Marian McCord, senior vice provost for 研究、经济接触和外联, 主持国家实验室日小组讨论(坐), from left) 普林斯顿等离子体物理实验室主任Steve Cowley说, 劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室的Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory deputy director Bonnie Fleming, 和杰斐逊实验室主任斯图尔特·亨德森.
数十名来自美国的代表.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories visited UNH this week to forge new connections and strengthen existing ones between UNH researchers and their 17 world-class facilities. In all, 超过200名UNH教职员工和学生, researchers from regional universities and businesses and National Lab personnel attended the first-ever UNH National Lab Day October 27 and 28.
“The DOE’s National Labs are incredible user facilities with unique resources and scientific instruments,” said Marian McCord, 联合国大学高级副教务长 研究、经济接触和外联他的办公室主办了这次会议. “This meeting provided an excellent opportunity for our research community to learn more about partnering with the National Labs to advance their research and solve scientific challenges.”
Launched during the post-World War II boom in scientific investment, the 17 National Labs provide a home for large-scale, costly scientific facilities unaffordable by individual universities. 分散在全国各地, from SLAC National Accelerator Lab in the Bay Area to Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico to Brookhaven National Lab on Long Island, the labs tackle the critical scientific challenges of our time in partnerships with universities and other research entities.
会议包括美国总统奥巴马的欢迎辞.S. 参议员珍妮·沙欣， 特色小组讨论和分组会议 with both UNH researchers and National Labs personnel on topics where UNH expertise intersects with National Lab resources: marine energy and the blue economy, nuclear physics, advanced manufacturing, climate change, equitable access to clean energy technology and workforce development.
参加者参观了UNH 约翰·奥尔森先进制造中心, 蔡斯海洋工程实验室 以及德梅里特大厅的核物理设施. In addition, 45 UNH undergraduate and graduate students from a range of disciplines attended a career fair to learn about the many opportunities for internships, 国家实验室的奖学金和工作.
Networking and nurturing academic partnerships are goals for the National Labs as well. In his opening plenary, Jefferson Lab director Stuart Henderson called his Lab’s decades-long collaboration with UNH’s 核子与粒子物理组 “这是我们的重要渠道.”
“The Labs are really eager to engage the academic community,” Henderson said. “It’s really important that the Labs and the universities come together around the critical problems the nation faces right now.”
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