Mississippi State University/Argonne
National Laboratory Collaboration
Opportunities
Norman D. Peterson
Director, Government Relations
September 9, 2013
Argonne – a vital part of the Department of Energy
national laboratory complex
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The national labs have varying mission and oversight
Science Labs
Energy Labs
Weapons Labs
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Argonne research portfolio
Our Employees
FTEs
3,402
Joint Faculty
163
Postdocs
274
Grad/Undergrad
664/148
Annual Facility Users
Visiting Scientists
5,525
979
FY12 Cost in Millions
Total Lab Operating Cost
$741.9
Total DOE Cost
$636.0
Total WFO Cost
$90.7
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How is Argonne organized to support the DOE mission?
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Argonne National
Laboratory
Argonne integrates world-class
science, engineering, and user
facilities to deliver innovative
research and technologies
Argonne’s core capabilities and sponsor mix
DOE Office of Science
Discovery
Research
DOE Energy Offices / ARPA-E / WFO
Use-Inspired
Research
Applied
R&D
Technology
Demo
Industry
Technology
Deployment
LARGE SCALE USER FACILITIES & ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION
APPLIED MATH
ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE, VISUALIZATION & DATA
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS & MATERIALS SCIENCE
APPLIED MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM SCIENCE
PARTICLE PHYSICS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ACCELERATOR S&T
APPLIED NUCLEAR S&T
Future
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION
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Argonne National Laboratory: Delivering science-based
solutions to national energy and security challenges
Through discovery and transformational research
World-leading
hard x-ray
sciences &
sources
Discovery
science for
energy
Leadership
computing and
computational
ecosystem
Fundamental
physics and
accelerator
science
Materials &
systems
engineering
solutions
and use-inspired science and engineering
Energy Storage
Sustainable
Transportation
Nuclear Energy &
Security
Biological &
Environmental
Systems
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Argonne’s world-class
suite of user facilities
Argonne Tandem Linear
Accelerator System
Advanced Photon Source
Center for
Nanoscale
Materials
Electron
Microscopy
Center
Argonne Leadership
Computing Facility
Using the national lab system to link basic science and
industry
Discovery
Research
Use-Inspired
Research
Applied
R&D
National Lab priorities:
 To guide use-inspired fundamental
research
 To address key problems with
`dream teams’ of academic,
industry, and laboratory scientists
working collaboratively
 To accelerate transfer of science
insights and technologies to
industry
Technology
Demo
Technology
Deployment
Industry
National
labs
Universities
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Argonne is at the hub of America’s innovation heartland
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Leveraging Chicago’s research/innovation ecosystem
Computation/Parall
el Computing
Engineering
Engineering
Materials
User
Facilities
Chicago
Booth Polsky
Center
Kellogg
Tech
Transfer
Engineering
.Medical
Molecular
Engineering
Chicago
Medicine/
BSD
Genetics
Biotechnology
Chicago
Innovation
Ecosystem
Nanotechnology
Angel/VC
Funds
Incubators
Mentorship
Programs
Agriculture
and food
Computation
Public
Sector
Illinois
Industry
Transportation
Pharma
Accelerators
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Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
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The JCESR Team
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National
Laboratories
Private Sector
Partners
Argonne
Dow
Lawrence Berkeley
JCI
Sandia
Applied Materials
Pacific Northwest
Clean Energy
Trust
SLAC
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Universities
University of Illinois at
Chicago
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan
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40 organizations
Communicating
and
collaborating
with the
energy storage
community
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Where is DOE headed in Obama II?
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Seeking the next big idea…
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The Argonne Team
 Meridith Bruozas, Manager of Educational Programs and Outreach
 Henning Lohse-Busch, Research Engineer, Advanced Powertrain Research
Facility
 Nate Evans, Network Security Specialist
 Hubert Ley, Director, Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center
(TRACC)
 David Martin, Industrial Outreach Lead, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
 Dean Miller, Director, Electron Microscopy Center
 Dennis Mills, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences and
Deputy Director for X-ray Science
 Andreas Roelofs, Deputy Director and Industrial Liaison, Nanoscience and
Technology Division, Center for Nanoscale Materials
 Seth Snyder, Section Leader, Process Technology Research, Energy Systems
Division
 Andrea Viel, Human Resources Manager
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Thank you
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