FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 14, 2003
FY04-05
ORAU/ORNL Host Dignitaries from Imperial College and Georgia Tech
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently hosted representatives from Imperial College of London and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Administrators from both universities were in town to explore opportunities to collaborate on major science initiatives. Discussions focused on exploring partnership initiatives in the areas of materials science using the SNS, energy strategies for the future, climate change, and the application of protein science to systems biology.
Standing left to right, are Charles Liotta, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at Georgia Tech; Lee Riedinger, ORNL’s Deputy Director for Science and Technology; Jean Lou Chameau, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech; ORAU President Ron Townsend; Sir Richard Sykes, Rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough; and Thom Mason, Director of ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a university consortium leveraging the scientific strength of 88 major research institutions to advance science and education by partnering with national laboratories, government agencies, and private industry.
Imperial College is the first international member of the ORAU consortium.
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