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The 4th Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry Workshop

Presented by the
Center for Ocean Technology
 College of Marine Science /University of South Florida
October 7-10 2003, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida

Printable Program Adobe.pdf or MSWord.doc
Tue, October 7
Travel Day
7:00 p.m.
 Welcome Reception at Tradewinds Sirata Beach Resort
(Breezeway)
Wed, October 8
HEMS Workshop
7:30 a.m.
 Continental Breakfast (Royal Palm Ballroom)
8:30 a.m.
Technical Session: Field MS Systems (Royal Palm Ballroom)
8:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks: Peter Betzer, Tim Short
9:00 a.m. "Detection of Gas Phase Chemical Warfare Agents using Field-Portable Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Systems: Instrument and Sampling Strategy Considerations” Philip A. Smith(1), Carmela Jackson Lepage(2), David Kock(1), Haley Wyatt(2), Brian A. Eckenrode(3), Gary L. Hook(1) and Geoffrey Betsinger(4), (1)Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, (2)Defense Research and Development, Alberta, Canada, (3)Federal Bureau of Investigation, Forensics Research Laboratory, Quantico, VA, (4)U.S. Marine Corps Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force, Indian Head, MD.
9:30 a.m. "Transportable Miniature FTMS for Analysis of Corrosives and Chemical Warfare Agents” Wayne Rimkus, Dean Davis and Kenneth Gallaher, Siemens Applied Automation, Austin, TX.
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break (Royal Palm Ballroom)
10:30 a.m. “Performance Characterization and Field Testing of a Portable Tandem Mass Spectrometer” John Grossenbacher, J. Mitchell Wells, Garth E. Patterson, Brent A. Knecht, Dennis J. Barket Jr., and Brent D. Rardin, Griffin Analytical Technologies, Inc., West Lafayette, IN.
11:00 a.m. “A Small, Rugged, Autonomous Mass Spectrometer System for Environmental Analysis” C. Richard Arkin(1), Timothy Griffin(2), Ric Adams(2), Duke Follistein(2), Charles Curley(1), Guy Naylor(1), David Floyd(1), Bill Haskell(1) and J. Andres Diaz(3), (1)ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL, (2)NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL, (3)The University of Costa Rica.
11:30 a.m. Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. Technical Session: Underwater MS (Royal Palm Ballroom)
1:30 p.m. “Underwater Mass Spectrometry: Applications of NEREUS in the Study of Lake Geochemistry” Harry Hemond and R. Camilli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
2:00 p.m. “Mass SURFER Underwater Mass Spectrometer System Development” Gary M. McMurtry(1) and Steven J. Smith(2), (1)SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
2:30 p.m. “Real-time Monitoring of Aquatic Environments with an Underwater Mass Spectrometer.” P.G. Wenner, F.H.W. van Amerom, J.E. Edkins, S.K. Toler, K. Koehn, R. J. Bell, M.L. Hall and R.T. Short, Center for Ocean Technology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break (Royal Palm Ballroom)
3:30 p.m. Poster Session (Royal Palm Ballroom)
  “The Hazardous Gas Detection Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center” C. Richard Arkin(1), Timothy Griffin(2), Ric Adams(2), Duke Follistein(2), Charles Curley(1), Guy Naylor(1), David Floyd(1) and Bill Haskell(1), (1)ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL, (2)NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL.
  “Underwater Mass Spectroscopy for in situ Monitoring of Polar and Non-polar Molecules” R. J. Bell, F.H.W. van Amerom, R.T. Short and B. Byrne, Center for Ocean Technology, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
  “A Novel Aerosol Mass Spectrometer for Submicron Chemical and Organic Species” Zinetulla Insepov(1), Y. Glukhoy(2), V. Ivanov(3), G. Popov(2) and A. Hassanein(1), (1)Argonne National Laboratory, Energy, Argonne, IL, (2)American Advanced Ion Beam, Inc., San Francisco, CA, (3)SLAC Stanford University.
  “Innovative Vacuum Pumps to Support Mass Spectrometry in Harsh Environments” Marc Kenton and Robert Kline-Schoder, Creare, Inc., Hanover, NH.
  “Miniaturized Mass-Selective Detector with Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization” A.L. Makas’, M.L. Troshkov, A.S. Kudryavtsev and V.M. Lunin, Design Technological Institute of Instrument Engineering for Geophysics and Ecology Siberian Branch of the Russian Academia of Sciences, Novosibirisk, Russian Federation.
  "Inexpensive Mass Spectrometer for Field Applications" Henry Rohrs, Bella G. Bloom, David R. Asher, Joel R. Brandt, Mark V. Reinders, Rajiv S. Chhatwal, Philip S. Berger and W. Ronald Gentry, Mass Sensors Inc., St.Louis, MO.
  “Multivariate Analysis of North Sea Natural Gas” Phillip Turner(1), S. Taylor(1), T. Matthews(1), K. Cooke(2), C. Harwood(3), H. Frampton(4) and D. Anderson(5), (1)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, (2)SIRA Ltd. South Hill, Chistlehurst, Kent, (3)British Gas, Reading, (4)British Petroleum, (5)ITF, Aberdeen.
  “Advance of the Portable Magnetic Mass Spectrometer to Mass Spectrograph” Olga Victorova(1), Viktor Kogan(1), Sergey Manninen(1), Dimitrii Lebedev(1) and John Hoffman(2), (1)A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, (2)University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX.
  “Circular Cycloid Mass Spectrometer with Mass Selective Ionizers” Guenter Voss, Anthony Duryea and James Buchner, Monitor Instruments Co., LLC, Cheswick, PA.

  “A Study of Miniature Cylindrical Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers as a Basis for Micro-fabricated Underwater Mass Spectrometer Sensors.” F.H.W. van Amerom, Ashish Chaudhary and R.T. Short, Center for Ocean Technology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.
5:30 p.m. Evening Free
Thu, October 9
HEMS Workshop
7:30 a.m.
 Continental Breakfast and Vendor Expo (Royal Palm Ballroom)
9:00 a.m.
 Technical Session: Cylindrical Ion Traps (Royal Palm Ballroom)
9:00 a.m. “Miniature Mass Spectrometer Based on the Cylindrical Ion Trap (CIT) and Design and Construction of a Rectilinear Ion Trap (RIT)” Amy M. Tabert, Leah S. Riter, Zheng Ouyang, Huanwen Chen, Eric S. Handberg, Brian C. Laughlin, Guangxiang Wu and Graham Cooks, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
9:30 a.m.

“Mass Spectrometry of UF6 in a Micro Ion Trap” William B. Whitten, Peter T. Reilly and Guido Verbeck, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break (Royal Palm Ballroom)
10:30 a.m. “Design and Simulation of a Micromachined Cylindrical Ion Trap (CIT) Array” Dolores Cruz(1, 3), Matthew G. Blain(1), Daniel E. Austin(1), Leah S. Riter(2), Guangxiang Wu(2), R. Graham Cooks(2) and Jane P. Chang(3), (1)MicroAnalytical Systems Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, (2)Chemistry Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (3)Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
11:00 a.m. “Development of Field Portable Mass Spectrometers for the Detection of Explosives” N.J. Alcock(1), M.D. Brookes(1), S.N. Cairns(1), P.A. Cartwright(1), S.R. Dixon(1), A.J. Marr(1), J. Murrell(2), B. Povey(1) and D.M. Groves(1), (1)Detection Department, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK, (2)Detection Department, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
11:30 a.m. Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. Technical Session: MS and Source Design (Royal Palm Ballroom)
1:30 p.m. “A Miniature MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer using Electric Fields that are Non-Homogeneous in Space and Time” Ben D. Gardner and Robert J. Cotter, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
2:00 p.m. “Focal Plane Mass Spectrometer for Measurement in Harsh Environment” Mahadeva Sinha, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
2:30 p.m. “Miniaturized Confocal Plane Mass Spectrometer (or “How to Start a Company”)” Gottfried Kibelka and Adi Scheidemann, Intelligent Ion Inc., Seattle, WA.
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break (Royal Palm Ballroom)
3:30 p.m. “Membrane Inlet Systems for Portable Mass Spectrometers” Olga Victorova and Viktor Kogan, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
4:00 p.m. “Recent Developments with the Rotating Field Mass Spectrometer (RFMS) and Nanospray Ionizer” Steven J. Smith(1) and Gary McMurtry(2), (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, (2)SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.
4:30 p.m. Free Time
6:30 p.m.

Workshop Dinner (Breezeway)
Fri, October 10
HEMS Workshop
7:30 a.m.
 Continental Breakfast (Royal Palm Ballroom)
8:30 a.m.
 Technical Session: New & Enabling Technologies
(Royal Palm Ballroom)
8:30 a.m. “Status of the Knudsen Compressor for Use in Distributed and Autonomous Sampling Systems” M. Young(1), Y.L. Han(1), E.P. Muntz(1), G. Shiflett(1), A. Green(2) and S. Jones(2), (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
9:00 a.m. “New Technologies for a Portable Mass Spectrometer Helium Leak Detector” Wayne Cole, MKS Instruments, Metheun, MA.
9:30 a.m. “Comparing a Mass Spectrometer, a Total Pressure Gauge and Quartz Crystal Microbalances as an Environmental Sensor in Space” O. Manuel Uy(1), Richard C. Benson(1), Terry Phillips(1), Jeffrey Lesho1, Russell Cain(1), Mark Boies(2), Gary Galica(2), David Green(2), Bobby Wood(3) and David Hall(4), (1)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, (2)Physical Sciences, Inc., (3)BWACS, (4)Aerospace Corporation.
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break (Royal Palm Ballroom)
10:30 a.m. “Application of Miniature Mass Spectrometers for Real Time Hydrogen and Hydrogen Isotopic Measurements” William A. Spencer and Laura L. Tovo, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC.
11:00 a.m. “LiGA Fabricated Quadrupole Mass Filter and Scroll Pump for Meso-scale Mass Spectrometer” Beverly Eyre, Nosang Myung and Dean Wiberg, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Mediterranean Palm Ballroom)
1:00 p.m. Workshop ends
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