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27<sup>th</sup> </b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CHRNS School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">will be held virtually on January 28, 31, and February 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11, 2022 by the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We have extended the application deadline to midnight Thursday Dec 9, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information about the summer school go to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"></span><a href="https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/chrns/education-and-outreach/chrns-summer-school-neutron-scattering"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/chrns/education-and-outreach/chrns-summer-school-neutron-scattering</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span class="bold1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please note that this year the school will
<u>not</u> cover Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectometry. </span>
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This school provides participants the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of neutron scattering techniques
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">that utilize
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">instruments at NIST including the disk chopper spectrometer (DCS), backscattering spectrometer (HFBS), BT-7 double focusing triple-axis spectrometer, multi-axis
crystal spectrometer (MACS), neutron spin echo spectrometer (NSE) and neutron diffraction.
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These powerful experimental techniques are used by researchers in a variety of scientific disciplines to probe the dynamics of materials over time scales ranging
from 1 ps to 100 ns with length scales from under 1 nm to over 100 nm. This school emphasizes hands-on practical training for the instruments mentioned above as well as a thorough theoretical overview of these measurement techniques.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390">
</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications of dynamical techniques will be illustrated by specific examples drawn from recent cutting-edge research on soft and hard condensed matter systems. The
course will enable attendees to assess the applicability of the techniques to their own research and will provide the technical information needed to prepare effective beam time proposals.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The School is sponsored by the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS),
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and NIST.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a name="_Hlk89677255">Attendance will be limited to no more than 40 participants</a>. Graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, national lab. and industrial scientists are encouraged to apply this year. Only applicants from North American institutions
will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information, and/or to apply, please go to:
</span></span><a href="https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/chrns/education-and-outreach/chrns-summer-school-neutron-scattering"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.nist.gov/ncnr/chrns/education-and-outreach/chrns-summer-school-neutron-scattering</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Early application is advised since attendance is strictly limited and typically we receive more applications than the maximum number of participants.
<b>EXTENDED</b> <b>Application Deadline: December 9, 2021. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joe Dura and Katie Weigandt<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Institute of Standards and Technology – Center for Neutron Research<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"></span><a href="mailto:Joseph.Dura@nist.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joseph.Dura@nist.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk4061390"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Katie.Weigandt@nist.gov">Katie.Weigandt@nist.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">Joseph Dura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">NIST Center for Neutron Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">100 Bureau Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">MS 6102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">Bldg. 235 A126<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D">Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#444444">Phone: 301-975-6251<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#444444">Fax: 301-921-9847<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:#444444">email:
<a href="mailto:dura@nist.gov"><span style="color:#0066CC">dura@nist.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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