Presentations—New
7-13-04
This workshop was held on June 4-5, 2004 .
Although many estimates have been made of future energy requirements, it is generally assumed that significant challenges are ahead to identify reliable and economic sources of energy in the United States and throughout the world that can be produced in the needed quantity without increasing pollution. It is expected that basic research will make an important contribution by providing understanding that will both expand the available options in technological approaches and identify new concepts. Neutrons offer unique opportunities to achieve the needed understanding of materials structures and properties. Broadening knowledge among researchers and policy makers of these opportunities is important and needs to be timely. Several recent reports have identified the specific directions for research on "clean energy." This workshop will use the targeted areas and focus on the particularly high-payoff research opportunities for using neutrons as tools. Presenters will be drawn from academia, government laboratories, funding agencies, and industry, and the presentations will focus on (1) open scientific questions and the roles to be played by neutron scattering and (2) policy perspectives from government and industry.
Because of the worldwide interest in this topic, workshop attendees are expected from the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Four categories of attendees have been identified:
- current and prospective users of neutron-scattering techniques who are interested in the materials aspects of energy for the future;
- research scientists from neutron-scattering facilities around the world;
- research and technology officers from academia and industry; and
- policy makers.
Based on discussions of the international organizing committee, the topical coverage is expected to focus on the following areas:
- fuel cells, advanced batteries, and catalysis;
- applications of complex fluids in energy (e.g., micelles and microemulsions in enhanced oil recovery);
- hydrogen storage;
- hydrogen in metals;
- materials issues in fusion reactors; and
- energy foresight studies.
This workshop will be held in Washington, DC, June 4-5, 2004, and is organized by the University of Tennessee (UT)/Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences (JINS) and NMI3, also known as the Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives. This conference is a satellite event of the 2nd American Conference on Neutron Scattering. NMI3 is a European Union Framework 6 Program and has absorbed as one of its components the European Union's Neutron Roundtable. One role of NMI3 is to conduct "foresight studies," including activities that update, broaden, and strengthen the science and technology case for a multimegawatt pulsed neutron source in Europe. Another role is to promote access by research new to neutron scattering to the currently available facilities in the member European countries.
Registration for hands-on session closes May 21, 2004 Poster abstract submission April 15, 2004 Scholarship request April 15, 2004 Scholarship notification April 22, 2004 Notification of authors April 22, 2004 Hotel cut-off - Final extension of deadline May 14, 2004
The registration fee for the Neutrons and Energy Workshop is $200. Please make checks payable to JINS.
Scholarships will generally be limited to graduate students, faculty, and postdocs at U.S. colleges and universities. The amount of funds available for scholarships will not be determined until late March. The Scholarship deadline for this workshop has been extended to close of business on April 28, 2004. To apply for a scholarship, the student or faculty member needs to send an email to Maria Fawver at mfawver@utk.edu describing the reason for attending the workshop, their field of research, detailed expenses for which they would require reimbursement, and if they are receiving a scholarship to attend the American Conference on Neutron Scattering. For graduate student applications, the name of their faculty advisor should be included.
This is a satellite workshop to the 2nd American Conference on Neutron Scattering to be held in College Park, Maryland during June 6-10, 2004. For more information on the ACNS, please visit the conference web site: http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/acns/.
The conference organizers would like to distribute abstracts of the invited oral papers and posters. Please send your abstract by May 1 to Lee Magid (lmagid@utk.edu) as an MS Word document, and please limit it to one page or less (1/2 page is fine). As a heading, please include the title, author (plus co-authors if you wish) and affiliation. When we assemble the abstracts into a single document, we will edit the headings to a standard format.
A poster session will be held on Friday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Poster topics should be relevant to this conference. The poster area will be 40 in. high by 40 in. long. Only Velcro dots will be used to adhere presentation masters to the panels. Based on submission of poster title, affiliation of author(s), and poster abstracts, submitters will be informed by April 15 of their acceptance for this session. If you have questions, please contact Al Ekkebus at (865) 241-5644 or ekkebusae@sns.gov.
Conference Venue
Renaissance Washington, D.C., Hotel
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001-4427
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Hotel Reservations
Update: Final extension of deadline for hotel reservations has been extended to May 14.
Reservations at the Renaissance Washington, D.C., Hotel can be made two ways:
- Phone: Dial 1-800-HOTELS1 or 1-800-468-3571 and ask for the "UTN Polarized Neutron" or
- Book over the Internet: Go to http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage.mi?marshaCode=WASRB. Enter "oakoaka" as the group code.
Air and Ground Transportation
Major airports in the area are the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Washington Dulles International Airport, and the Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Taxis, as well as major automobile rental agencies such as Alamo, Avis, Budget, Hertz, National, and Thrifty are located at the airports.
Weather
Temperatures in early June typically range from an average low of 59°F to an average high of 82°F, with sunrise at 5:44 a.m. and sunset at 8:30 p.m. Check the weather at http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/local_index.asp?zipcode=20008&partner=accuweather.
Attractions
Washington, D.C., is on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), four hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time. Several web sites have detailed information on attractions in Washington, DC, and the surrounding area, including:
- The official tourism site of Washington, D.C. http://www.washington.org
- The Washington Post Visitors Guide http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/travel/visitorsguide.htm
- The Washingtonian Visitors Guide http://www.washingtonian.com/tourist_page.html
- Washington,
D.C., city pages http://www.dcpages.com/Tourism
A. Albinati (Milan, IT)
F. Carsughi (U. Politecnica della Marche, IT)
K. Clausen (Paul Scherrer Institute, CH)
W. I. F. David (ISIS, UK)
J. Eckert (UC-Santa Barbara and Los Alamos National Lab, USA)
T. Egami (Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)
L. Horton (Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)
E. Kaler (U. Delaware, USA)
L. Magid (Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)
F. Mulder (TU-Delft, NL)
D. Richter (FZ-Juelich, DE)
H. Schober (Institut Laue-Langevin, FR)
S. Sinha (UC-San Diego, USA)
J. Zwanziger (Dalhousie, CA)
Program Contact: Lee Magid, lmagid@utk.edu
Program Contact: Flavio Carsughi, F.Carsughi@alisf1.univpm.it
Local Contact: Al Ekkebus, ekkebusae@sns.gov, 865-241-5644
Conference E-mail
National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Spallation Neutron Source
University of Tennessee