About DENIM
The International Society of Neutron Instrument Engineers (ISNIE) was established in September of 2017. The idea for the ISNIE emerged because of the very successful conferences, held annually, called the Design and Engineering of Neutron Instrument Meeting (DENIM), first held in 2012. During DENIM each year, the community reaps the benefits of building relationships and sharing expertise amongst the relatively small group of professionals who represent about twenty neutron facilities worldwide. So rather than limit this interaction to once a year, the International DENIM committee (IDC) concluded that all the benefits of DENIM and more can be achieved year-round through an International Society and hence the ISNIE has been born.
DENIM-XII
From as far back as 2014, the JCNS institutes, in cooperation with ZEA-1 and the MLZ Garching, have hosted the DENIM conferences in Garching near Munich. This year, we are especially looking forward to welcoming you to DENIM-XII in September 2023 at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
DENIM History: list of past DENIMS
First held in 2012, the Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments Meeting (DENIM) has been hosted by seven different neutron scattering facilities worldwide. At DENIM each year, the neutron scattering community reaps the benefits of building relationship and sharing expertise amongst themselves and their sponsorship partners. Several pictures from past DENIM events can be found below. Also please note that upon activation of the ISNIE website, power point presentations of every talk given at past DENIMs will be made available to the community.
2022, ISIS (STFC) - https://www.denim-xi.org/page/homepage
2021, Virtual (ISNIE) - https://instrumentengineers.org/
2020, Virtual (JCNS) - https://instrumentengineers.org/virtual-denim-2020-coming-soon/
2019, NIST - Washington DC: https://denim2019.umd.edu/
2018, PSI - Switzerland: https://indico.psi.ch/event/5711/?ovw=True
2017, ANSTO - Australia: https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/50/
2016, ESS - Sweden: https://indico.esss.lu.se/event/540/contributions/4149/
2015, BNC - Hungary: https://www.bnc.hu/denim2015/?q=Scope
2014, JCNS – Germany: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jcns/DENIM2014
2013, ORNL – Tennessee: https://neutrons2.ornl.gov/conf/denim/
2012, ISIS – UK: https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/DENIM-2012-meeting-advert.aspx
ISNIE: What is ISNIE?
History of the ISNIE
The International Society of Neutron Instrument Engineers (ISNIE) was established in September of 2017. The idea for the ISNIE emerged because of the very successful conferences, held annually, called the Design and Engineering of Neutron Instrument Meeting (DENIM), first held in 2011. During DENIM each year, the community reaps the benefits of building relationships and sharing expertise amongst the relatively small group of professionals who represent about twenty neutron facilities worldwide. So rather than limit this interaction to once a year, the International DENIM committee (IDC) concluded that all the benefits of DENIM and more can be achieved year-round through an International Society and hence the ISNIE has been born.
Who can join the ISNIE?
Membership in the ISNIE is available to any individual interested in the free and open discussion of neutron instrument engineering! All you must do is sign a pledge to accept the values of the society.
Please note that employees and owners of for-profit organizations are only eligible for Corporate Membership. Corporate Members are ineligible to be members of the Board of Directors and are restricted from some society resources.
The advantages of joining
The ISNIE will enable you to exchange ideas and share knowledge and lessons learned with your peers! It will also give you access to the ISNIE website which includes:
- Forums with dedicated topics- share your knowledge & learn from others!
- Jobs postings
- Neutron instruments with fast access to neutron instrument engineers
- Useful tips and other information for “new” neutron instrument engineers
- A list of upcoming relevant workshops and congresses
- Past DENIM presentations & future DENIM event information
- Information about the Companies that Support our Community
How to join
ISNIE Summer School
An Introduction to Neutron Chopper Systems (Choppers 101)
Welcome to this years ISNIE Engineering summer school!
ISNIE engineering summer schools are one day programmes of lectures and workshops aimed at providing the basics of engineering and operation one of neutron instruments core technologiesd.Introductory courses are targeted at the younger and or less experienced members of the community with the intention of being as informative as it is interactive.
Each course is prepared and delivered by a team of experts in the field selected from multiple facilities. Over the course of the day subsequent modules present a coherent overview from requirements, through engineering, to installation and operation using “best practices” to illustrate both theory and practice.