Neutron School Report

First Neutron School was a success 

The "ANSTO/AINSE Neutron School on Diffraction in collaboration with IAEA, 29 November 2007 - 3 December 2007" hosted 30 PhD students and postdocs, selected from 55 applications. Our first neutron school on the OPAL neutron-beam instruments was a success: "definitely good to talk to those who are using the instruments on a daily basis", "can't believe such down to earth scientists and really friendly and helpful staff" were some of the comments.  The school was truly international:although most of the participants came from Australian universities a few also came from Japan and Taiwan, but more than half of the participants originated from other countries: China, Finland, India, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam.

The first half of the school consisted of lecture sessions and posters in which the participants presented their own projects and where they considered neutron scattering could be advantageous. Although we had no neutrons to show the real performance of the instruments, the participants found the hands-on experience with 'previously collected data' very beneficial: "it was an excellent experience; I got to learn a lot". Each group presented the results of their analyses on the last day of the school. The next neutron school will be 21-26 July 2008 ANSTO/AINSE Neutron School on Materials. 

View Neutron School Photographs here
View the Neutron School Announcement here