Dr Ron Nelson

Phone +61 (02) 9717 3601
Email Ronald.Nelson@ansto.gov.au

Dr Ron Nelson is an advisor assisting in managing the Bragg Institute computing and electronics group. He provides management support to the group including recruitment and training, implementing software quality systems, scientific computing and eScience, computing technology selection, current and future collaborations e.g. SICS, Gumtree, DANSE, NeXus etc, as well as maximising the return on investment in computer systems and software to ANSTO and the neutron scattering community.

Qualifications and achievements:

• Experimental area manager for operations at the Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Responsible for the coordination with accelerator operations, support groups, and scientists, schedule, safety, work controls, and productivity of the neutron scattering program (2002-2005)
• Deputy Group Leader for the Lujan Center in charge of technical work ranging from electronics and computer software to mechanical design and shop fabrication (2002-2005)
• Leader of multi-disciplinary team responsible for detector electronics, data acquisition hardware, software, network, CAD, office desktop systems, and system management (1983-2002)
• Developed data analysis software at ILL (1982-1983)
• Participated in the specification, evaluation, and procurement of commercial systems as well as the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of custom data acquisition hardware and software subsystems at the spallation source in Los Alamos (1974-1982)
• Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from Duke University in 1971

Key Publications

B. Oerter, R. Nelson, T. Shea, C. Sibley, "SNS Timing System," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems ICALEPCS 2001 , San Jose, CA, USA , 27 - 30 Nov 2001.

C. R. Rose, P. D. Lara, R. O. Nelson, "A Simple Method For Real-Time DSP-Based Neutron Chopper Speed And Phase Control," Proceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001.

C. R. Rose, P. D. Lara, R. O. Nelson, "A Programmable DSP-Based Neutron-Chopper Simulator," Proceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001.

C. R. Rose, P. D. Lara, R. Merl, R. O. Nelson, "A Timing-Reference Generator For Power-Grid-Synchronized Neutron- Spallation Facilities," Proceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001.

R. Merl, K. Kupcho, R. O. Nelson, "Design and Performance of a DSP Based Neutron Chopper Phase Controller," Proceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001.

R. Nelson, R. Merl, and C. Rose, "Principles For Timing At Spallation Neutron Sources Based On Developments At LANSCE," Proceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001.

R. Nelson, P. S. Bowling, G. M. Cooper, T. Kozlowski, "New Data Acquisition System for the Lujan Center," 15th Meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources, v.1 ICANS-15 , Tsukuba, Japan , 6 - 9 Nov 2000 - pages 671-677.

R. Nelson, R. Merl, C. Rose, "Timing Reference Generators And Chopper Controllers For Neutron Sources," 15th Meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources, v.1 ICANS-15 , Tsukuba, Japan , 6 - 9 Nov 2000 - pages 340-346.