strategic partnerships lee cheatham september 10, 2015

Strategic PartnershipsLee Cheatham

September 10, 2015

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Brookhaven Lab at a Glance…Established as a National Laboratory in 1947

Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) managesthe Laboratory under contract with the U.S. DOE

BSA is Stony Brook University and Battelle Memorial Institute• And core universities: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Cornell

3,000 employees• 500 Grad/Undergrad Student employees; 35,000 student visitors per year

$700M annual budget

5,320 acres with 310 buildings

Major user facility for university and industry researchers• Over 4,000 users per year

Performs fundamental research to innovation, development & commercialization• Energy, nuclear and high energy physics, environmental science, bioscience, and national security

BSA was selected to manage BNL for the next 5 years (with extensions up to 20)

Overview

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Research Leadership

5 National Medals of Science

1 National Medal of Technology

5 Fermi Awards

11 EO Lawrence Awards

2 Wolf Prizes

20 National Academy Members

Leadership

1957 1976 1980 1988 2002 2003 2009

2009 National Medal of Technology

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Brookhaven National LaboratoryResearch Facilities

June 2013

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Commercializing Brookhaven Technology

Anti-reflective coatings for glass, silicon and plastics

Electric Grid Protection provides sub-cycle time response

Sky imaging predict short-term cloud cover for solar generation sites

Technology Transfer

Startup CompaniesSynchroPET, Inc. Green Sulfcrete, LLC

Promising TechnologiesRenewable oilseed crops provide

reliable source of fatty acid for plastics, paints and lubricants

Water shield for surfaces enhances repellency on glass, silicon, plastic

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Commercializing Electric Grid Technology

Northeast Solar Energy Research Center (NSERC)• Test/evaluation facility enables development and integration of

reliable/resilient solar, storage and grid technologies in the NE• Partner with NYSSGC, utilities, and industry

- Integrate PV and energy storage (plus load management) into electrical distribution system

- Design/control micro-grid architectures- Test smart-grid technologies, e.g. inverters, sensors, control systems- Modeling

• $1M NYS ESDC funding for NSERC build-out

Use BNL micro-grid as a distribution lab (AEGIS)• Partner with NYSSGC/SBU• NY State support for grid projects

Accelerate commercialization• Partner with Columbia, Stony Brook, and Cornell

on Proof-of-Concept center – NYSERDA $5M

Energy R&D

First Experiments• NYSERDA-funded study of smart-

grid inverters ($2 M proposed)• Collaboration with EPRI, NYS

Utilities• Engineering Studies - FY14 • First Field Tests at BNL - FY15

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Discovery Park: Brookhaven’s Front Door to Collaboration

Campus Strategy

Laboratory User & Partner Services

Student Education & Public Access

Technology Services

Facility users amenitiesConference/food servicesAdministrative space

Student experience/educationScience Center & Museum

Spin-out company spaceUser experiment prep/analysisEnergy devices testbed

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Office of Strategic Partnerships

Launched January, 2015 with new M&O contract

Purpose is to expand engagement

Research development Technology commercialization Economic development

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THANK YOU

Lee Cheatham, Director

Office of Strategic Partnerships

lee.cheatham@bnl.gov