2026 NNS Program

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Saturday, August 29
  • 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 
Sunday, August 30
  • 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
Monday, August 31
  • 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
Tuesday, September 1
  • 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
Wednesday, September 2
  • 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
     
Thursday, September 3
  • 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
Friday, September 4
  • 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