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PEOPLE 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
NSSD’s Ashfia Huq was awarded the Mary Lyon
Award by the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke
College. The award, named after the college’s
1837 founder, Mary Lyon, is
presented to an outstanding
young alumna who has been
out of college 15 years or
less.
Ashfia is an instrument
scientist with POWGEN,
a third-generation powder
diffractometer at SNS.
Her area of expertise is
high-resolution neutron and
x-ray powder diffraction of
condensed matter systems.
Her scientific interests
include hydrogen storage
materials, catalysis, magnetic
and structural properties
of strongly correlated
electron systems, and ab
initio structure solutions
from powder data.
Neutron scientist Bryan
Chakoumakos was recently
elected a fellow of
the Mineralogical Society
of America. The society
was founded in 1919 and,
among other goals, encourages
fundamental research
on natural materials and
supports education through
its publications, educational
grants, and courses.
ORNL NEUTRON SCIENCES neutrons.ornl.gov
Ashfia Huq
Bryan Chakoumakos
A member of NSSD, Bryan leads the Single-Crystal Diffraction Group.
His areas of expertise include structure property relationships in technological
and natural materials and the synthesis, crystal growth, and
characterization of novel materials. He employs crystallography, mineralogy,
and single-crystal and powder diffraction methods.
Dave Anderson of RAD received an Appreciation Award from Secretary
of Energy Samuel Bodman for his contributions to the Electrical Safety
Improvement Project Team. In a letter congratulating him, Laboratory
Director Thom Mason said that Dave’s work has “had a direct and positive
impact on our safety at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.” The team’s