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Virginia Tech Team Wins NASA Design Contest
A group of aerospace engineering students from ORAU-member institution Virginia Tech recently took first prize at NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Student Competition. The six-member team spent two months creating the commercial airplane of the future and won out over 15 other teams from around the country. Read more about the NASA design competition at roanoke.com.
Nobel Laureates Talk Physics with Brightest Young Scientists at Conference in Lindau, Germany (July 2008)
Sixty outstanding graduate research students attended the 58th Annual Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, from June 29 through July 4. The event featured lectures and discussions on physics. Read the news release.
High School Students Get Insider’s View of Emerging Technologies during Visit to Oak Ridge (July 2008)
During the fifth and final week of their studies and field trips as participants in the inaugural class of Tennessee Tech University’s (TTU) Governor’s School for Emerging Technologies, 54 of the state’s top high school juniors and seniors recently visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Technology 2020 facility to learn about some of the world’s leading technologies. Read the news release.
ORAU Announces Call for Proposals for a New High Performance Computing Grant Program with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 2008)
Learn about ORAU's newest competitive grant program with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that provides ORAU member institutions with a monetary award and valuable access to ORNL's leadership class computing resources and staff. Read more about the call for proposals.
ORAU Hosts Workshop with Y-12 and Member Universities, Signs Agreement for Research Partnerships (May 2008)
Faculty representatives from 15 ORAU member universities and leaders from Y-12 recently met at a workshop organized and facilitated by ORAU titled, “Accelerating the Transformation of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Through Collaborative Research.” The purpose of the forum was to explore the possibilities for collaborative research with member universities using Y-12’s unique facilities, materials and resources. Continue reading about the Y-12 Workshop.
Research Doors Open for B&W Y-12, ORAU with MOU Signing (May 2008)
B&W Y-12, the contractor operating the Y-12 National Security Complex, and ORAU, a consortium of 99 doctoral-granting institutions, signed a memorandum of understanding today that will allow the two institutions to engage in a number of collaborative research partnerships. Read the news release.
ORAU Awards Research Grants to 30 Junior Faculty at Its Member Universities (May 2008)
In an effort to invest in the future of science education, ORAU has made its annual selection of Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award winners. Read the news release.
ORAU Grants $5,000 to Universities Participating in 18th Annual Environmental Design Contest (May 2008)
Six universities received a total of $5,000 as part of ORAU’s sponsorship of the 18th annual WERC (formerly known as Waste-management, Education and Research Consortium) Environmental Design Contest. Read more about the 18th Annual Environmental Design Contest.
Student Competition Targets the Global Energy Crisis (April 2008)
Thirteen university teams and one high-school team converged on Oak Ridge National Laboratory April 2-4 as semi-finalists vying for top honors in Global Venture Challenge 2008 (GVC), an idea-to-product competition that focused on technologies to solve the world's growing energy problems. ORAU was an Innovator Sponsor of GVC. Read more about the Global Venture Challenge.