Overview of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its university partnerships Lee Riedinger Associate Laboratory Director University Partnerships December

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The big next step is understanding how proteins work

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Overview of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and its university partnerships Lee Riedinger Associate Laboratory Director University Partnerships December