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This workshop was held on June 4-5, 2004 .
Synopsis
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.
Dates
and Deadlines
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 |
Registration
and Scholarship
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/.
Abstract
Submission
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.
Poster
Session
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.
Lodging
and Transportation
Conference
Venue
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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.
What
to do in Washington, DC
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:
Scientific
Program Committee
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)
Contacts
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
neutrons&energy@ornl.gov
Sponsors
National
Science Foundation, Chemistry Division
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Spallation Neutron Source
University of Tennessee
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