SSRF EXAFS

Hopefully, I can catch for this event too! I'm looking forward for it.

It was a pity that I have not taken any pictures of Qinggang and his lovely wife. They were just too busy these days and are hopping around among 4-5 cities. However, indeed, I can tell that, both of them are pretty happy!

By the way, the EXAFS group (two professors) will launch at Boston pretty soon. (Jan. 8th ).

Happy New Year

Folks, here it is, A brand new year. We had a great end of the year party on the 20th. Sorry forgot to take any pictures. Following this I have had a two week R&R. Hope all others have had a great break. It is time to get back to our mission. We have a lot in front of us.
First let me wish the newly married couple Qingang and his spouse a hearty welcome. I hope Jimmy will post some pictures on the blog soon.
Second I want to wish our couple to be all the best. A lot of good things are expected from Tom and Jaimy. Including their graduation some time at the end of summer.
Third, we hope to get some new members to join us soon. We need to swell our ranks for this to continue.
Details of the plans etc. would be discussed in our group meeting.

Happy New Year!

Dear All,

I met with Qinggang last sunday and also his wife. His wife is very beautiful! In professor Zi-feng Ma's group, there are about 11 people gotten married in the year of 2008 and thus, he held a quite large celebration party for this. I was quite lucky to be able to attend this event!

By the way, have a happy new year!

All the best,
Wen Wen

Shanghai Light Source

I would like to try sky-diving sometime! Seems exciting!

Please also see one of my picture taken in front of SSRF.

Sky Diving

Apart from squeaking around in the lab, I found some time jump out of a plane at about 8000 feet altitude. Here is a short video of my sky diving experience. Dear fellow graduate students, here is a possible way to toss our boss!

Cutting out Carbon by meeting virtually VEF - Dec 10&11

Virtual Energy Forum

http://www.virtualenergyforum.com/
December 10th and 11th, 2008.

Featured Speakers (multiple others):
Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Nick d'Arbeloff, Executive Director
New England Clean Energy Council

Kevin W. Billings, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics
U.S. Air Force

Douglas Kaempf, Program Manager
Industrial Technologies Program US Department of Energy

Julia Hamm, Executive Director
Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA)

Sarah Hetznecker, Project Development Director
Conergy Projects Group

Powering Sensing Systems with Tree Power!

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2008/10/13/scientists_tap_into_tree_power/

Image from:

Love CJ, Zhang S, Mershin A (2008) Source of Sustained Voltage Difference between the Xylem of a Potted Ficus benjamina Tree and Its Soil. PLoS ONE 3(8): e2963. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002963