NSF/OISE/Workshop: A Proposal for a First US-China Workshop Series on Neutron Scattering Science and Technology, November 2006, Beijing, China

0623834该奖项资助了美国-中国举办的首批中子散射科学和技术研讨会，旨在促进两国大学和政府实验室的专业知识和想法的融合，以加快散裂中子源(SNS)的基础研究和开发。美国组织者是麻省理工学院核工程系应用辐射物理学教授Sow-Hsin Chen(Pi)和阿贡国家实验室(ANL)强流脉冲中子源部高级物理学家龙俊强(Co-Pi)。中国的组织者是中国原子能研究所所长赵志祥。第一个研讨会将于2006年11月在北京举行，中国，计划聚集60人(25人来自美国)来自大学和中子中心的科学领袖、中子科学家和工程师与他们的中国同行一起。第二期研讨会将于2007年秋季在美国举行，将有更多的美国参与者参加，特别是5名初出茅庐的科学家和工程师以及25名来自美国的研究生。散裂中子源(SNS)是一种重要的跨学科方法，用于照明中子来表征材料的性质。来自一束的中子以一种揭示其结构和性质的方式与目标材料“散射”。SNS引起了两国多个研究机构的兴趣。SNS影响着物理、材料科学、化学、生物和工程，但也对核医学等研究领域产生了更广泛的影响。这些研讨会将产生更广泛的社会影响，因为预计中子散射将通过材料的表征和利用在解决能源、环境和健康方面的关键全球问题方面发挥更大的作用。研讨会将让美国中子界了解中国S致力于基础科学和核技术的研发；对网络基础设施的重视将鼓励科技研究方面的合作交流。拟议的研讨会可能会增加人才库，并为下一代科学家做好更好的准备，使两国都受益。

0623834ChenThis award funds the First US-China Workshops on Neutron Scattering Science and Technology to promote the confluence of expertise and ideas from universities and government laboratories of both countries to accelerate basic research and development in Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The U.S. organizers are Sow-Hsin Chen (PI) Professor of Applied Radiation Physics in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at MIT and Chun-Keung Loong (Co-PI), Senior Physicist, Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Division, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The Chinese organizer is Zhixiang Zhao, President of the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The first workshop will be held November 2006 in Beijing, China, and is intended to bring together 60 (25 from U.S.) scientific leaders, neutron scientists and engineers from universities and neutron centers together with their Chinese counterparts. The second workshop will be held in the U.S. in fall 2007 and will involve a broader base of U.S. participants, specifically 5 early-career scientists and engineers and 25 graduate students from the U.S. Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an important interdisciplinary method for illuminating neutrons to characterize the properties of materials. Neutrons from a beam "scatter" from a target material in a way that reveals its structure and properties. SNS is of interest to multiple research communities in both countries. SNS impacts physics, materials science, chemistry, biology and engineering, but also has broader implications for research areas such as nuclear medicine. The workshops will have broader societal impact, due to the anticipated expanding role of neutron scattering in solving critical, global problems in energy, environment, and health via materials characterization and utilization. The workshops will allow the U.S. neutron community to understand China s thrust in R&D for basic science and nuclear technology; the emphasis on Cyber infrastructure will encourage collaborative exchange in scientific and technological research. The proposed workshops are likely to increase the talent pool and better prepare the next generation of scientists to the benefit of both countries.