SHUG User Meetings

User meetings are held every other year and are co-organized by the SHUG Executive Committee and ORNL Neutron Scattering Division staff. Every four years, this meeting is also a joint event co-organized with ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. Town halls are also held in parallel with the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS) meeting on the off years. User meetings are major events for the North American neutron scattering community and typically include plenary speakers, themed parallel sessions, workshops, town halls, facilities tours, panel discussions, and poster sessions.

Outyear Schedule

2024: SHUG Town Hall at the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (Knoxville, TN)

2025: Joint User Meeting with the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (Oak Ridge or Knoxville, TN)

2026: SHUG Town Hall at the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (Location TBA)

2027: SNS/HFIR User Meeting

2023 Neutron Scattering User Meeting

The 2023 Neutron Scattering User Meeting was held June 6-7, 2023, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with workshops and tutorials held on June 5 and 8. Approximately 250 users and ORNL staff participated. The meeting provided many opportunities for users to discuss current research achievements, emerging capabilities, and potential collaborations. The plenary speakers were Collin Broholm (Johns Hopkins University), Allyson Fry-Petit (California State University, Fullerton), Sossina Haile (Northwestern University), Linda Horton (Department of Energy), Raquel Lieberman (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Norman Wagner (University of Delaware).