First users at OPAL
The participants of the “ANSTO/AINSE Neutron School on Materials 20-25 July 2008” were the first external scientists using our neutron-beam instrumentation. 30 PhD students and postdocs, coming from Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and Taiwan, enjoyed their introduction to neutron scattering.
The first day was not only to obtain an overview of the instrumentation and techniques, but also to become acquainted with each other. Our clip session really was the ice-breaker: each participant gave a clip of 2 minutes (sharp) presenting their project and advertising their poster; and the follow-on poster session provided an opportunity to discuss research in more detail.
The following days were a mixture of lectures and instrument sessions including data analysis. On the last day, each instrument group presented and discussed their results, and we were all impressed with what was achieved, see also http://www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute/science/conferences_etc/july_2008_neutron_school_briefing.html.