{"670612":{"#nid":"670612","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LG Chem and Georgia Tech Establish Collaboration to Advance Battery Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELG Chem, a leading global chemical company with a diversified business portfolio in the key areas of petrochemicals, advanced materials, and life sciences, today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Georgia Institute of Technology to promote basic and translational research, innovative business models, and related educational endeavors.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe agreement is expected to serve as an opportunity to connect LG Chem research and development, manufacturing, commercial, and operations teams with faculty thought leaders and students across the Institute. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe combination of our industrial expertise and the university\u2019s academic knowledge will enable us to extend our collaboration from next-generation battery materials to field,\u201d said Jongku Lee, senior vice president and CTO at LG Chem.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cBy partnering with LG Chem, we aim to foster next-level innovation in battery research, offering our students and faculty access to resources from a renowned industry leader,\u201d said Chaouki Abdallah, executive vice president for Research at Georgia Tech. \u201cI\u2019m excited about the invaluable expertise LG Chem will bring to our campus community.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELG Chem is committed to giving $2 million over five years to support student fellowships and the research collaboration\u003Cspan\u003E. Georgia Tech intends to continue to build on its strengths, expertise, and capabilities in battery technology and related technical fields to further develop a pipeline of undergraduate and graduate students with related skills and training.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe signing of the LG Chem-GT MOU represents a significant opportunity for our students and researchers as we develop key advances in battery and clean energy technologies while preparing the next talent pipeline to support them,\u201d said George White, senior director for Strategic Partnerships at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELG Chem, a leading global chemical company with a diversified business portfolio in the key areas of petrochemicals, advanced materials, and life sciences, today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Georgia Institute of Technology to promote basic and translational research, innovative business models, and related educational endeavors.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Combining industry expertise and Georgia Tech\u0027s academic knowledge to advance battery research."}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2023-10-23 19:21:11","changed_gmt":"2023-10-24 18:03:05","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672162":{"id":"672162","type":"image","title":"LG_ChemSigning.jpg","body":null,"created":"1698170450","gmt_created":"2023-10-24 18:00:50","changed":"1698170450","gmt_changed":"2023-10-24 18:00:50","alt":"Research collaboration team from GT Research and LG Chem","file":{"fid":"255352","name":"LG_ChemSigning.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/24\/LG_ChemSigning_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/24\/LG_ChemSigning_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2836716,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/24\/LG_ChemSigning_0.jpg?itok=m_fsygA0"}},"672163":{"id":"672163","type":"image","title":"Chaouki_LGChem.jpg","body":null,"created":"1698170450","gmt_created":"2023-10-24 18:00:50","changed":"1698170450","gmt_changed":"2023-10-24 18:00:50","alt":"MOU signing with EVPR Chaouki Abdallah and LG Chem","file":{"fid":"255353","name":"Chaouki_LGChem.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/24\/Chaouki_LGChem_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/24\/Chaouki_LGChem_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2595786,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/24\/Chaouki_LGChem_0.jpg?itok=BrKbTQXw"}}},"media_ids":["672162","672163"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}