John M. Carpenter

John M. Carpenter served as Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Michigan from 1964 until 1975. He moved to Argonne National Laboratory in 1975 to assume responsibility for development of pulsed spallation neutron sources. There, he and his colleagues built and operated the first-ever pulsed spallation neutron sources equipped for neutron scattering, ZING-P and ZING-P', which led to the currently operating IPNS in 1981.

Education

• Pennsylvania State University, BS in Engineering Science, 1957
• University of Michigan, MS in Nuclear Engineering, 1958, PhD in Nuclear Engineering, 1963, Thesis advisor, D. H. Vincent

Professional Experience

• Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Director, Intense Pulsed Neutron Source, 1978 – present; Solid State Science Division, Senior Physicist and Manager, Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Project, 1974-78.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source project, Senior Technical Advisor, Experimental Facilities Division, 1998-present.
• Japanese Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK) Visiting Scientist, January-April 1993, January-April 1982.
• Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Physics Division, Visiting Scientist, July 1973.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Assistant Professor 1964-73, Professor 1973-76.
• Argonne National Laboratory, Solid State Science Division, Visiting Scientist, 1971-72, 1973.
• Phillips Petroleum Company, Nuclear Technology Branch, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Visiting Scientist, Fall 1965.
• University of Michigan Institute for Science and Technology, Post-doctoral Fellow, 1963-64.

Scientific Activities

• Reviewer for Nucl. Instr. & Meth ., Rev. Sci. Inst., Nature, Science, Nucl. Sci. & Eng .; DOE, NSF
• Member, Experimental Facilities Advisory Committee (Chair), and member, Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Chinese Spallation Neutron Source, 2007-present
• Convenor, CCLRC Panel on Future Access to Neutron Sources: A Strategy for the UK, (with D. L. Price, R. A. Robinson, and J. M. Rowe) 2005.
• Member, ORNL/SNS Novel Instrumentation Think Tank (NITT) 2004-present
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Japan Spallation Neutron Source, 2002-present
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, European Spallation Source, 2002-2003
• Visiting Scientist, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, periodically, 1997-present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for the Oak Ridge Spallation Neutron Source, 1997-2002
• Member, International Scientific Council of AUSTRON ( Austria ), 1993-1998
• Member, External Review Committee for the Los Alamos Accelerator Production of Tritium project, 1993­-98
• Member, Visiting Committee for the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989-95 (Presidential Appointee)
• Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Iowa State University, 1987-89
• Member, National Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source, 1986-96, (member Executive Committee)
• Member, Industrial and Professional Advisory Council, College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1984-86
• Visiting Scientist, Japanese Laboratory for High Energy Physics, January-April, 1982, January-April, 1994
• Member, U. S. Delegation to USSR on Fundamental Properties of Matter, Item 21 of the 1973 Nixon-Brezhnev Agreement on US-USSR Cooperation in Research, Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy, October 24-November 4, 1977
• Member, Committee on Intense Neutron Sources, Argonne National Laboratory, 1968, 1969

Research Interests

Neutron inelastic scattering, neutron diffraction, amorphous solids, molecular spectroscopy; neutron thermalization, pulsed moderators; pulsed spallation neutron sources; neutron scattering instrumentation.

Professional Societies

• American Nuclear Society (Chairman, Southeast Michigan Section, 1974-75)
• American Physical Society
• American Association for Advancement of Science
• Sigma Xi
• American Crystallographic Association
• Neutron Scattering Society of America

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Neutron Scattering Society of America, 2006
• Neutron Scattering Society of America Clifford G. Shull Prize, 2006
• Argonne Distinguished Fellow, 2006
• North Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Distinguished Technical Lecturer, 2006
• American Nuclear Society Materials Science and Technology Division Outstanding
• Achievement Award, 2004
• American Nuclear Society Fellow, 2002
• University of Michigan College of Engineering Alumni Society Merit Award, 2001
• Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia), Ilya M. Frank Prize, 1998
• American Physical Society Fellow, Division of Condensed Matter Physics, 1990
• University of Chicago Award for Distinguished Performance, Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Program, Argonne National Laboratory, June 1982
• University of Michigan Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Louis J. Hamilton Distinguished Alumnus, 1977
• University of Michigan Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Distinguished Service Award, 1967
• University of Michigan Institute for Science & Technology, Post-doctoral Fellow, 1963-64
• University of Michigan Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Outstanding Student, 1963
• Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Fellow, 1957-60

Most Significant Publications

• J. M. Carpenter, “High Intensity Pulsed Thermal Neutron Source,” US Patent No. 3,778,627 (December 11, 1973).
• J. M. Carpenter, “Pulsed Spallation Neutron Sources for Slow Neutron Scattering,” Nucl. Inst. & Meth. 145, 91 (1977).
• “Living With Nuclei: 50 Years in the Nuclear Age: Memoirs of a Japanese Physicist,” Motoharu Kimura with J. M. Carpenter, Sasaki Printing and Publishing Co., Sendai, Japan, (1993).
• J. M. Carpenter, “Thermally Activated Release of Stored Chemical Energy in Cryogenic Media” Nature Magazine 330, 358-360 (1987).
• J. M. Carpenter, M. Agamalian, K. C. Littrell, P. Thiyagarajan, and Ch. Rehn, “Time-of-Flight Implementation of an Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument,” Journal of Applied Crystallography 36, (2003), 763-768.
• J. M. Carpenter and T. E. Mason, “A long-wavelength target station for the spallation neutron source,” Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Physics Research A 545 (2005) 1-19.