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NCNR 50 Year Symposium

Name: NCNR 50 Year Symposium
Start: 2017-12-07T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-12-08T23:59:00-05:00
Location: NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 - NCNR Conference Room K04.

symposium

December 7 - 8, 2017

NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 - NCNR Conference Room K04.

WEBINAR Registration

In-person registration has closed.

WEBINAR OPTION: We are offering a webinar option, please register using the link above. Your phone lines will be in listen-only mode during the event. You can submit questions using the chat feature.

All in-person attendees must be pre-registered to gain entry to the NIST campus. Photo identification must be presented at the main gate to be admitted to the conference. International attendees are required to present a passport. Attendees must wear their conference badge at all times while on the campus. There is no on-site registration for meetings held at NIST.

Registration Contact

Technical Contact

Marcus Schwaderer

marcus.schwaderer@chips.gov

(301) 975-5816

Purpose

To celebrate the achievements and illustrious lifetime of the NCNR.

Description

The NIST Bureau of Standards Reactor is celebrating its 50^th anniversary of going critical on December 7, 2017. It has had a long and distinguished history of providing neutrons to the scientific community and has established itself as a leader in the global enterprise of neutron science. The NCNR is now poised for continuing the legacy long into the future. This symposium is to recognize the accomplishments of those who worked closely with the facility as well as celebrating the potential science that will be emerging from the facility in the future. The symposium will last from the morning of December 7th and continue into the afternoon on the 8th. There will be a reception dinner the evening of the 7th at the Gaithersburg Marriott--Washingtonian Center.

Center for Neutron Research 50th Anniversary Symposium

Agenda (Printable PDF) Updated 12/4/17

December 7, 2017
8:30 - 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 - 9:05 AM	Robert Dimeo, NCNR Director Welcoming Remarks
9:05 – 9:10 AM	Walt Copan, NIST Director
9:10 – 9:40 AM	Dan Neumann, NCNR Neutrons at NIST
9:40 – 9:50 AM	G.X. Tessema, National Science Foundation The Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering: A Successful Model of Interagency Partnership
9:50 – 10:10 AM	James Rhyne, Department of Energy The NCNR Years: A Career-Launching Opportunity
10:10 – 10:30 AM	Andreas Magerl, Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg Learning Neutron Scattering at NIST
10:30 – 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 – 11:20 AM	Collin Broholm, Johns Hopkins University Exploring Quantum Materials Through High Efficiency Cold Neutron Instrumentation at the NCNR
11:20 – 11:40 AM	Lilo Pozzo, University of Washington Tickling Soft Matter: Manipulating Materials with External Fields
11:40 – 12:00 PM	Mike Hore, Case Western Reserve University Small-Angle Neutron Scattering from Cyclic and Mechanically-Interlocked Polymers
12:00 – 12:20 PM	Tom Newton, NCNR The Future of the NCNR Neutron Source: An Exploration of Options
12:20 – 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 – 1:50 PM	Megan Robertson, University of Houston SANS Investigations of the Thermodynamics of Polymer Mixtures
1:50 – 2:10 PM	Mas Subramanian, Oregon State University The Role of Neutrons in Colorful Materials World: Heat Reflecting Blue Pigments and Beyond
2:10 – 2:30 PM	Mathias Loesche, Carnegie Mellon University Neutron Scattering in Structural Biology: The Best is Yet to Come!
2:30 – 2:50 PM	Carlos Lopez-Barron, ExxonMobil Neutron Science at ExxonMobil
2:50 – 3:10 PM	Frank Bates, University of Minnesota Neutrons and Polymers: A Marriage made in Gaithersburg
3:10 – 3:40 PM	Break
3:40 – 4:00 PM	Kai Liu, University of California, Davis Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Investigations of Artificially Structured Nanomagnets
4:00 – 4:20 PM	Ron Jones, nSoft nSoft: How We Learned to Love, and Advance, Industrial Research
4:20 – 4:40 PM	Dick Lindstrom, NIST Radioanalytical Chemistry @ NBSR
4:40 – 5:00 PM	Ron Bishop, Smithsonian The NIST-Smithsonian Partnership: Four Decades of Archaeological Neutron Activation
5:00 – 5:20 PM	Leslie Ruppert, U.S. Geological Survey Using Neutron Scattering to Answer a Fundamental Question in Petroleum Geology - How Do Fluids Move Through Tight Rocks?
5:20 – 6:30 PM	Break
6:30 PM 7:15 PM	Reception Dinner Gaithersburg Marriott, Washingtonian Center

December 8, 2017
9:00 - 9:20 AM	Rob Briber, University of Maryland NCNR/UMD Research Interactions - Soft Matter and Beyond
9:20 - 9:40 AM	Norm Wagner, University of Delaware Making Complex Fluids Less Complex to Understand Using Rheo-SANS
9:40 – 10:00 AM	Tom Trabold, Rochester Institute of Technology “Neutrons Don’t Lie!”: The Transformational Role of Neutron Imaging in Fuel Cell Science and Technology
10:00 – 10:20 AM	Fred Wietfeldt, Tulane University Neutron Decay Experiments at the NCNR
10:20 – 10:50 AM	Break
10:50 – 11:10 AM	Matt Helgeson, University of California, Santa Barbara Reflections on Pushing the Limits of SANS for Soft Matter - Past, Present and Future
11:10 – 11:30 AM	Jeff Long, University of California, Berkeley Neutron Diffraction Studies of Gas Adsorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks
11:30 – 11:50 AM	Stephen Wilson, University of California Santa Barbara Catalyzing Discovery in Quantum Magnets: The Power of Partnering with the NCNR and its Scientists
11:50 – 12:10 PM	Young Lee, Stanford University A Journey into the Science of Quantum Magnets at the NCNR
12:10 – 12:40 PM	Mike Rowe, NCNR Final Remarks
	NCNR Facility Tour (Optional)

Gaithersburg Marriott - Washingtonian Center
9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg MD 20878
301-590-0044

Rate available 12/06/17 to 12/10/17 for $201.00 USD/Night.
Book by November 8, 2017

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If you are not registered, you will not be allowed on site. Registered attendees will receive security and campus instructions prior to the workshop.

NON U.S. CITIZENS PLEASE NOTE: All foreign national visitors who do not have permanent resident status and who wish to register for the above meeting must supply additional information. Failure to provide this information prior to arrival will result, at a minimum, in significant delays (up to 24 hours) in entering the facility. Authority to gather this information is derived from United States Department of Commerce Department Administrative Order (DAO) number 207-12. When registration is open, the required NIST-1260 form will be available as well. *New Visitor Access Requirement: Effective July 21, 2014, Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, agencies, including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver's license or identification card for access to federal facilities if issued by states that are REAL ID compliant or have an extension.Click here for a list of alternative identification and further details>>

Neutron research

symposium

December 7 - 8, 2017

NIST 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 - NCNR Conference Room K04.

WEBINAR Registration

In-person registration has closed.

Registration Contact

Technical Contact

Marcus Schwaderer

marcus.schwaderer@chips.gov

(301) 975-5816

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Created September 29, 2017, Updated December 2, 2019

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