Even as a child, Catherine Schuman liked the challenges fundamental to computer science.

Polymers, the focus of Yangyang Wang’s research, are all around us.

PECASE winner Kate Page knows the world of neutron research from the inside out, having worked both as a scientist supporting users at neutron facilities at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories and as an accomplished experimentalist in her own right.

For having just won a PECASE award, Dave Cullen is a pretty humble guy.

Of the techniques available for studying the structure and dynamics of matter at the smallest scales, neutron scattering is distinguished by the fact that it interacts with an atom's nucleus.

A  fundamental understanding of materials is key to solving a broad array of scientific and technological problems. Neutron scattering is a vital tool in building this understanding, and ORNL facilities are critical to keeping the United States at the vanguard of materials research.

Neutrons have contributed a great deal to our understanding of the universe and natural phenomena, although we've known about them for less than nine decades.