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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
National School on Neutrons
and X-Ray Scattering
This year the tenth National
School on Neutron and X-Ray
Scattering was held as a collaboration
between ORNL and Argonne
National Laboratory. Previous
schools had been hosted by
Argonne only. The target audience
was graduate students attending
U.S. universities and majoring
in physics, chemistry, materials
science, or related fields. With
166 applicants for 46 positions,
competition was stiff. The selected
students came from 34 universities
in the United States and one
international academic institution.
Funded by DOE, expenses for travel, lodging, and
food were paid for most attendees.
The main purpose of this school is to teach students
how to make the best use of major neutron and x-ray
facilities. Students spent time at both Argonne and
Oak Ridge National Laboratories, providing them
with access to both world-class facilities. Lectures
presented by researchers from academia, industry,
and national laboratories included basic tutorials
on the principles of scattering theory and the characteristics
of the sources, as well as seminars on the
application of scattering methods to a variety of scientific
subjects. At Argonne, the students performed
two experiments at the Advanced Photon Source. At
Oak Ridge, they conducted two experiments at HFIR
and one at SNS.
The Oak Ridge portion of the 2009 school will be
held May 30 to June 5.
ORNL NEUTRON SCIENCES neutrons.ornl.gov
Jim Browning, far left, with
students from the National School
on Neutrons and X-Ray Scattering.
American Crystallographic
Association Meeting
Neutron Sciences staff were heavily
involved in hosting and organizing the
American Crystallographic Association
Annual Meeting. Neutron Scattering
Science Division Director Dean
Myles served as chair of the program
committee, and Jason Hodges, lead
instrument scientist for the SNS Powder
Diffractometer, served as local organizing
committee chair. In addition,
many dozens of staff helped organize
technical sessions, social events, and
an SNS tour for more than 250 attendees.