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Overview of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its university partnerships
Lee RiedingerAssociate Laboratory DirectorUniversity Partnerships
December 6, 2004
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Nation’s largest science facility:the $1.4B Spallation Neutron Source
Nation’s largest concentrationof open source materials research
Nation’s largest energy laboratory $300 million modernization
ORNL is DOE’s largest multipurpose science laboratory $1 billion budget 3800 employees 3000 research guests
annually Nation’s largest unclassified
scientific computing facility 18 user facilities
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We operate user facilities that serve an international research community
Metals Processing LaboratoryUser Center
National Environmental
ResearchPark
High Temperature
Materials Laboratory
Buildings Technology
Center
High FluxIsotope Reactor
Providing access to unique and expensive tools and facilitiesfor cutting-edge research
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We are building world-class tools for studying nanoscale science
Spallation Neutron Source: A pulsed source of neutrons for
probing nanomaterials
Driven by a 1.4 MW proton beam
Ready in 2006
High Flux Isotope Reactor: The best research reactor in the
U.S. World-class
instrumentsfor doing neutronscattering
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Ultrahigh-resolution microscopy Advanced Microscopy Laboratory
ready for aberration-corrected electron microscope
New world recordresolution: 0.6 Å
Aiming for 0.3 Å
Constructionon schedulefor 2006
User programlaunched with42 projects
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The Spallation Neutron Sourceis the nation’s largest new science project
$1.4 billion 6-laboratory collaboration Opens in 2006 16 instruments approved for target hall
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The Spallation Neutron SourceTotal cost: $1.4 billion
Operational in 2006
World’s most powerful pulsed spallation source
With complementary resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge will lead the world in neutron scattering
Proton Proton acceleratoraccelerator
Target hallTarget hall
Office Office buildingbuilding Nanoscience Nanoscience
centercenter
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We are at the forefront in computing and simulation Leading the partnership to develop
the National Leadership Computing Facility Leadership-class scientific computing capability 100 teraflops by 2006; 250 teraflops by 2007
Attacking key computational challenges Climate change Nuclear astrophysics Fusion Materials sciences Biology
Providing access to our computational resources through high-speed networking
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Challenge: Integrate biology and ecologybased on the foundation of understanding molecular-level interactions
We are building momentum in systems biology
Identify the composition and function of “molecular machines”
Use biological processes to Produce clean energy Sequester carbon Help clean up the environment
Understand how living organisms react to their environments
Determine the genetic basis for complex traits
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The big next step is understanding how proteins work
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We are applying our S&T resources to national and homeland security
Detecting, preventing, and reversing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Deploying integrated systems for incident awareness, detection, and response
Providing technology for detecting explosives at the part-per-trillion level
Delivering enhanced protection and new capabilities to first responders and warfighters
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We are making significant contributions in energy security
Fusion We will build an experimental
fusion confinement device - the Quasi-Poloidal Stellarator
We are involved in the big international project to build the next generation fusion reactor
Electrical Grid renewal Southwire superconducting cable with ORNL
terminations in operation for >28,000 hours
Second-generation HTS wires in pilot-scale productionby industry
Nuclear Energy We are working on the next
generation nuclear power reactor We are developing high-speed
centrifuges for enrichment of uranium for the power industry
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
We use our resources to support science education
University partnerships
Student and facultyresearch programs
Scholarships
Support forscience education in the community
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL’s programs depend on close university partnerships
Our long relationship with the University of Tennessee has been expanded to include other key universities
Oak Ridge Associated
Universities
New relationshipswith minority
educational institutions
Seven “core university” partners: Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech,
North Carolina State, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
The UT-Battelle partnership explicitly includes other academic institutions
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Science and technology committeeUT-Battelle Board
Programs driven by principal investigators
Strategically directed partnerships (e.g., in nanoscience, high-end computing, homeland security)
Joint hiring
Heavy ion research Neutron sciences Biological sciences Computational sciences
Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies
Collaborative research
Distinguished scientists with UT Joint faculty with partner universities
Joint institutes
21st century policy center Focused on complex
interdisciplinary problems
Our university collaborations take many forms
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The UT-ORNL joint institutes are points of intersection for university faculty
$9M State-funded building, now in use
Programs for studentsand postdocs
Access to ORNL terascale computing capabilities
$8M State-funded building to be constructed in 2005
Supports programs in genomescience and systems biology
Joint Institute for Computational Sciences
$8M State-funded building planned
Office and conference facility
Workshops, visiting fellows, postdocs, students
Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences
Joint Institute for Biological Sciences
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
New ORNL east campus
Research SupportCenter (DOE)
Research Office Building(Private sector)
Computational Sciences Building(Private sector)
Engineering TechnologyFacility(Private sector)
JICS/ORCAS (State of Tennessee)
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies - a new university collaboration
Announce ORCAS and scientific advisory boardnext spring
Partners - ORNL, ORAU, UT, core universities, Battelle
Policy studies - explore major issues of science and technology as contributors to our society
First topical symposium probably next summer
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL is committed to increased interactions with HBCUs and MEIs
Faculty visits:
Bring faculty to ORNL for summer research
Funded by ORNL and ORAU
Large initiatives:
Build special initiatives with selected HBCUs
Work towards a sabbatical program
Students:
Include in DOE RAMS program
Tie this in partto faculty program
Joint hires:
Look for opportunities for joint faculty
NC A&T success
General:
Visits to HBCUsby lab staff
Day of Science
Our program has various emphases
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Event
We had a successful third Day of Science on November 15, 2004
195 students and 77 faculty from 35 universities including 28 HBCUs at ORNL for a day
Talks about the lab and interactions with exhibitors from research areas
Session with the faculty about how to interact with ORNL
Purpose
Increase the number of minority students participatingin our DOE SULI program (Science UndergraduateLaboratory Internship)
Get faculty more aware of the programs and possibilities at ORNL
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Our demographics and projected growth impose a formidable challenge
We will find, attract, develop, and retain the very best by Changing our recruiting strategy
to focus on partnerships withleading universities and research institutions
Reviewing the quality anddiversity of our hires
Redesigning our human resources strategy and organization
Developing highly valued and well-prepared leaders
Our most pressing challenge:Attracting the best talent from a diversity of backgrounds
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