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Co-Sponsored by Sigma Xi
October 23-25, 2018
Room K04-A/B, NIST Center for Neutron Research , Gaithersburg, MD 20899
The nSoft Annual Meeting is a public meeting of the members of the NIST nSoft Consortium with a purpose to train members in neutron methods, review technical achievements, and discuss future opportunities. The meeting will include a day of training in rheology/scattering combinations (open only to members of nSoft), and two days devoted to the recent achievements and future planning of activities surrounding the consortium (open to all registered attendees). Starting in 2012, the current nSoft cooperative agreement which defines its existence will expire in late 2019. During this meeting, a public discussion will be focus on a proposed new agreement to continue nSoft into the next decade.
October 23, 2018
Due to the hands-on nature of the training, attendance in the training course is limited to 2 persons/member company. Additional registrations will be allotted until course is full on a first come, first served basis in mid-September.
| 9:00am |
Morning Training Session
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| 12:00pm | Lunch offsite (lunch cost not included in registration) |
| 1:30pm |
Afternoon Training Session
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| 4:00pm | Adjourn (Optional Happy Hour at Dogfishhead Alehouse, not provided with registration) |
October 24, 2018
| Wednesday, October 24 |
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| 8:30 - Light Breakfast and Coffee |
Session I - Welcome and Overviews |
| 9:00 – Welcoming Remarks – TBD |
| 9:10 – NCNR Update – Dan Neumann, Leader, Condensed Matter Science Group, NIST Center for Neutron Research |
| 9:30 – Review of 2018 nSoft activities and achievements – Ronald Jones, nSoft |
| 10:15 – Coffee Break |
Session II – Updates and Highlights from nSoft |
| 10:30 - rheoSANS and Flow Environments - Kathleen Weigandt, nSoft |
| 11:00 – Computational Models - Tyler Martin, nSoft |
| 11:30 – Activities in Neutron Reflectivity - Guangcui Yuan, nSoft |
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12:00pm – Lunch at NIST Cafeteria (not provided in registration) |
Session III - Tours of NIST1:30 – Tours (Options selected during registration, tour descriptions below) Option 1 - The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) - Tour focuses on the guidehall of the NCNR, with focus on the horizontal neutron reflectometer, CANDOR, the 10 meter SANS, the V-SANS, and Neutron Imaging Option 2 – The NIST Materials Science and Engineering Division (MSED) - Tour of capabilities spanning the soft materials segments of MSED, including additive manufacturing, membranes, and others |
Session IV – Emerging Techniques |
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2:30 – Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering – TBD |
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3:00 – Neutron Imaging and Phase Field Scattering – TBD |
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3:30 – Polarized Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (PR-SoXS) – Dean DeLongchamp, NIST |
Session V – Poster Session4:00 - Poster session featuring work from across the NIST community and collaborators (Light refreshments provided courtesy of Sigma Xi) |
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5:30 – Depart NIST (attendees provide their own transportation) |
nSoft Banquet$50/person, separate registration forthcoming in early October6pm - 9pm Botanero , 800 PLEASANT DRIVE #160, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850 botanerorockville.com |
| October 25, Thursday |
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8:30am – Light breakfast and coffee (courtesy of Sigma Xi) |
Session VI - Member Highlights |
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9:00 – Processing and Structure in Glass – Ling Cai, Corning |
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9:30 – Structure in Protein Therapeutic Solutions – Michael Zhang, U. Delaware/Genentech |
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10:00 – Complex Fluids and Neutron Scattering – Alan Nakatani, Dow DuPont |
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10:30 - Coffee Break (Courtesy of Sigma Xi) |
Session VII – The Future of nSoft |
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10:45 – The new nSoft Member Agreement - Ronald Jones |
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11:15 – Technical focus for 2019 and beyond – Ronald Jones |
| 12:00 – Adjourn |
Sponsors
NIST Center for Neutron Research
NIST Materials Science and Engineering Division
NIST Sigma Xi