Presentation of Scientific and Industrial Opportunities at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)

Presentation of Scientific and Industrial Opportunities at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)

Friday, may 7^th, 2021. 09:00 H - 13:15 H. Online UPM - ILL

The event will be held via Zoom*

The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) is a research centre that operates the most intense neutron source in the world (thanks to a 58.3 MW nuclear reactor designed for high neutron flux). At the cutting edge of neutron science, the ILL has invested during the last years in ambitious programmes such as “Endurance” or “Key Reactor Components”, which aim at addressing the main future challenges in neutron technology, maintaining the ILL’s world-leading position.

The source located at the Institut supplies neutrons to 40 state-of-the-art scientific instruments, supported by the expertise of experienced scientific and technical staff, capable of probing the microscopic structure and dynamics of materials at molecular, atomic and nuclear level.

Considering the importance and impact of the activities of the ILL and with the purpose of increasing and maintaining the interactions between the university and the large-scale facility, this webinar is focused on presenting the different opportunities and mechanisms to access and use the ILL, as well as the main projects to which it is possible to contribute.

The webinar is organised in collaboration with CDTI and the ILL, and it will be introduced by the UPM Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Doctoral Studies and the ILL Scientific Director.

To achieve the objectives of the webinar, firstly, a general overview of the Institut, its instruments and activities with academia and industry will be presented. Moreover, one of its main modernisation programmes, “Endurance” will be also featured. Secondly, the Spanish opportunities to strengthen relations with ILL will be highlighted in order to emphasise, afterwards, the main areas of research and procedures at ILL. Finally, UPM past experience with the ILL and the Institut’s own collaborations with industry will be considered.
It is important to stress that UPM has a strong expertise and capabilities in some of those areas such as in Instrumentation & Control and CODAC, Diagnostics, Detectors and Instruments or Electrical and Electromechanical technology.

UPM Big Science team hopes this webinar will fulfil the assistance expectations and will turn out to be a fruitful event to contribute to a stronger interaction between the ILL and the academia.

This event is supported by the FILL2030 initiative, a European Union project within the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement N°731096.

*Upon request, a private YouTube streaming can be offered