3.	VULCAN features a unique load-frame allow study of deformation behavior in a complex stress state, including tension-compression, torsion, or multi-axial loading.

VULCAN at the SNS: Scientific Opportunities,
Industrial Applications, and Challenges

2.	A center piece of VULCAN is the high precision heavy duty sample table, capable of supporting up to 2 ton of industrial sized specimen or sample environment.
January 21 - 22, 2010 • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Oak Ridge, TN, USA
 
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Deadline for registration and poster abstracts will be January 8, 2010.

Draft Agenda (subject to change)
Day 1 - Thursday January 21, 2010
Morning (Chair: Bruce D. Gaulin, McMaster University)
8:30 am Welcome
Dr. Ian S. Anderson, Associate Laboratory Director for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
8:40 am CFI and VULCAN
Dr. Bruce D. Gaulin, Professor and Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials, McMaster University, Canada
8:45 am CFI perspectives
Mr. Jac van Beek, Vice President, Programs and Planning, Canada Foundation for Innovation
8:55 am McMaster University Perspectives
Dr. Fiona McNeill, Associate Vice President for Research and International Affairs, McMaster University, Canada
(Chair: Tom M. Holden, Northern Stress Technologies)
9:05 am The Role of Neutron Scattering in Society
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Scientific Director/Chief Executive, Helmholtz Center Berlin, Germany
9:25 am Neutron Scattering Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Dean A. Myles, Director of Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:440 am VULCAN Commissioning Results
Dr. Xun-Li Wang, Lead Scientist for VULCAN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10:10 am Group Photo & Break
10:40 am Tour of VULCAN
SNS/Experiment Hall at VULCAN
Jim Browning Ke An
Mark Hagen Sheng Cheng (UTK)
Jason Hodges Doug Fielden (UTK)
Christina Hoffmann    Dong Ma
Ashfia Huq Harley Skorpenske
Steve Nagler Ducu Stoica
Garrett Granroth  
12:00 pm Lunch
Afternoon
(Chair: Camden R. Hubbard, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
13:00 pm DOE-EERE perspectives
Dr. Jerry Gibbs, Propulsion Materials, Office of Vehicle Technologies, US Department of Energy
13:10 pm Session I: Stress mapping and in-situ processing
Engineering Weld Residual Stresses: From Test Piece to Full Scale Component
Dr. Phillip Withers, Professor and Director of the Aerospace Research Institute, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Industrial Problems for VULCAN to Incinerate
Dr. Ronald B. Rogge, Senior Research Officer, NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Canada
Prospective Applications of VULCAN in Aerospace Materials
Dr. David R. Clarke, Gordon McKay Professor of Materials, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
(Chair: Ke An, Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
14:10 pm Brain storming session, 5-10 minutes talks
15:00 pm Break
(Chair: Bjorn Clausen, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
15:30 pm Scattering based research at GE
Dr. Liang Jiang, GE Global Research
15:30 pm Sesssion II: In-situ deformation studies
15:40 pm Opportunities for Better Understanding the Mechanical Behaviors of Polycrystalline Solids
Dr. Paul R. Dawson, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
Alloys with Grain Sizes Approaching the Amorphous Limit: Open Questions on Strucure and Deformation
Dr. Christopher A. Schuh, Danae and Vasilios Salapatas Associate Professor of Metallurgy, MIT
Grain Boundary Sliding with Superplasticity
Dr. T. G. Nieh, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
16:40 pm Discussion time
17:00 pm Meeting adjourns; poster session begins
Evening
(Chair: Ian S. Anderson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
17:30 pm Reception (walk around dinner)
17:30 pm Future of SNS - 10 years after ground breaking
Dr. Thomas E. Mason, Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
19:30 pm End of Day 1
Day 2 - Friday January 22, 2010
Morning
(Chair: Peter K. Liaw, University of Tennessee)
8:30 am NSF Perspectives
Dr. Charles Bouldin, NSF Program Director of Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Projects.
Dr. Guebre Tessema, NSF Program Director of Instrumentation for Materials Research - National Facilities.
8:50 am DOE-BES Perspectives
Dr. Michelle V. Buchanan, Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:00 am Session II: In-situ deformation studies (continued from Day 1)
Lattice Strain Measurements and Creep Anisotropy in Zr-2.5NbTubes
Dr. Richard A. Holt, Professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair - Nuclear Materials, Queens University, Canada, after Holden
9:20 am Brain storming session, 5-10 minutes talks
Dr. Yanfei Gao, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
Dr. Dayakar Penumadu, Head of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
10:00 am Break
(Chair: Stefanus Harjo, Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex)
10:30 am Session III: Phase transformation studies
In Situ Neutron Diffraction Study for Microstructural Control of Advanced Steels
Prof. Dr. Yo Tomota, Ibaraki University, Japan
Ex-situ and In-situ Characterization of Phase Transformations in Multi-Length Scales
Dr. Suresh Babu, Associate Professor, Integrated System Engineering, Ohio State University
Opportunities of Neutron Studies on Automotive Energy Storage and Conversion Materials
Dr. Jihui Yang, Lab Group Manager, Electrochemistry Energy Research Lab, GM R&D Center
(Chair: Mark A. M. Bourke, Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11:30 am Brain storming session, 5-10 minutes talks
Dr. Balasubramaniam Radhakrishnan, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:30 pm Lunch at SNS cafeteria
Afternoon
(Chair: Hahn Choo, University of Tennessee)
13:30 pm Session VI: Data interpretation and modeling
Dynamical Effects in Diffraction Measurements in Single Crystals
Dr. Cev Noyan, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbia University
Complex Microstructure in Terms of Lattice Strain, Dislocation Density, Burgers Vector Population, Planar Defects and Active Slip Systems
Dr. Tamas Ungar, Professor of Materials Physics, Eötvös University Budapest, Hungary
14:10 pm Continuing discussions
15:00 pm Workshop summary and closing remarks
Tom M. Holden, Northern Stress Technologies
For those who are staying over Friday night
19:00 pm Alive at Five (Southern Jazz at Knoxville Museum of Art)
19:00 pm Dinner at a downtown restaurant


 

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