2025 NNS Program
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- Friday, September 5
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- 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
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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
- 7:45 AM
- Sunday, September 7
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Monday, September 8
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Tuesday, September 9
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Wednesday, September 10
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Thursday, September 11
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Friday, September 12
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- 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
- 7:45 AM
- Saturday, September 13
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Departure for travel home