TEXAS – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) signed a memorandum of understanding with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee to establish a collaborative agreement aimed at enhancing undergraduate education and research opportunities in STEM fields while strengthening the university’s academic programs.
The memorandum was signed by John Saygin, UTRGV senior vice president for research and dean of the Graduate College, and Susan Hubbard, associate for Science and Technology at ORNL.
Hubbard emphasized the importance of this partnership in fostering the next generation of STEM leaders and noted that the collaboration with UTRGV will attract and develop students who are motivated to find innovative and effective solutions.
With the agreement, UTRGV faculty and students will actively participate in mission-critical areas of the Department of Energy (DOE), spanning neutron scattering, national security research, renewable energy and materials, manufacturing, environmental science, and computer science.
Saygin highlighted the transformative impact of this collaboration on students and faculty through new research efforts and educational programs.
In addition, the partnership will provide UTRGV students with access to world-class research staff and world-class user facilities, including the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, home of Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer, as well as the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor.
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