Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., have signed an extensive, five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic alliance that seeks to solve large national problems, sustain and engage human capital, and accelerate adoption of technology.
The document was signed by Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert and Purdue President Mitch Daniels at Sandia’s office in Washington, D.C. MOU’s such as this are expected to bolster connections between national research universities and federally funded research and development centers such as Sandia.
The MOU will provide opportunities for students and faculty to experience research work at a national lab; enable joint recruiting of top graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty; increase transfer of technology from Sandia and the university to the private and federal sectors; and build collaborations that address nationally significant problems.
“This alliance advances our long-standing partnership with Purdue University to a more strategic level and will serve as a model for productive collaborations between Sandia and other national research universities,” Dr. Hommert said.
According to Gov. Daniels, “Sandia Labs is recognized throughout the world for its groundbreaking research. It’s a tribute to the faculty and students of Purdue that a research institution of Sandia’s stature wants to deepen our relationship.”
Among the technical frontiers of common interest to Sandia and Purdue researchers are trusted systems and communications, cyber systems resiliency, detection at the limit, power on demand, and the science and engineering of quantum information systems. Current joint work includes next-generation memory systems, exascale computing, and improved wind turbines.
