Dr Shane Kennedy

Phone: +61 (0)2 9717 3610
Email: shane.kennedy@ansto.gov.au

Dr Shane Kennedy's responsibilities lie primarily in scientific infrastructure development for the OPAL reactor. He is project leader of the Neutron Beam Instrument Project, with responsibility for building eight world leading neutron beam instruments at OPAL at a cost of $35 M, by early 2007. He is also responsible for coordinating Bragg Institute contributions to the Replacement Research Reactor Project, including design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of neutron-beam facilities and neutron-beam transport systems

His expertise includes neutron beam instrumentation, neutron scattering techniques, powder diffraction, polarization analysis, hard-condensed matter physics

He spent 3 years at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, before accepting a position with the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering to build and operate neutron beam instruments for powder diffraction and polarization analysis. In 1993 Shane transferred to the ANSTO neutron scattering team. He has 23 years experience in the application of neutron scattering techniques, to condensed matter research in Australia and overseas (principally in Europe and Japan).

Qualifications and achievements

• Project leader for construction of Neutron Beam Facility OPAL Research Reactor (includes 8 instruments with a budget of ~$35M) (2000-2006)
• Group Leader in specification of the neutron beam facility at the OPAL research reactor. (includes design of neutron beam transport system) (1998-2000)
• Lead the development and application of powder diffraction, polarized neutron techniques and special environment devices at the HIFAR reactor. (1990-1997)
• Publication of more than 100 refereed research articles in international journals.
• Gold Medal Award from The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering for outstanding achievement in neutron scattering research and development (2005)
• Visiting Professor at the University of Wollongong
• Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Monash University (1987)

Key publications

J. L. Wang, S. J. Campbell, R. Zeng, C. K. Poh, S. X. Dou, and S. J. Kennedy, Re-entrant ferromagnet PrMn₂Ge_0.8Si_1.2: Magnetocaloric effect, J. Appl. Phys., 105(7), Art. No. 07A909 (2009).

K. C. Rule, G. J. McIntyre, S. J. Kennedy, and T. J. Hicks, Single-crystal and powder neutron diffraction experiments on FePS₃: Search for the magnetic structure, Phys. Rev. B, 76(13) (2007).

S. J. Kennedy, Construction of the neutron beam facility at Australia's OPAL research reactor, Physica B 285-386 (2006) 949-954.

Zhang, Heng; Campbell, S. J.; Hofmann, M.; Kennedy, S. J. "A neutron scattering study of rare-earth intermetallic compound La₃Co₂₉Si₄B₁₀. "Journal of Applied Physics 98(6), 063906/1-063906/3 (2005).

P. Manurung, J. M. Low, B. H. O'Connor and S. J. Kennedy. "Effect of b-spodumene on the phase development in an alumina/aluminium titanate system." Materials Research Bulletin, 40, 2047-55 (2005).

Zhang, Heng; Hofmann, M.; Kennedy, S. J.; Campbell, S. J. ; "Magnetic structure of Nd₃Co₂₉Si₄B₁₀" Journal of Applied Physics 97, 10M502-10M502-3 (2005).

Y. Fei, S. J. Kennedy, S. J. Campbell, M. Hofmann. "Neutron polarization analysis of nanostructured ZnFe₂O₄." Physica B 356, 264-268 (2005).

Committee memberships and affiliations

• Since 2002 Shane has received invitations to speak at 8 international conferences, 7 domestic conferences, 11 overseas research institutions and 4 Australian research institutions. Has also received invitations to membership of 8 International Program/Advisory Committees in this period.
• Elected to membership of the Neutron Scattering Commission of the International Union of Crystallography in (2002).
• Regular journal referee for The Physical Review B, occasionally asked to referee for Physical Review Letters, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter and Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• Regular referee for Australian Research Council (ARC) Grants.