An Assessment of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Fiscal Year 2021 (2022) / Chapter Skim
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program activities can take the form of publications; participation and organization of workshops and summer schools; the formation of consortia that extend the work of NCNR to industry, academia, and other government agencies; and education and outreach efforts for the benefit of middle school, high school, and undergraduate students. PUBLICATIONS The publication output of NCNR continues to be very strong, with the past 2 years (2019 and 2020)
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The students investigated magnetic dead layers in rhombohedral perovskites, created an enhanced web interface for the NCNR data repository, improved phase segmentation techniques for analysis of neutron tomography images, developed reinforcement learning algorithms for efficiently obtaining crystallographic measurements, and optimized a neutron spin flipper using active learning algorithms. The results of the students' summer investigations were highlighted in a NIST-wide poster session, as well as in a well-attended symposium at the NCNR.
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The students participated in research projects such as exploration of the rheological properties of dense lipid vesicle solutions, characterization of adjuvantprotein interactions in vaccines, fabrication of crosslinked silica-based nanoporous networks, Monte Carlo exploration of focused neutron guide geometries, and development of a virtual training simulator for reactor operators using a HoloLens technology. The students presented their work at the NIST SURF colloquium in August 2018.
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COLLABORATIONS Accomplishments Over the 2018 reporting year, NCNR served 2,742 researchers. Research participants included users who come to NCNR to use the facility, as well as active collaborators, including co-proposers of approved experiments, and co-authors of publications resulting from work performed at NCNR.
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CHRNS pursues many avenues for engaging researchers from institutions that serve diverse groups, including travel support for an additional graduate student as part of the beamtime allocated to awarded proposals.It also provides outreach, and tours during the year from middle school up to high school and summer programs for teachers, high school students, and undergraduates. CHRNS will use the opportunity provided by the current increased telework environment to develop a new virtual or hybrid activity that will incorporate some of the most 8 J
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Conclusion: NCNR pursues most of the myriad outreach activities through CHRNS, in order to recruit underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and new neutron scattering users and to assist local schools and communities.
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