2008-04-29
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology’s (KAUST) Global Research Partnership (GRP) announced its grants to four interdisciplinary scientific research centers that are engaged in path-breaking work in the areas of applied mathematics, molecular photovoltaics, nanomaterials and computational science. The Cornell University KAUST Center for Research and Education will be led by Emmanuel P. Giannelis (Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering and MS&E Department Director) and Lynden A. Archer (Marjorie L. Hart Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering). Other centers will be located at the University of Oxford, Stanford University and Texas A&M University.
President-designate Choon Fong Shih of KAUST, a new graduate-level university under development in Saudi Arabia, said, "We chose these first KAUST GRP Centers from an exceptionally competitive pool of proposals, which represented some of the most talented research teams in the world."
The Cornell University KAUST Center for Research and Education will focus on applications and fundamental studies of novel organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials developed at Cornell. The Center will study these materials as new platforms for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, desalination of water, production of gas and oil, and solar energy conversion. Cornell will also support KAUST's design and operation of the KAUST Nanoscale Facility (KNF), drawing upon its long history of success with its own NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), and provide advice on curriculum and faculty development at KAUST.
Read more in the Cornell Chronicle and Ithaca Journal articles.
Access the KAUST GRP press release here.