Neutrons Sciences Directorate at ORNL

History of EQ-SANS

On December 23, 2008, EQ-SANS received its first neutrons.

participants in the commissioning of EQ-SQNS

Among those present for the start-up were (left to right) Greg Smith (Low-Q Group leader), Dazhi Liu (post doc), Paul Wright (Radiation Protection team lead), Ken Chipley (systems engineer), Randy Summers (EQ-SANS engineer), Carrie Gao (scientific associate), Joshua Pierce (post doc), and JK Zhao (then lead instrument scientist).

JK Zhao opens the shutter

JK Zhao opens the shutter for neutrons to travel down beam line 6 to the EQ-SANS.

Joshua Pierce, Ken Chipley, and JK Zhao

From left to right: Joshua Pierce, Ken Chipley, and JK Zhao.