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

0623834 Chen该奖项资助了首届中美中子散射科学与技术研讨会，以促进两国大学和政府实验室的专业知识和想法的融合，加速散斑中子源（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陈素新（PI）和阿贡国家实验室（ANL）强脉冲中子源部高级物理学家龙春强（PI之一）。 中方组织者是中国原子能科学研究院院长赵志祥。 第一次研讨会将于2006年11月在中国北京举行，旨在汇集60名（25名来自美国）来自大学和中子中心的科学领导人，中子科学家和工程师以及中国同行。 第二次研讨会将于2007年秋季在美国举行，将有更广泛的美国参与者，特别是来自美国的5名早期职业科学家和工程师以及25名研究生参加。 来自束流的中子从目标材料“散射”，以揭示其结构和性质的方式。 SNS在这两个国家都受到多个研究团体的关注。 SNS影响物理学、材料科学、化学、生物学和工程学，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，因为预计中子散射在通过材料表征和利用解决能源，环境和健康方面的关键全球性问题方面的作用将不断扩大。这些研讨会将使美国中子界了解中国在基础科学和核技术研发方面的推动力;对网络基础设施的重视将鼓励科学和技术研究方面的合作交流。 拟议的讲习班可能会增加人才库，并为两国的利益更好地培养下一代科学家。

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.