{"541391":{"#nid":"541391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Partnership with ORNL Heats Up","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEarly-career Georgia Tech faculty members who visited \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\u0022\u003EOak Ridge National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E (ORNL) last month returned energized. They found opportunities to partner with scientists who complement their research interest and skills. And they saw first-hand the impressive facilities they could use to advance their own research programs at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe visit is part of the initiative of \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jk197@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E to accelerate the growth of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/ornl\u0022\u003EGT-ORNL research collaborations\u003C\/a\u003E. Kubanek is Georgia Tech\u2019s representative to the ORNL liaison committee that oversees the national lab\u2019s partnerships with a core group of universities, which includes Georgia Tech. Kubanek is also the associate dean for research in the College of Sciences and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Kubanek\/\u0022\u003Ethe School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EKubanek also hopes to draw attention to energy-related research opportunities for Georgia Tech graduate students. \u201cEnergy is a major focus of 21st-century science, and our reliance on antiquated modes of generating energy is harming the planet,\u201d she says. \u201cORNL is committed to energy-related research in many domains of science, including biology, materials, and physics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Biology and the School of Mechanical Engineering, was on the Georgia Tech road trip to ORNL on May 17-18, 2016. Previously unfamiliar with ORNL, Hu says, \u201cI was happy to see the formidable resources they have toward collaboration. They even have a student dorm.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHu\u2019s goal was to find collaborators, and yes, he found two. One studies plant roots, and the other runs a state-of-the-art fabrication facility. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThe plant root is a model system for network formation,\u201d Hu explains. \u0026nbsp;Hu and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/6003\/overview\u0022\u003EChlo\u00e9 Arson\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have a joint grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biogeotechnics.org\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics\u003C\/a\u003E to study how natural networks form.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn addition, Hu says he has an NSF-funded project to study the sensory abilities of moth antennae. ORNL\u2019s state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities will help in building an at-scale model of a moth antenna.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EOn the other hand, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the School of Physics, is no stranger to ORNL, having done research with the national lab\u2019s neutron sources. \u0026nbsp;He uses neutron scattering to study dynamic and static properties of matter in the nanoscale. He joined the trip to learn more about ORNL\u2019s diverse research portfolio beyond neutron scattering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cMy interest was to learn about their materials preparation and characterization facilities and get a better feeling on how supercomputing can be used to address fundamental physics questions,\u201d Mourigal says. \u201cI had a fun time learning about nanoscale materials, supercomputing, and advanced manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHu, Mourigal, and 14 other early-career Georgia Tech Faculty members on the road trip in May toured ORNL\u2019s major facilities: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/neutrons.ornl.gov\/sns\u0022\u003Ethe Spallation Neutron Source\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/facility\/cnms\u0022\u003Ethe Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.olcf.ornl.gov\/titan\/\u0022\u003Ethe Titan \u0026nbsp;supercomputer\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/web.ornl.gov\/sci\/manufacturing\/mdf\/\u0022\u003Ethe Manufacturing Demonstration Facility\u003C\/a\u003E. This last one, Mourigal says, \u201cwas pretty cool. ORNL is trying to push the boundaries of additive manufacturing, and that may have a transformative impact for various industries.\u201d Additive manufacturing is also known as 3D printing. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech is one of ORNL\u2019s eight \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ornl.gov\/content\/core-universities\u0022\u003Ecore university partners\u003C\/a\u003E. The others are Duke University, Florida State University, North Carolina State University, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University of Tennessee, and University of Virginia. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cWe look to our core universities to work with us on major research projects,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/computing.ornl.gov\/workshops\/JICSGRS2012\/bio\/i_anderson.pdf\u0022\u003EIan S. Anderson,\u003C\/a\u003E ORNL\u2019s director of graduate education and university partnerships. These collaborations are evident in ORNL publications, he adds, 70% of which have university coauthors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESome Georgia Tech research programs align well with those of ORNL, Anderson notes. Partnering enables ORNL to work with excellent faculty and students to achieve its research goals, he adds. \u201cWe would like to see more Georgia Tech graduate students carry out research at ORNL.\u201d \u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIt is clear to me now that many opportunities for partnership exist for Georgia Tech and ORNL,\u201d Mourigal says, \u201cparticularly to access scientific equipment or technical expertise that is not present, or is complementary to what exists, in Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EHu says he will follow up with his newfound ORNL partners throughout the summer. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EMourigal, meanwhile, is co-organizer of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.orau.org\/ornlchallenge\/\u0022\u003EORNL Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E, a summer program for undergraduate students. He will spend two weeks of the 2016 summer semester in ORNL, he says, \u201csupervising students, engaging with ORNL scientists, and looking forward to developing more collaborations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Faculty Upbeat After Road Trip to Oak Ridge National Lab"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty Upbeat After Road Trip to Oak Ridge National Lab\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty Upbeat After Road Trip to Oak Ridge National Lab"}],"uid":"32503","created_gmt":"2016-06-01 13:14:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:49","author":"Scotty Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"541401":{"id":"541401","type":"image","title":"Aerial view of ORNL\u2019s Spallation Neutron Source facility. 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