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Sunday, June 18

9:00 am – 5:00 pm Neutron Scattering Tutorials

Neutron Scattering Fundamentals and Instrumentation as a Probe of Materials on the Nanoscale

Organizer: M. Kotlarchyk (Rochester Institute of Tech.)

Magnetic Structure Analysis from Neutron Powder Diffraction Data Using GSAS

Organizers: R. Von Dreele (ANL) and B. Toby (ANL)

Neutron Scattering for Materials Study

Organizers: P. K. Liaw (U. Tennessee) and H. Choo (U. Tennessee)

1:00 pm – 8:30 pm Conference Registration

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Evening Welcome Reception

Monday, June 19

7:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30am M1-A, Opening Session

Welcome:

S. Billinge , General Chair of ACNS 2006, NSSA Vice-President
R. Pynn , NSSA President

8:40 am Keynote Speaker:

P. Dehmer : Energy Challenge in a New Era of Science: The Renewed Importance of Materials Probes

9:20 am Cliff Shull Prize Lecture

J. M. Carpenter

10:00am Break

10:30 am M2-A, Materials Chemistry and Earth Science

Chair: P. Woodward
R. Cava, J. Johnson, J. Hill, D. Ma, R. Hjelm, B. Fultz

10:30 am M2-B, Multiferroics

Chair: J. Lynn
G. Xu, O. Vajk, P. Gehring, M. Hagen, R. McQueeney

10:30 am M2-C, Instrumentation and Small Facilities

Chair: P. Sokol
D. Moncton, D. Baxter, B. Micklich, C. Carlile, K. Littrell

10:30 am M2-D, Biomimetic Materials

Chair: B. Frisken
N. Kucerka, T. A. Harroun , J. Katsaras, D. P. Bossev

12:15 pm Lunch

1:45 pm M3-A, Self Assembly, Interaction and Dynamics of Biological Systems

Chair: P. Thiyagarajan
J. Curtis, D. Lynn, H. Kaiser, G. Thurston, S. Chen

1:45 pm M3-B, Energy Storage and Conversion

Chair: J. Fischer
T. Yildirim, C. Jones, M. Hartl, C. Brown, A. Stowe

1:45 pm M3-C, Superconductivity

Chair: J. Tranquada
M. Eskildsen, S. Kivelson, M. Laver, H. Mook, A. Shams

1:45 pm M3-D, Industrial Applications and Neutron Science

Chair: X.-L. Wang
L. Clapham, D. Brown, W. Wagner, T. Watkins, T. Parikh

3:30 pm Break

4:00 pm M4-A, Nanoscience with Neutrons

Chair: L. Horton
M. Fitzsimmons, G. Strycker, H. Sha, G. Warren, V. Garlea

4:00 pm M4-B, In situ Experiments I: Deformation Mechanics

Chair: Mark Bourke
R. Ham-Su, Z. Feng, Y. Sun, A. Stoica, Y. Wang

4:00 pm M4-C, Fundamental Physics,

Chair: G. Greene
W. M. Snow, P. R. Huffman, V. Ignatovich, M. Leuschner, T. Ito, R. Moreh

4:00 pm M4-D, Polymeric Systems

Chair: M.-P. Nieh
V. Sakai, N. Balsara, S. Titmuss, M. Foster, D. Perahia

8:00 pm MP, Poster Session: Student Research Award

Tuesday, June 20

7:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am T1-A, Neutron facilities – worldwide status

M. Arai : Neutron Scattering Developments and Initiatives in Asia and Australia
A. Taylo r: Neutron Scattering Developments and Initiatives in Europe
R. Pynn : Neutron Scattering Developments and Initiatives in North America
T. Mason : First Neutrons at SNS

10:00am Break

10:30 am TP, Poster session

10:30 am T2-A, HeavyFermions

Chair: R. Osborn
H. Lee, J. Lawrence, J. Hudis, V. Krishnamurthy, Y. Janssen

12:15 pm Lunch

1:45 pm T3-A, Biomembranes, Membrane Proteins and Functional Complexes

Chair: D. McGillivray
D. Worcester, M. Kent, S. Holt, F. Heinrich, K. Hristova

1:45 pm T3-B, Structure and Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonded Systems

Chair: S.-H. Chen
C. Benmore, L. Liu, A. Kolesnikov, A. Acatrinei, E. Mamontov

1:45 pm T3-C, Thin Film Magnetism

Chair: J. Borschers
T. Giebultowicz, S.G.E. te Velthuis, S. Watson, Z. Wiren, I. Zoto

1:45 pm T3-D, Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructured Materials

G. Smith , D. Louca, M. Nagao, E. Kintzel

3:30 pm Break

4:00 pm T4-A, Protein Structures, Mechanisms and Functional Complexes

Chair: D. Worcester
G. Bunick, C. Dealwis, L. Coates, W. Heller, C. Garvey

4:00 pm T4-B, Low-D Magnetism

Chair: I. Zaliznyak
A. Zheludev, S. Lee, S. Nagler, W. Ratcliff, T. Hong

4:00 pm T4-C, In situ Experiments: Emerging Applications

Chair: R. Rogge
H. Choo, R. Wenk, D. Hussey, M. Ghargouri, D. Penumadu

4:00 pm T4-D, Instrumentation and Special Environments

Chair: K. Herwig
C. Tulk, G. Felcher, A. Faraone, T. Krist, M. Bleuel

6:15 pm Buses begin departing to Morton Arboretum

7:30 pm TB, Banquet at the Morton Arboretum

G. Lander : From the Italian Navigator to SNS - the Saga of Neutrons in the US: a Personal View

Wednesday, June 21

7:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am W1-A, Plenary Session

NSSA2006Sustained Research Prize Lecture
J. Tranquada: Twenty Years of Chasing Zurich Oxide

NSSA2006Science Prize Lecture
T. Yildirim: Unravelling Secrets of Complex Materials Through First-Principles Computation, Theory and Neutron Scattering

TBA

10:00 am Break

10:30 am WP, Poster Session

12:00 pm Lunch

Student Research Award Presentation

Neutron Advocacy Discussion Chair: R. Pynn
S. Pierson : Grassroots Advocacy: Can scientists make a difference?
J. Rush (to be confirmed)
D. Koolbeck (to be confirmed)

2:00 pm W2-A, Metallic and Magnetic Clusters

Chair: J. Eckert
G. Christou, C. Lo, W. Dmowski, P. Piccoli, F. Trouw, H. Wang

2:00 pm W2-B, Exotic Magnetism

Chair: C. Broholm
H. Ronnow, M. Stone, W. Montfrooij, G. Gasparovic, J. Greedan

2:00 pm W2-C, Software and Methods

Chair: M. Aivazis
M. McKerns, P. Willendrup, R. Rogge, N. Berk, C. Majkrzak, S. Park

2:00 pm W2-D, Self-Assembled Nanoscopic Systems

Chair: J. Katsaras
M. Nieh, B. Frisken, P. Thiyagarajan, D. McGillivray

3:45 pm Break

4:15 pm W3-A, Breakout Sessions:

SHUG Meeting
Organizer: D. Louca (U. of Virginia)

The Very Cold Neutron Source
Organizers: B. Micklich (ANL), J. Carpenter (ANL)

Topaz IDT Meeting
Organizer: C. Hoffmann (ORNL)

SEQUOIA IDT Meeting
Organizer: G. Granroth (ORNL)

VULCAN IDT Meeting
Organizer: X. Wang (ORNL)

Sample Environment at Neutron Scattering Facilities
Organizers: K. Volin (ANL), D. Dender (NIST), L. Santodonato (ORNL)

Thursday, June 22

7:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:45 am Buses depart to Argonne National Laboratory

9:30 am Tour of the IPNS at Argonne National Laboratory

11:00 am IPNS 25 th Anniversary Ceremony

12:00 pm Lunch at ANL

1:30 pm Buses return to Pheasant Run or to airports