ORNL Collaboration

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ORNL Collaboration

• Role of ORNL in Virginia Techs Future
• John S. Wilson
• February 11, 2000

Agenda 1. About ORNL 2. The Team 3. VT and
ORNL 4. Proposal Features 5. Research at ORNL
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Founded in 1942 during the Manhattan Project
• Largest of the U.S. Department of Energy's five
  multiprogram energy laboratories.
• Current annual budget of more than 500
  million--staff of about 4500 employees
• Special competencies in six research areas
• Neutron science and technology
• Advanced materials synthesis and characterization
  
• Energy production and end use
• Biological and environmental sciences
• Computational science and advanced computing
• Instrumentation, control and measurement science.

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ORNL Funding Profile
Fiscal Year 1999 Funding
Work for others 11
Other DOE 7
Defense Programs 3
Office Science 49
Environmental Mgmt 11
Fossil Energy 2
Nuclear Energy 3
Energy Efficiency 14
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The Winning Team

• University Partners
• Subcontractors
• BWX
• Lockheed-Martin Energy Systems (Y-12)
• UT-Battelle, LLC has liability shield for the
  team
• 5 year contract begins 4/1/2000

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Battelle Memorial Institute

• 7,500 person RD organization founded 1929 in
  Columbus OH as non-profit charitable trust with
  annual revenue of 1 billion
• Manages or co-manages
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (since
  1965)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (since 1998)
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (since 1998)
• Corporate laboratories in Columbus and other US
  and European locations
• Conducts gt5,000 projects for 1,300 industrial and
  government clients
• Winner of 73 RD 100 Awards 41 Federal Lab
  Consortium awards

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ORNL Organizational Structure
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ORNL Collaboration

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  present in small amounts increases the rate of a
  chemical reaction or process but which is
  chemically unchanged by the reaction a catalytic
  agent. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed.

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ORNL will NOT provide

• Open spigot for funding
• Dont ask where do I send my proposal?

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ORNL Opportunities

• Advice on research direction--committees Board
  of Governors
• Joint faculty positions
• Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies
• Streamlined business model for funding

• Short faculty visits program
• Joint Institutes--Materials Synthesis, Biological
  Sciences, Computational Sciences
• Tech transfer enhancements

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ORNL--Realistic Strategy

• Use ORNL as catalyst for building collaborative
  programs internally, across core universities and
  with ORNL staff
• Use ORNL facilities expertise to enhance
  capabilities attract new people
• Bring programs to ORNL let them help build upon
  and expand what we have
• Use entrée to Battelle other universities to
  develop and sell research
• Use ORNL to strengthen academic programs

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ORNL--Tactics

• Broad information dissemination on campus
• http//www.rgs.vt.edu/oakridge
• Core University workshops (biological sciences
  nanomaterials being planned)
• Identify, propose, and win research contracts
  in areas aligned with ORNL
• Establish a base to initiate collaboration
• Participate in program reviews at ORNL
• Identify faculty joint appointment billets

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Joint Faculty Positions

• Physical limitations arising from distance to
  ORNL from VT--model must work for both ORNL and
  VT
• Aligning university/college objectives with ORNL
  programs
• Slots for new positions--new or existing?
• Tenure status?
• Who pays the university share?
• Who/how are positions allocated within the
  university?
• Timing for positions may be critical

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Research Thrusts at ORNL/ VT Cross-cutting
Initiatives
VT
ORNL

• Neutron science and technology
• Advanced materials synthesis and characterization
  
• Energy production and end use
• Biological and environmental sciences
• Computational science and advanced computing
• Instrumentation, control and measurement science.

• Materials
• Environmental sciences and energy systems
• Transportation
• Biosciences and biotechnology
• Computing, information and communications
  technology

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UT-Battelle will greatly expand partnerships with
academic institutions
Strategy
Structure

• Establish partnerships through ORAU with major
  research universities
• Engage core universities to actively recruit
  others into ORNL partnerships
• Initiate joint research programs with HBCUs and
  MIs
• Support short visits by university faculty to
  ORNL for program development
• Target technology transfer to partner
  universities based on their expertise

• Create the Joint Institute for Materials
  Synthesis
• Establish the Oak Ridge Center for Advanced
  Studies
• Expand the Joint Institute for Computational
  Science
• Include more universities in other current joint
  institutes

Systems
Staff

• Extend streamlined UT-ORNL business relations
  model to other universities to facilitate
  research interactions and use of academic funds
  at ORNL
• Implement a high speed network to the six core
  universities, expand to others
• Establish the Facility User Council to oversee
  ORNL user facilities

• Hire 40 or more joint faculty with university
  partners in major science areas reserve 5 for
  HBCUs / MIs
• Establish a summer faculty research program to
  bring 30 faculty to ORNL for 2 months reserve 10
  for HBCUs and MIs
• Establish an ORNL university liaison position
  reporting to the Deputy Director for ST
• Set up an ORNL liaison at each core university

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We will establish the Oak Ridge Center for
Advanced Studies in collaboration with ORAU
Support to ORNL

• Courses to extend professional competencies of
  ORNL staff
• On-site graduate courses by UT and core
  university faculty
• Think-tank to bring together ORNL and outside
  experts for intensive 1-2 month periods of study
  in special ST topics

Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies
Features of the Center

• Building constructed with 4M from state of
  Tennessee
• Linked by high-speed network to core universities
• Offices for visiting faculty
• ORAU-staffed on-site administration of graduate
  students working at ORNL
• Operation supported in part by UT and the core
  universities

A center of intellectual inquiry cutting across
ST areas at ORNL and a place of interaction for
university faculty and students
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We will establish a Joint Institute for Materials
Synthesis to fill a gap in U.S. materials ST
Building Upon ORNLs Capabilities
Joint Institute for Materials Synthesis--a new
ORNL/university collaboration

• Crystal growth
• High-performance computing
• Condensed matter theory
• Analytical techniques

• A virtual center linking materials synthesis
  efforts of 8 institutions with ORNL at the hub
• Commitments from each partner to build upon
  existing expertise to form a unique set of
  complementary materials synthesis labs among the
  partners
• Shared high-performance codes for modeling
  materials
• Strengthened U.S. capability in producing special
  materials (e.g. large single crystals) to exploit
  excellent analytical tools
• Education of the next-generation materials
  synthesis scientists

We propose
Breaking News--May be re-oriented to Nanomaterials
Joint Institute for Materials Synthesis

• ORNL
• New Labs for
• Deuteration
• Soft material synthesis

• Surfactant-containing complex fluids
• Templated mesoporous solids
• Protein-protein complexes
• Transition metal oxides
• Tailored polymers

Examples of new materials
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We will establish a new research area focused on
the ecological and health consequences of
pollutants
Building Upon ORNLs Capabilities
A new Joint Institute for Biological Sciences

• Construct 8M building for JIBS with State of
  Tennessee funds
• Incorporate in JIBS the capability to explore
  effects of pollutants from molecules to
  ecosystems
• Build experimental field facilities that allow
  research on transport and effects of multiple
  pollutants occurring at real world
  concentrations
• Invest in computational biology to enhance
  capability to model complex systems
• Establish a joint program with PNNLORNL-
  ecological health effects PNNL-human health
  effects
• Form partnerships with Duke and other
  universities to broaden capabilities and
  expertise
• Hire staff with cell signaling expertise
• Invest LDRD in microbiology
• Gain access to teraflop computing resources

• Mouse and other genetic models
• Molecular biology
• Ecological and environmental research
• Mathematical modeling of complex systems
• Risk assessment
• Measurement technologies
• Large-scale experimental facilities

We propose
Understanding the ecological and health
consequences will reduce the cost of energy
technology deployment as well as environmental
remediation
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We will establish a new research area in
high-speed networking
Building Upon ORNLs Capabilities
High-Speed Networking Capability

• Initiate a research program in multiple-wavelength
  transmission over fiber optic cable
• Install a terabit/sec network based on
  multiple-wavelength transmission
• Between X-10, Y-12, and K-25 (ORNLs
  multiple-teraflop computer will be located at
  K-25)
• Between X-10, UT, and Tech 2020 to support joint
  research programs and economic development
• Between ORNL and the core universities at
  gigabit/sec rates to support joint research
  programs
• Make strategic hires at ORNL in networking
  research
• Build partnerships with strong networking
  research groups at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech
• Collaborate with SAIC and Telcordia research
  efforts (currently installing the Monet
  multiple-wavelength network in Washington DC)

• Networking research
• Anticipated teraflop computer
• Network support personnel
• ORNL-UT network

We propose
Multiple national research backbones
Virginia Tech
NC State
Duke
UT-Battelle and ORNL
Georgia Tech
Development of multiple-wavelength transmission
produces faster and expanded access to scientific
results from ORNLs user facilities
Existing 45 to 155 mbps Proposed 1 gigabit per
second
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Six new energy opportunities will position ORNL
as a focal point for the DOE energy mission
Outcome
New Opportunities
ORNLs Current Energy Portfolio

• Reduce energy consumption and emissions from
  transportation systems

1. Ultra-low emission vehicles

• High-temperature ceramics
• Composite materials
• Computational sciences
• Building envelope systems
• Power conversion electronics
• Bioprocessing
• Nuclear safety
• Alternative feedstock processing
• Diesel emissions characterization
• Sensors, controls, and robot technology
• High-temperature superconductivity

Increase highway safety to high-efficiency truck
transportation
2. Heavy Vehicle Safety
Increase the efficiency and reliability of
next-generation power distribution
3. Distributed Power Generation
Reduce the impact of building energy consumption
and emissions
4. Integrated High-Efficiency Buildings
Reduce carbon emissions from energy conversion
and consumption
5. Affordable Alternative Fuels
Nurture nuclear power as a viable option to
reduce carbon emissions
6. Revitalization of Nuclear Power
ORNL will be recognized as a leader in carbon
management
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How does ORNL work?
Research Divisions (Disciplines)
Academic Departments
Program Sponsor
Interdisciplinary Center
Program Sponsor
Program Sponsor
University Model
ORNL Program
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Materials Research at ORNL
Metals Ceramics
Chemistry Anal. Sci.
Chemical Technology
Computational Science Math
Engineering Technology
Solid State
Basic Energy Science
Materials Characterization .. Theory and Modeling
.. Intermetallic Alloy Science .. Ceramic
Science .. Welding and Joining Science ..
Ferroelectric Materials .. Radiation Materials
Energy Efficiency
Advanced Industrial Materials .. Ceramic
Technology .. Lightweight Materials .. Advanced
Turbine System Materials .. Continuous Fiber
Ceramic Composites
Fossil Energy
Ceramic Composites .. New Alloys ( austenitic,
Iron aluminides, high-temperature, coatings Solid
state electrolytes .. Hot gas filters .. Carbon
materials .. Corrosion
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ORNL User Facilities

• Atomic Physics EN Tandem Accelerator
• Bioprocessing Research and Development
  Facility
• Buildings Technology Center
• Californium User Facility for Neutron Science
  
• Computational Center for Industrial
  Innovation (CCII)
• Neutron Scattering Facilities at High Flux
  Isotope Reactor
• High-Temperature Materials Laboratory
• Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
• Metals Processing Laboratory User Center
• Metrology RD Laboratory
• Mouse Genetics Research Facility
• Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing
  Technology
• Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator
• Oak Ridge National Environmental Research
  Park
• Physical Properties Research Facility
• Shared Research Equipment Program
• Surface Modification and Characterization
  Research Center

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High Temperature Materials Lab
Tensile, flexural testing at elevated temperatures
Electron microscopes, microprobe, AFM, SAM
Instrumented diamond grinding machines,
dimensional measurements
Heat flow, thermal expansion
X-ray and neutron at ambient and elevated
temperatures
X-ray and neutron diffraction for nondestructive
analysis
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Metals Processing User Center
Metals Processing
Metals Joining

• casting
• powder metallurgy
• forging, rolling, and extrusion
• melting
• thermomechanical processing

• welding processes
• monitoring and control
• solidification
• brazing, bonding
• weld modeling

Metals Characterization and Properties
Metals Process Modeling

• mathematical design and analysis
• high-performance computing
• process modeling
• solidification/deformation
• microstructural evolution
• phase transformations
• thermal expansion coefficients

• corrosion
• fracture mechanics
• mechanical properties
• microstructure
• nondestructive examination
• properties database

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Shared Research Equipment User Facility

• Three Analytical Electron Microscopes (AEM)
• Two Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM)
• Three Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopes
  (APFIM)
• Two Mechanical Properties Microprobes (MPM)
• One Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

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Summary

• ORNL and VT align well in research interests
• Being part of the winning team gives VT an inside
  track to enhance research and academic programs
• Long-term relationship (5 yr contract, renewable)
• Questions?