27th university in R

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• Strong Technology Transfer Program
• 1997-98101 disclosures (84 patents, 17
  software), 48 patents filed, 29 patents issued, 5
  start-up companies, 600K in stock holdings,
  4.28 MM in royalties earned.
• Centennial Venture Partners 10 MM venture
  capital fund to invest in start-up companies
  affiliated with NC State.
• Venture Building Multi-tenant office building
  on Centennial Campus with incubator space for
  start-up companies.
• Science and Technology Strengths in ORNL Core
  Competency Areas
• Neutron Science/Energy Science Fission, fusion
  fuel cycles, radiation physics, plasma-materials
  interactions, neutronics, thermal hydraulics,
  nuclear materials, experimental nuclear physics,
  computational research in condensed matter and
  particle physics and solid state physics.
• Advanced Materials Diamond films for
  semiconductor electronics, piezo-electric
  materials, atomic layer epitaxy, silicon
  nitride/carbide films, nanomachining, Quantum
  well devices, organic synthesis, smart materials,
  nanoscale materials, super fibers for textiles,
  textile structural composites, geotechnical
  composites, and organometallic molecular beam
  epitaxy.
• Environmental Technologies Marine, earth, and
  atmospheric modeling and visualization GIS and
  remote sensing biodiversity forest ecosystems
  soil science industrial and agricultural
  ecology wetlands ecology and mitigation of
  non-point source pollution integrated pest
  management asset assessment biodegradation of
  toxins energy management and control of
  manufacturing effluents.
• Advanced Computing and Communications
  Technologies Computer chip design and
  processing, telecommunications applications,
  digital signal processing, multimedia
  technologies with artificial intelligence,
  optical signal processing, neural computation,
  computer-aided design, and advanced scientific
  computation.
• Biotechnology Recombinant DNA techniques plant
  and animal functional genomics quantitative
  genetics in vitro tissue culture bioprocessing
  and chemical engineering genetic breeding and
  plant gene expression molecular mapping
  automated gene transfer bioinformatics
  transgenic processes combinatorial chemistry
  toxicology, environmental medicine, and
  epidemiology (Vet Med) virology and immunology
  (Vet Med) and interactive programs in animal and
  human medicine (Vet Med).
• Outstanding Research Centers and Industry
  Partnerships

• 27th university in R D expenditures
• (gt335 MM in 1998)
• 138 graduate degree programs
• gt27,900 students
• gt5,400 graduate students
• gt1,400 full-time faculty

• Centennial Campus
• An Advanced Technology Community for University,
  Industry, Govt. Partners
• 1,000 acres adjacent to main campus
• Intensive partnership formation among industry,
  government, and university residents
• 20 corporate and government tenants thus far,
  plus College of Textiles, Engineering Graduate
  Research Center, gt50 NCSU research centers,
  institutes, and labs
• Clusters of buildings in RD neighborhoods with
  multidisciplinary research themes
• Privately developed executive conference center,
  hotel, and golf course to open in 2001
• 1.2 million sq. ft. of space in 11 major
  building modules
• 12 additional buildings to open by the end of
• 2000
• gt200 MM in public and private investment thus
  far gt2 billion by build-out

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Facilities and Research Groups Related to ORNL
Core Competencies Neutron Science/Energy
Science Applied Energy Research Laboratory
Electric Power Research Center Center for
Engineering Application of Radioisotopes Center
for Applied Plasma Engineering and Sciences
Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures,
Equipment, and Piping 1-megawatt PULSTAR
reactor and Triangle Universities Nuclear
Laboratory (TUNL). Advanced Materials Center
for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures,
Center for Advanced Manufacturing Processes and
Materials, Electronics Research Laboratory, Solid
State Electronics Laboratory, Analytic
Instrumentation Facility, Precision Engineering
Center, Silicon Wafer Engineering and Defect
Science Center, Engineering Research Center for
Advanced Electronic Materials Processing, NSF
Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center
Transportation Materials Research Center, NC
Center for Nanoscale Materials, 3-Dimensional
Composites Weaving and Braiding Labs, Mars
Mission Research Center, Biomedical Microsensors
Laboratory, partnerships with MCNC in
RTP. Environmental Technologies N.C. Solar
Center, NC Sea Grant College Center, Water
Resources Research Institute, Center for
Transportation and the Environment, Kenan Center
for the Utilization of CO2 in Manufacturing and
Technology, Facility for Ocean/Atmospheric
Modeling and Visualization (FOAM-V), Natural
Resources Research Center, Southern Oxidants
Study, Southern Center for Sustainable Forests,
NCSU Kenan Natural Hazards Mapping Program,
Center for Earth Observation (Computer Graphics
Center), CALS Water Quality Program, Animal and
Poultry Waste Management Center, and Center for
Environmental Farming Systems, and Southeastern
Plant Environmental Laboratory (Phytotron). Advan
ced Computing and Communications Technologies
Center for Advanced Computing and Communication,
Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines,
High-Performance Digital Signal Processing
Laboratory, Multimedia Laboratory, TINKER
Microprocessing Design Laboratory, Center for
Scientific Computation Research, and access to
North Carolina Supercomputing Center (NCSC) in
RTP. Biology/Biotechnology Interdisciplinary
Biotechnology Program involving 20 depts.,
Center for Quantitative Genetics, NASA
Specialized Research and Training in
Gravitational Biology (NSCORT), Matrix Attachment
Regions Consortium, Interdisciplinary Research
Training Group on Biology of Transgenic Plants,
Center for Behavioral Biology, Cellular and
Molecular Imaging Facility, Christmas Tree
Genetics Program, and Forest Biotechnology
Research Center, collaborations with North
Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) in RTP.

• Major Research Centers
• (15 of gt40)
• Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures,
  Equipment and Piping
• Kenan Center for CO2 in Manufacturing and
  Technology
• NSF Center for Advanced Electronic Materials
  Processing
• Electric Power Research Center
• Power Semiconductor Research Center
• NSF Center for Advanced Computing and
  Communication
• Multimedia Laboratory
• NSF Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center
• NSF Center for Aseptic Processing and Packaging
  Studies
• Animal and Poultry Waste Mgt. Center
• Center for Cutaneous Residue Pharmacology
• Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center
• Forestry Industry Research Programs
• Institute of Statistics
• Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and
  Science