2025 NNS Program

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Friday, September 5
  • School participants arrive throughout the day
  • 6:30  PM - 8:30 PM
    Informal get-together at Oak Ridge Hotel. Buffet and beverages for all school participants. Participants will
    pick up their badges for ORNL site access. Please bring Real ID and any other necessary documents to dinner. If for some
    reason, you are unable to get your badge, you may do so on Saturday morning. 
Saturday, September 6

Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Building 8600, Iran Thomas Auditorium, Room A103

  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30AM - 9:00 AM
    Badging - front lobby
  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
    Training Video – Iran Thomas
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM 
    Hands on training - breakout rooms
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
    Welcome
    John Taylor and Organizing committee
  • 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  Slides 1 | Slides 2  | Slides 3  | Slides 4  | Slides 5  | Slides 6
    Roger Pynn, University of Indiana
  • 3:35 PM - 6:05 PM
    Tour 1 and Tour 2
  • 6:05 PM - 7:15 PM
    Dinner and Discussion
  • 7:15 PM
    Buses depart ORNL for hotel 
Sunday, September 7
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 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 - 11:10 AM
    Break
  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
    Lecture: Single Crystal Diffraction Slides
    William Ratcliff, NIST
  • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
    Lecture: Powder Diffraction Slides
    Ally Fry-Petit, Cal State Fullerton
  • 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
    Break
  • 2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
    Lecture: Neutron Imaging Slides
    Yuxuan Zhang, Hassina Bilheux, Jean Bilheux, ORNL
  • 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, September 8
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
    Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy Slides
    Bruce Gaulin, McMaster University
  • 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
    Group Photo
  • 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
    Lecture: Neutron Spectroscopy II
    Bruce Gaulin, McMaster University
  • 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
    Break
  • 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
    Lecture: Magnetic Scattering Slides
    Pat Clancy, McMaster University
  • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:15 PM - 5:45 PM
    HFIR/SNS Experiment 1 - See Experiments Schedule
  • 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
    Dinner and Discussion
  • 7:00 PM
    Buses depart ORNL for hotel
Tuesday, September 9
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
    Lecture: Small Angle Neutron Scattering Slides
    Lisa Debeer-Schmitt. ORNL
  • 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
    Break
  • 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM
    Lecture: PDF Slides
    Kate Page, UTK
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Lecture: In situ / in operando Slides
    Jiu Liu, Cheng Li, ORNL
  • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:15 PM - 5:45 PM
    HFIR/SNS Experiment 2 - See Experiments Schedule
  • 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
    Dinner and Discussion
  • 7:00 PM
    Buses depart ORNL for hotel
Wednesday, September 10
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
    Lecture: Diffuse Scattering Slides
    Joe Paddison, ORNL
  • 9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
    Break
  • 9:35 AM - 10:35 AM
    Lecture: Neutron Reflectivity Slides - Charlton | Slides - Wang
    Tim Charlton, Hanyu Wang, ORNL
  • 10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Lecture: Neutron Polarization Slides | Posters
    Barry Winn + posters, ORNL
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
    Lecture: Machine Learning and AI for Scattering Experiments Slides
    Thomas Proffren, ORNL
  • 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
    Lecture: Scattering in extreme conditions
    Antonio Moreira dos Santos, ORNL
  • 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
    Break
  • 3:10 PM - 4:10 PM
    Lecture: Proposal writing
    Michelle Dolgos, ORNL
  • 4:10 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 11
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
    Lecture: Vibrational Spectroscopy Slides
    Yongqiang Cheng, ORNL
  • 9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
    Break
  • 9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
    Lecture: Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering Slides
    Niina Jalarvo, ORNL
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
    Break
  • 10:40 AM - 11:25 AM
    Lecture: Engineering Diffraction Slides
    Donald Brown, LANL
  • 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
    Break
  • 11:45 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 - See Experiments schedule
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Dinner and Discussion
  • 7:00 PM
    Buses depart ORNL for hotel
Friday, September 12
  • 7:45 AM
    Bus departs hotel
  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    HFIR/SNS Experiments 4 - See Experiments Schedule
  • 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
    Lunch
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
    Lecture: Neutron Spin Echo Slides
    Jason Gardener, ORNL
  • 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
    Break
  • 2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
    Lecture: Diffraction and Spectroscopy and TOF vs. Continuous Sources Slides
    Stuart Calder, Garrett Granroth, ORNL
  • 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
    Break
  • 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
    Career Panel
  • 5:00 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
Saturday, September 13

Departure for travel home