Programme

DENIM 2015 programme

Sunday, 6 September, 2015

18:00-20:00 Early Registration
20:00 - Welcome Party

Monday, 7 September, 2015

8:00 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 10:30 Opening Talks
PL 1. Shane Kennedy - Development of Neutron Instrumentation: Opportunities and Challenges
PL 2. Iain Sutton - 80 years of Neutron Choppers
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12:30 Session 1 - Motion and instrument control systems
OP 1. Anders Sandström - Precision, synchronization and time- stamping in an EtherCAT PLC system
OP 2.Thomas Gahl - The way to a generic motion control unit for the European Spallation Source ESS
Session 2 - Shielding
OP 3. Gerrit Günther - Shielding Concept for Background Optimization of the Neutron Time-of-Flight Spectrometer NEAT
OP 4. Andreas Ofner - Using Lead as construction material
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00- 15:30 Session 3 - Neutron beam tayloring: collimators, polarization devices
OP 5. Sylvain Desert - PA20 collimator design of a multi-purpose collimator for SANS and GISANS at LLB
OP 6. Sergey Klimko - Development of the curved NRSE flippers for Multi-MUSES spectrometer at LLB
OP 7. Romuald Hanslik - Polarizer changer for KWS1
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session and Exhibitors short industrial presentation
Peter Galsworthy - Design and Development of Vacuum Large Double Disc Neutron Choppers for ISIS Instrument IMAT
Pascal Lavie - Wide aperture vector magnet for neutron scattering experiments
Ramil Gainov - V-cavity based polarizing guide for cold neutron TOF spectrometer NEAT-II
Francesco Zuddas - ENGIN-X collimators aligning system upgrade
Nick Webb - Motion control project at ISIS
Joern Plewka - Readout-electronic for delay-line detectors with Boron-10 converters
Liam Whitelegg - ZOOM - ISIS's Latest Polarised SANS Instrument
Zsolt Ludányi - Neutron Instruments of RSND & CNTAS at CMRR
János Vámosi - Development of EPICS based control system for the PSD diffractometer
Dariusz Zielinski - Conceptual study for Prompt Pulse Suppression choppers at ESS
Andrés Quintanilla - An integrated approach for Chopper control systems at ESS
Markus Olsson - Condition monitoring of neutron choppers at ESS

Organized social event for Accompanying Persons!
Price: will be 30 €/person, can be paid at the registration desk by cash.

Tuesday, 8 September, 2015

Parallel sessions, room A
8:30 - 10:00 Session 4 - Sample environment
OP 8. David Anderson - 3D Printing and Neutron Scattering
OP 9. József Janik - Design and construction an in situ cell for neutron diffraction studies
OP 10. Peter Keller - Possible unmagnetisable materials to modify the sample area
OP 11. Cristina Oprea - Inelastic neutron scattering studies by high temperatures furnace TS300K
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10.30 - 12:00 Session 5 - Neutron detector systems
OP 12. Christian J. Schmidt - The 10B based Jalousie neutron detector
OP 13. Markus Köhli - The CASCADE Project - a multi-layer 10B neutron detection system
OP 14. János Orbán - High resolution detector based on solid boron converter
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Session 6 - Neutron detectors: signal processing electronics and data acquisition
OP 15. Ed Binkley - Analizer Development for the CANDoR Instrument
OP 16. Ádám Magi - Novel Signal Processing for Event Recording and Qualification in a Large Area TOF PSD System
OP 17. Matteo Corbo: Neutron Detection Electronics from CAEN

Parallel sessions, room B
8:30 - 10:00 Session 7 - Choppers
OP 18. Valeria Antonelli- CFRP chopper discs
OP 19. Patrice Permingeat - New Time of Flight paradigms
OP 20. Matthias Weinzierl - Design and certification of the chopper disks for the NEAT II TOF spectrometer: A lesson learned
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10.30 - 12:00 Session 8 - Chopper systems
OP 21. Wataru Kambara - Current Status of T0 Chopper System in MLF
OP 22. Eric Mazzei - Applying API617, 8th Edition to Active Magnetic Bearing Neutron Choppers
OP 23. Greg Smith - Chopper Condition Monitoring on Magnetic Bearings
OP 24. Erik Nilsson - A study of Neutron chopper installation variants in the future ESS environment
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Session 9 - Source
OP 25. Robert Connatser - Update on the European Spallation Source
OP 26. József Janik - History and Operation of Budapest Cold Neutron Source
OP 27. Andras Szalay - Manufacture of experimental control rods by explosive powdercompaction

15:00 - 18:00 Visit of BNC facilities and Mirrotron Ltd. company (pre-registration needed)
19:00 - Conference Banquette sponsored by Mirrotron Ltd.
Conference Banquette fee for Accompanying Persons will be 30 EURO per person.
Places are limited, fee can be paid at the registration desk by cash.
Boat departure time: 7pm, at the Budapest XIII. Szent István park - 0, Rubin Group
47˚ 31' 9,03" - 19˚ 3' 0,07"

Wednesday, 9 September, 2015

9:00 - 10:20 Session 10 - Development and project management of instrument builds
OP 28. Giuseppe Aprigliano - Neutron Crystallography Beamline at ESS
OP 29. Stewart Pullen - Progress update for the preliminary design of ODIN
OP 30. Jim Nightingale - IMAT Design Evolution
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 - 12:00
OP 31. Scott Olsen - Optimising neutron beam instrument designs for ease of use, maintenance and future upgrades
OP 32. Paris Constantine - Lessons Learned on Neutron Beam Instrument Program at ANSTO
OP 33. Massimo Rogante - Engineering knowledge and applied research managing support in the neutron field for industrial companies and scientific institutions
12:00 - 12:30 Closing talk
PL 3. David Anderson - The Past, Present and Future of DENIM
12:30 - Lunch

At afternoon, Organized Social Program for All Participants!
Price: will be 15 €/person, can be paid at the registration desk by cash.

Thursday, 10 September, 2015 (at full-day)
Optional Program for DENIM Participants!
Price: will be 30 €/person, can be paid at the registration desk by cash.