The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will host the second week of this year’s National School on X-ray and Neutron Scattering (NXS), July 29 – August 3. Now in its 20th year, the program—cohosted by Argonne, and sponsored by the Departments of Energy’s Office of Science—introduces graduate students to various x-ray and neutron scattering techniques used in a wide range of scientific domains.

In addition to conducting experiments at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor and Spallation Neutron Source during the week, the students will also attend lectures presented by experts from academia, industry, and other national labs. The lectures will be held in the Iran Thomas auditorium, building 8600, room A103. ORNL employees are welcome to attend.

Lecture schedule:

Neutron Generation and Detection/Neutron Optics and Instrumentation
Lee Robertson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sunday, July 29 – 1:00pm to 1:45pm

Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering
Ken W. Herwig, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sunday, July 29 – 2:00pm to 2:45pm

Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Bruce Gaulin, McMaster University
Monday, July 30 – 8:30am to 12:00pm

Reflectivity
Chuck F. Majkrzak, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tuesday, July 31 – 8:300am to 9:30am

Neutron Polarization
Chuck F. Majkrzak, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tuesday, July 31 – 9:45am to 10:45am

PDF Analysis
Katharine Page, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday, July 31 – 11:00am to 12:00pm

Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy
Piotr A. Zolnierczuk, Julich Centre for Neutron Science
Wednesday, August 1 – 8:30am to 9:30am

Imaging with Neutrons
Hassina Bilheux, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wednesday, August 1 – 9:45am to 10:45am

Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy
Luke Daemen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wednesday, August 1 – 11:00am to 12:00pm

WiNS (Women in Neutron Sciences) Career Development Seminar
Fulvia Pilat, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wednesday, August 1 – 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Diffraction Applications
Ashfia Huq, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thursday, August 2 – 8:30am to 9:30am

Extreme Conditions Environments
Bianca Haberl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thursday, August 2 – 9:45am to 10:45am

Neutrons and Structural Biology / Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
Flora Meilleur / Josh Pierce, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thursday, August 2 – 11:00am to 12:00pm

Diffuse Scattering
Raymond Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory
Friday, August 3 – 1:15pm to 2:15pm

Simulation of Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Yongqiang Cheng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Friday, August 3 – 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Engineering Diffraction
Andrew Payzant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Friday, August 3 – 3:45pm to 4:45pm

Writing Proposals for Neutron X-ray Beam Time
John D. Budai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Friday, August 3 – 5:00pm to 6:00pm

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