticeship he has had the opportunity to work on placement at CERN for several weeks, along with spending time working around multiple departments and teams across the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
DAY TWO
“Automation of the CLARA RF conditioning process”, Anthony Gilfellon, ASTeC
Synopsis
The presentation will cover:
The motivations behind automating the RF conditioning process.
The architecture of the code.
A closer look at the main_controller() function.
The motivations for employing Machine Learning, ML, in breakdown detection.
Initial results of ML analysis of breakdowns.
About the Presenter:
Tony Graduated from The Open University with a degree in Physics and Astronomy then from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (University of Manchester) with a research Master’s degree in Astrophysics. Soon after this in March 2019 he was employed by STFC ASTeC via their Graduate scheme as an RF Scientist. Tony has mainly worked on the CLARA accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory where he characterised the RF behaviour of the upgraded 10 Hz electron gun and was also part of the small RF conditioning team. Other projects he has been involved in include the European Spallation Source, ESS, and CASCADE, a hidden sector experiment that sought to detect Dark Matter photons.
“ISIS Target History and Manufacturing the 1st Target Module for ISIS TS1 Project ” Leslie Jones, Stephen Gallimore and David Jenkins, ISIS
Synopsis:
The presentation will cover an overview of target development during the 35 years of ISIS Target Station 1 (TS1) operation. TS1 Project will breathe new life into the target station and enable it to successfully operate for many years to come. I show how the TS1 Project target differs from the current design and how the target plates are manufactured.
About the Presenters:
Leslie Jones: Design and Project Engineer, responsible for the design and development of ISIS TS1 & TS2 Spallation Targets. Target design has been the main focus of my work since 2006 when I first got involved with commissioning ‘Hybrid Innovations Ltd’ (HIL) to build Tungsten/Tantalum Target no. 3. When the owner of the company indicated he was looking to retire, myself and a colleague lead the project to establish a ‘Target Manufacturing Facility’ (TMF) at RAL. This involved hands on experience at HIL to learn the involved processes for successfully manufacturing target plates. By continuing to work closely with TMF we have made incremental improvements to manufacturing processes, build quality and service life of the targets.
David Jenkins: Chartered mechanical engineer with over 37 years’ experience in the private and public sectors delivering high tech engineering solutions for scientific research. Currently, Target Design Group leader for a team of 9 mechanical engineers and a materials scientist developing and delivering novel target systems for neutron and muon production at the UKRI ISIS facility.
Stephen Gallimore: Joined UKRI (CCLRC as it was then) as a graduate mechanical engineer in 2004. During this time I have worked on a variety of projects covering nearly the full breadth of mechanical engineering aspects across the facility, although mostly focussed on the accelerator and target systems. In 2012, I started a near 2-year secondment with the ESS in Sweden, working on their target station systems. Upon my return to RAL, I have led the TS1 project as project manager.
Check back regularly for details of the remaining speakers.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Zoom!