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I just want to take a moment to talk
about a very important relationship we
have with the Ohio aerospace Institute
last Tuesday we dedicated this beautiful
building and began in earnest this
wonderful relationship that's part of
our strategy for the 90s you know that
it is an association of nine
universities seven of them are public
and to our private it has the industrial
sectors of member and of course NASA
Lewis research center the key to me is
that this university relationship and
the consortium with the industry opens a
new window into the NASA Lewis research
center our strategy for the decade of
the 90s is to focus on strategic
partnerships as well as focusing on
technology transfer this wonderful brand
new spanking new facility and the people
that make it up are going to help us
achieve that vision this was a gleam in
the eye of a former center director jon
kleinberg as many of you know took a lot
of work and a lot of energy has finally
come to pass so I'm privileged to
welcome you to OA I please get to know
it it's a very important neighbor
we live in a world of interconnections
connecting is how we learn and how we
innovate it's how we imagine new
possibilities and turn ideas into action
it's how we solve problems and make the
world a better place connecting is how
we achieve the impossible making
connections is the mission of the Ohio
aerospace Institute this unique
consortium of universities industry and
federal labs is dedicated to
collaboration among people and
organizations researchers from nine ohio
university's from the research and
development centers of industry from
right laboratory in dayton and from nasa
Lewis Research Center in Cleveland are
joining together through oai to build a
collaborative Network it's a network for
sharing the benefits of the
sophisticated and costly facilities
needed in today's research and
development it's a network for enhancing
Ohio's technology base to meet the
challenges of today's economy and
distributing the benefits of advanced
science and engineering throughout Ohio
and beyond but most of all it's a
network for connecting human intellect
and imagination we're generating
expanding combining and synergizing
ideas for connecting to the future
oai connects to the future by helping
today's scientists and engineers reach
out to those who will shape the world of
tomorrow through the Ohio Space Grant
consortium oai makes connections to
students throughout Ohio making dreams
come to life and keeping those dreams
alive oai connects students to their
dreams by providing scholarships and
fellowships through the Ohio Space Grant
consortium but oai provides much more
than financial help students also
receive an enriched educational
experience oai helps educators share
with their students the benefits of
collaboration access to a broad
community of scholars exposure to
cutting-edge research and Applied
Technology and courses developed jointly
with members of Industry and government
engineering students pursuing graduate
degrees are receiving opportunities to
connect knowledge with experience by
becoming part of the research community
that lies beyond the university with the
sponsorship of oai university faculty
and engineering graduate students are
blending their research and technology
goals with those of government and
industry they conduct research in the
unique facilities of NASA Lewis research
center and right Patterson Air Force
Base and they interact with top-notch
scientists and engineers from government
and industry they comprehend more deeply
the value of their research and gain
insights that will help them choose
future directions oai connects to the
future by fostering lifelong learning
through OA I experienced scientists and
engineers can meet the rigorous demands
of their careers while keeping up to
date on the latest knowledge and skills
in their disciplines oai helps integrate
educational goals and career goals by
providing NASA Lewis engineers the
opportunity to
sooo advanced degrees while they remain
in the workplace by sponsoring
specialized graduate courses that will
connect the theoretical knowledge gained
in the classroom to real-world
challenges by building a statewide
television network for sharing knowledge
among universities businesses and
federal labs and by bringing scientists
and engineers together in seminars
workshops and conferences that link
Ohio's high technology community to
world renowned scholars i have seen
actually i have produced antiprotons i
have accelerated antiprotons we have
produced readily at cern in geneva 10 to
the power 13 antiprotons and that is of
course our dream to get as close as
possible to MC squared for energy oai
connects to the future by linking
knowledge and technology to the needs of
the marketplace through oai those who
generate new technologies can have a
direct connection to those who will use
them to find ways of putting new
technologies to work oai collaborates
with tech transfer organizations such as
the new Great Lakes Industrial
Technology Center and through the power
of collaborative research oai adds a new
dimension to technology transfer oai
participants from industry federal labs
and universities are collaborating to
make technology acquisition more
proactive tailoring research to specific
needs shaping technologies at their
inception and guiding technology
development toward future applications
oai connects to the future by
emphasizing the benefits of
collaboration in today's competitive
business environment oai focus groups
are collaborative networks of government
industry and university researchers each
combines the strengths of different
organizations the knowledge of different
disciplines and the talents of different
people
oai focus groups connect resources
capabilities and expertise to confront
underlying challenges in key technical
areas challenges in material science
advanced sensors and controls structural
and fluid mechanics integrated circuits
and electronics electric and nuclear
propulsion aerospace power systems and
many other areas where new connections
are needed for all participants OH AI is
neutral territory a place for sharing
resources exchanging ideas and working
together when people and organizations
connect through the Ohio aerospace
Institute the possibilities are endless
who knows how far one small connection
can extend it can inspire someone to
achieve or open new avenues of science
and technology or improve people's lives
one small connection can launch a new
product or create a new high-tech
industry or revitalize our economy one
small connection can strengthen our
foundation for education and research
and help us meet national goals who
knows perhaps it will be one small
connection that leads to our next great
adventure