{"464231":{"#nid":"464231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Army Research Lab Director Visits Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Russell, director of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), visited with leadership and faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology in an effort to boost interest in the lab\u2019s Open Campus initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA collaboration between defense laboratories, industry and academia, the framework aims for the ARL\u2019s scientists and engineers to work side-by-side with visiting scientists in ARL\u2019s facilities, as well as serve as visiting researchers in collaborative institutions. A \u201cscience and technology ecosystem\u201d will emerge from these partnerships, which will in turn enable both basic and applied research advances that mutually benefit all partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo execute our mission, ARL leverages the substantial intellectual capital resident in the global academic scientific research community,\u201d Russell said. \u201cFormation of collaborative and transparent relationships with institutions such as Georgia Tech enhances our effectiveness in dealing with some very tough research challenges, while increasing the prospect for enhanced discovery and innovation across ARL\u0027s technical campaigns.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERussell met with Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson and Executive Vice President for Research Stephen Cross, along with several faculty members, during his visit on Oct. 23, 2015. Senior Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Andrew Gerber and several GTRI researchers met with Russell in the organization\u2019s Secure Collaborative Visualization Environment (SCoVE). GTRI, Georgia Tech\u2019s applied engineering and research unit, conducts the vast majority of its work for Department of Defense customers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Army is a longtime strategic partner of ours, and Georgia Tech has been solving some of the military\u2019s toughest problems for many years,\u201d said Robert Knotts, director of Federal Relations at Georgia Tech. \u201cIt\u2019s important for Dr. Russell to explain his priorities to Georgia Tech\u2019s leaders and researchers so that they can better understand the Army\u2019s current research needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERussell is responsible for the Army\u2019s premier laboratory for basic and applied research and analysis. ARL, which consists of nearly 3,000 military, civilian and contractor employees, generates annual revenue of more than $2 billion. Research areas include weapons and materials, sensors and electronic devices, computational and information sciences, human research engineering, vehicle technology, and survivability and lethality analysis. ARL is located in Adelphi, Md., and has offices in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom February 2010 to March 2013, Russell served as director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) in Arlington, Va., where he oversaw the management of 200 scientists, engineers and administrators in the Arlington and foreign technology offices. In August 2006 he was selected to serve as the director of the Aerospace and Material Sciences Directorate of AFOSR.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA collaboration between defense laboratories, industry and academia, the framework aims for the ARL\u2019s scientists and engineers to work side-by-side with visiting scientists in ARL\u2019s facilities, as well as serve as visiting researchers in collaborative institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas Russell, director of the Army Research Laboratory, met with president, leadership and faculty."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2015-10-29 14:48:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:59","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"464211":{"id":"464211","type":"image","title":"Thomas Russell visits with G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1449256385","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:05","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Thomas Russell visits with G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","file":{"fid":"203690","name":"russell_and_peterson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/russell_and_peterson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/russell_and_peterson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1332818,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/russell_and_peterson_0.jpg?itok=Iy2Etins"}},"464221":{"id":"464221","type":"image","title":"Thomas Russell and Steve Cross","body":null,"created":"1449256385","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:05","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Thomas Russell and Steve Cross","file":{"fid":"203691","name":"russell_and_cross.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/russell_and_cross_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/russell_and_cross_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":483337,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/russell_and_cross_0.jpg?itok=RYrI_8Tj"}}},"media_ids":["464211","464221"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"146271","name":"Army Research Laboratory"},{"id":"146281","name":"Thomas Russell"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations Director\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-7460\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}