2026 NNS Program
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- Saturday, August 29
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30AM - 9:00 AM
Badging - front lobby - SNS Building 8600 - 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Training Video – Iran Thomas Auditorium - 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Hands on training - Breakout rooms - 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Welcome
Leadership and Organizing Committee - Iran Thomas Auditorium - 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Break - 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Lecture: Neutron User Facilities Slides
Mark Lumsden, ORNL - 12:00 PM - 1:15PM
Lunch - 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Lecture: Neutron Generation, Optics, Detection, and Instrumentation Slides
Thomas Huegle, ORNL - 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
Break - 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
Lecture: Interaction Neutrons with Matter I
Roger Pynn, University of Indiana - 3:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Tour 1 and Tour 2 - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner and Discussion - 7:00 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Sunday, August 30
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Lecture: Interaction of Neutrons with Matter II
Rana Ashkar, Virginia Tech - 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Break - 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Lecture: Interaction of Neutrons with Matter III
Efrain Rodriguez, University of Maryland - 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Break - 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
Diffraction and Spectroscopy at TOF vs Continuous Sources Slides - Calder Slides - Granroth
Stuart Calder and Garrett Granroth, ORNL - 12:05 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Single Crystal Diffraction Slides
Feng Ye, ORNL - 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
Break - 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
Lecture: Powder Diffraction Slides
Ally Fry-Petit, Cal State Fullerton - 3:35 PM - 4:00 PM
Break - 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Tour 3 - 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Dinner and Discussion - 6:30 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Monday, August 31
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Lecture: Magnetic Scattering Slides
Pat Clancy, McMaster University - 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Group Photo - 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Lecture: Diffuse Scattering
Joe Paddison, ORNL - 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Break - 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Lecture: Machine Learning and AI for Scattering Experiments Q&A Panel
ORNL’s Panelists: Hassina Bilheux, YQ Cheng, Mat Doucet, Malcome Guthrie, and Garrett Granroth - 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - 1:15 PM - 5:45 PM
HFIR/SNS Experiment 1 - 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner and Discussion - 7:00 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Tuesday, September 1
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Lecture: Neutron Reflectivity Slides
Tim Charlton and Hanyu Wang, ORNL - 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Break - 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM
Lecture: PDF Slides
Kate Page, University of Tennesse, Knoxville - 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Break - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lecture: Neutron Imaging
Yuxuan Zhang, Hassina Bilheux and Jean Bilheux, ORNL - 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - 1:15 PM - 5:45 PM
HFIR/SNS Experiment 2 - 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Dinner and Discussion - 6:45 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Wednesday, September 2
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy Slides
Martin Mourigal, Georgia Tech - 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Break - 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy II
Martin Mourigal, Georgia Tech - 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break - 10:45 AM - 11:45 PM
Lecture: Neutron Polarization Slides
Barry Winn + posters, ORNL - 11:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch + ORNL Store - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lecture: Small Angle Neutron Scattering
Lisa Debeer-Schmitt, ORNL - 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Break - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Lecture: Scattering in extreme conditions Slides
Antonio Moreira dos Santos, ORNL - 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Break - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture: Proposal writing Slides
Michelle Dolgos, ORNL - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bus Trip from ORNL to Oak Ridge hotel to picnic venue - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Melton Hill Lake Picnic - 7:30 PM
Buses depart picnic for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Thursday, September 3
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Lecture: Vibrational Spectroscopy Slides
Yongqiang Cheng, ORNL - 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Break - 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Lecture: Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Slides
Niina Jalarvo, ORNL - 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break - 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Lecture: Engineering Diffraction Slides
Ke An, ORNL - 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Break - 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lecture: Non-equilibrium
C. Hoffman + posters, ORNL - 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch - 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
HFIR/SNS Experiment 3 - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner and optional ADDIE Tutorial - 7:00 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM
- Friday, September 4
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- 7:45 AM
Bus departs hotel for SNS - 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
HFIR/SNS Experiments 4 - 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch - 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Lecture: In situ / in operando Slides
Jue Liu and Cheng Li, ORNL - 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Break - 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Lecture: Neutron Spin Echo Slides
Jason Gardener, ORNL - 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Break - 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Career Panel - 4:45 PM
Quick Thank you and Farewell - 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner and Social at SNS
Hosts: Mary Odom, Michelle Everett, ORNL - 7:30 PM
Buses depart ORNL for hotel
- 7:45 AM


