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CNRS/Penn-State University joint Press
Release
Geneviève Berger, Director General of the CNRS, Janis Jacobs, Vice
Provost for Undergraduate Education and International Programs, and Robert
Santoro, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Propulsion
Engineering Research Center at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State),
signed a cooperation agreement on July 3, 2003, strengthening existing
academic and scientific ties between the two partners. This cooperation
agreement, to be in effect for four years, will make it possible to establish
and undertake joint research projects in areas of mutual interest: aeronautics
and space, chemical and mechanical engineering, and science-technology-society.
The aim of this agreement is to strengthen
cooperation between the members of the faculties, institutes and departments
of Penn State and those of laboratories linked to the CNRS. Cooperation
will be particularly focused on exchanges between researchers, the organization
of bilateral conferences, seminars and symposiums and the implementation
of joint research projects.
Two interdisciplinary centers of the College of Engineering are especially
concerned by this agreement:
- the Propulsion Engineering Research Center
- the Hydrogen Energy Center.
A working relationship between the Propulsion Engineering Research Center,
CNRS Engineering Sciences Department (SPI) laboratories in Orléans,
France, and the Université d'Orléans has been in existence
for over ten years now and has led to several joint publications, mainly
on reactive flows related to aerospace propulsion. The involvement of
the Hydrogen Energy Center in this project opens the door to extremely
promising joint projects (particularly on hydrogen motors, advanced materials
for fuel cells, etc.), for all the laboratories in the SPI department
and other CNRS departments involved in the Energy Program of the CNRS
and the French Ministry of Research and New Technologies.
Other joint projects could also be established between the Science, Technology
and Society Department (STS) of the College of Engineering and the Humanities
and Social Sciences Department (SHS) of the CNRS. These projects may address
some of the socio-economic issues involved in energy systems of the future:
legal and geo-political issues, risk management, etc.
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Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University was created on February 22, 1855,
in central Pennsylvania and was originally dedicated to agricultural
sciences. In 1863, Penn State inaugurated new departments devoted
to engineering sciences.
The University operates a multi-campus system in 24 locations throughout
the state. Its student body numbers 80,000, with 14,000 graduates
every year. It has an annual research budget of 400 million dollars.
College of Engineering
The Penn State College of Engineering was created in 1896.
It includes several departments, in particular: Aerospace Engineering,
Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, the Department of
Science, Technology and Society as well as several interdisciplinary
centers including the Propulsion Engineering Research Center and
the Hydrogen Energy Center.
The College of Engineering had 7,679 undergraduates, 733 master's
students and 780 PhD candidates enrolled in 2002. One out of every
fifty American engineers is a graduate of Penn State. Its research
budget in 2001-2002 was approximately 78 million dollars.
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Tel: +33 1 44 96 49 88
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CNRS International Relations contact:
Claude-Isabelle Chauvel
Tel: +33 1 44 96 46 89
E-mail: isabelle.chauvel@cnrs-dir.fr
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