About the NCNR/NSF Summer School

NIST Center for Neutron Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

June 23 - 27, 2008

The fourteenth annual NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) "Summer School on Methods and Applications of Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectivity" will be held from Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27, 2008. This year's summer school is devoted to methods and applications of small angle neutron scattering and neutron reflectometry. Neutron spectroscopy will not be covered.

The course is targeted at those with little or no previous experience with neutron scattering methods. The combination of introductory lectures and training in scattering techniques will provide participants with a unique opportunity to become familiar with neutron scattering methods and their application to current research topics.

Attendance for the summer school is limited to 32 students and to people affiliated with US universities and US industry.

The Summer School is sponsored by the NCNR and by the National Science Foundation under the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS) cooperative agreement DMR-0454672. There is a $75 registration fee. Transportation and lodging are not paid for, but financial support for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty may be requested on the summer school application form.

Six instruments will be featured in this years summer school, 3 SANS instruments and 3 NR instruments. The SANS instruments featured will be NG3 30 meter SANS, NG7 30 meter SANS and BT5 USANS. The NR instruments featured will be the "magnetism" NG1 Polarized NR, the "biology" AND/R and the "liquid" NG7 Horizontal Sample NR.