The Advanced Studies Laboratories

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Advanced Studies Laboratories A Partnership
co-operated by NASA Ames and University of
California, Santa Cruz R.A. Grymes,
Ph.D. Director, ASL
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ASL Strategic Plan
Vision Our Vision is to create a
first-of-its-kind strategic alliance between two
exemplary research and engineering organizations
NASAs Ames Research Center and the Santa Cruz
campus of the University of California.
Mission Our Mission is to implement
shared-resource cooperative facilities in support
of our Vision, with vigorous integrated
education, research and technology development
activities.
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UCSC Silicon Valley Initiatives
Strategic Partnerships
Silicon Valley Academic Programs
Partners
NASA Research Park (NRP)
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ASL Timeline
Five Year Strategy
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ASL Affiliates

• Center for NanostructuresYang/SCU
• Thermal Characterization Lab Shakouri/UCSC
• Advanced Space Science and Technology Project
  Chen/UCSC, UCLA, NASA
• BioInfoNano-Research Development Institute
  Isaacson/UCSC NASA
• Nanostructured Energy Conversion Technology and
  Research Lab Kobayashi/UCSC
• Advanced Prototypes Lab Timucin/NASA UARC
• Center for Advanced Aerospace Materials and
  Devices Partridge/NASA UARC
• Small Spacecraft Summer Study Project 2008
  Asphaug Delory/UCSC, UCB, UARC ARP, NASA

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Research Suite

• Nobuhiko Nobby P. Kobayashi
• Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
• nobby_at_soe.ucsc.edu

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Best Laid Plans
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A Repeatable Mechanism
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ASL How does it work?

• ASL is a partnered strategic alliance.
• ASL is a consortium of Affiliates.
• UCSC-associated Affiliates
• NASA-associated Affiliates
• Third-party Affiliates Academic, Non-profit or
  Commercial
• Non-resident Affiliates (international)

ASL finds and engages practical solutions that
enable two science and engineering powerhouses,
NASA Ames and UCSC, to co-operate a research
facility and welcome students, third-party
partners, and the international community.
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Operations Council
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Benefits to the N239 Community
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N239 1st Floor Space Plan
ASL Central and Affiliates Labs/Offices
ASL Commons
6000 SF
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N239 Basement Space Plan
ASL Common NanoCharacterization Facility
4600 SF
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N239 2nd Floor Space Plan
ASL Affiliate Center for Nanostructures
CNS
900 SF
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New Opportunities

• NASA/UCSC Sustainable Water Technology
  Collaboration Project
• Gormly, Flynn, Kliss (Code SCB)
• Blunk, Haddad, Leap, Allen
• Solar Energy and Renewable Fuels Laboratory
• Carter and Alers, UCSC School of Biological and
  Physical Sciences
• 4Winds Tech
• International Space University _at_ Ames 2009
• Collaboration with ASLs US/Danish Summer School
  on Energy--Renewable Concepts, Technology, and
  Policy

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UCSC Silicon Valley Initiatives
Strategic Partnerships
Silicon Valley Academic Programs
Partners
NASA Research Park (NRP)
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UC in Silicon Valley Guiding Vision UCSC proposes
to lead the planning for the creation of a new,
unique community of educational institutions and
industrial partners in collaboration with NASA
Ames in the heart of Silicon Valley.
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Ames - UCSC University Affiliated Research Center

• Academic connection to Ames for researchers and
  staff
• Year five of ten year 330M contract
• Conducts research at NASA Ames, NRP and UC
  Campuses
• Currently 135 staff working on 35 research
  tasks
• The Systems Teaching Institute (STI)
• Develops graduate students as future researchers

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Silicon Valley InitiativesAcademic Programs

• Academics in the NASA Research Park
• Historic District
• Degree Programs in Engineering and Computer
  Science
• Partnership with community colleges and SJSU for
  feeder and inter- segmental programs
• Home for future School of Management

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Poster for signing of the Letter of Intent.
March 24, 2008.
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Learn more at http//asl.ucsc.edu