{"413801":{"#nid":"413801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Sandia Form Research Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Sandia sign a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that formally establishes a strategic collaboration between the university and the Department of Energy\u2019s National Security Lab. The partnership aligns the two institutions\u2019 shared goal of solving science and technology challenges of national importance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The partnership will span several technical focus areas of common interest to Sandia and Georgia Tech researchers, including energy and grid security, advanced manufacturing, computer science and data analytics, microsystems and sensors, cybersecurity and materials science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of the MOU is to engage talented researchers to work on practical, complex problems early in their academic careers and to introduce new ideas and technologies into the marketplace through jointly developed intellectual property.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresident G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson said the collaboration with Sandia builds upon and expands Georgia Tech\u2019s world-class research capabilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cThis MOU furthers Georgia Tech\u2019s research strategy, which is focused on the pursuit of transformative research, strengthening collaborative relationships and maximizing the economic and societal impact of our research\u003Cem\u003E,\u201d \u003C\/em\u003Esaid Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Sandia have long-standing collaborative relationships with Sandia in many areas, including computer science and advanced computer architectures, energy systems, manufacturing and materials science. Many Georgia Tech students and faculty spend time at Sandia, while Sandia counts many Georgia Tech graduates among its staff members.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The MOU will provide opportunities for students and faculty to experience research work at a national lab; enable joint recruiting of top graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty; increase transfer of technology from Sandia and the university to the private and federal sectors; and build collaborations that address nationally significant problems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Future opportunities for joint faculty appointments and for research sabbaticals are expected to further deepen the collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is exciting to see the long-term collaboration between Georgia Tech and Sandia move to an even higher level,\u201d said Jill Hruby, vice president for Energy, Nonproliferation \u0026amp; High-Consequence Security at Sandia. \u0026nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m confident the common culture and research interests at our institutions combined with the focus that comes from this MOU, will produce innovative solutions and high quality research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Collaboration Expands University\u0027s World-class Research Capabilities in Energy and Other Technical Areas"}],"uid":"27869","created_gmt":"2015-06-11 11:50:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Allison Caughey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"413811":{"id":"413811","type":"image","title":"Energy MOU","body":null,"created":"1449254239","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:19","changed":"1475895147","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:27","alt":"Energy MOU","file":{"fid":"202414","name":"security_landing_page.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/security_landing_page_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/security_landing_page_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":25003,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/security_landing_page_0.jpg?itok=5pFEoGuz"}}},"media_ids":["413811"],"groups":[{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"9727","name":"MOU"},{"id":"128671","name":"research partnership"},{"id":"167571","name":"Sandia"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}