Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Time |
Topic |
Place |
8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Stop by at Chestnut Ridge Visitor Center (Building 8600) or ORNL Visitor Center (Building 5200) for badging |
SNS (8600) or ORNL Visitor Center (5200) |
8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Check-in |
Room C156, SNS (8600)
|
9:00 - 9:30 AM |
Vulcan-X optics and instrumentation |
|
9:30 - 10:30 AM |
Live data and post-experiment data process |
|
10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
|
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Texture: pole figure and inverse pole figure via single peak fit (SPF) |
|
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Working lunch: practice SPF |
|
1:00 - 3:00 PM |
Case study: lattice evolution under in situ process |
|
3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Group photo |
|
3:15 - 3:30 PM |
Break |
|
3:30 - 4:15 PM |
Residual stress determination |
|
4:15 - 5:00 PM |
Tour to Vulcan-X |
Vulcan, SNS |
5:00 – 8:00 PM |
Dinner: Instrument and science posters viewing, and discussion of materials engineering neutron diffraction |
Room C156, SNS (8600) |
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time |
Topic |
Place |
9:00 - 9:30 AM |
New sample environment capabilities at Vulcan-X |
Room C156, SNS (8600)
|
9:30 - 10:30 AM |
Rietveld refinement (RR) for engineering diffraction |
|
10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
|
10:45 - 12:00 PM |
Case study: phase transition induced plasticity |
|
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Working lunch: practice RR |
|
1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Refinement skill: non-cubic structure |
|
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Refinement skill: lattice site occupancy |
|
3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
|
3:15 - 3:45 PM |
Challenge case: resolving lattice misfit |
|
3:45 - 5:00 PM |
User data reduction and analysis, and self-practice |