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Working with Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos has hundreds
of University Partners
Nan Sauer
Director, LANL Institutes
nsauer@lanl.gov
Institutes.lanl.gov
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Los Alamos values its University partnerships
LANL missions rely on technical credibility and the
ability to challenge concepts and foster new ideas.
Academic culture and interactions are critical for
LANL’s technical vitality and credibility:
Peer review scientific work
Broad technical exchanges and scientific debate
Position LANL to provide technical data to inform policy
formulation and decision makers
Faculty serve on LANL’s scientific advisory boards,
capability reviews, functional management reviews, and
other assessments
Understand the flows of greenhouse
Collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals, research
gases through measurement, and use
projects, publications, and patents
the information to verify international
Educational opportunities agreements on emissions.
Our Nation faces technical challenges which will require the
combined strengths of Universities and the National laboratories.
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Workforce Development “Pipeline” Programs
High School/Undergraduate/Graduate Student Internships
• ~1100 in July 2009
Minority/Diversity Programs
• 17 Minority Serving Institution student interns
• 2 Faculty and Student teams
• Tribal education programs
• NNSA Native American scholarships
• 100+ in Math and Science Academy
Postdoctoral Appointments
• ~350 in July 2009
National Security Education Center
• 5 educational Institutes with UC and NM universities,
research partnerships, educational programs
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LANL user facilities support national
security mission and external collaboration.
Neutron scattering studies of
condensed matter, nano-
Condensed matter materials, and biological
physics with pulsed systems
magnets
Synergistic Program Impact
Nuclear Weapons Program
Nano- and bio-science Threat Reduction/Homeland Security
directed toward
integration Energy Security / Emerging Threats
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University collaborations have a strong
role in LANL publications.
Total LANL Publications
LANL Other
LANL/UC
LANL/non-UC Univ
All data from ISI Web of Science
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