GERC - Virginia Tech Collaboration: GERC Director visits Virginia Tech
By Dr. Matthew Hall;
Director of GERC, Associate Professor in Materials Engineering at the
University of Nottingham and BGS/Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research
Fellow
More than 30 Faculties from the two institutions working together (propulsion, power electronics, bio materials and polymers, human factors & VR, advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems for geospatial, geo-energy/mining engineering)
- 2–MS and 4-PhD projects have been collaborative with VT joint supervision since 2013
- 24 Student research exchanges from 2012 – 2015
We are excited to meet the applicants and, once appointed, working with them to help take the UoN-VT collaboration to the next level!
I’m looking forward to my next trip to Blacksburg already J
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| Virginia Tech Research Center |
I recently visited our Virginia Tech (VT) colleagues,
firstly at the VT Research Center in Arlington before driving down to
Blacksburg (…in the severe wind and rain from the tail-end of hurricane
Joaquin!) It is always great catching up with friends and colleagues there but
this visit was particularly epic.
The highlight has to be the VT Hokies vs.
Pittsburgh Panthers football game at Lane Stadium. The weather was pretty grim
but this did not dampen spirits one bit, drawing a pretty large crowd of almost
50,000 to the 65,000 seater stadium. It is a while since I last watched a US
football game but we were soon well into it and having a good time. A particular
highlight was the traditional ‘Hokie Pokie’ dance after the 3rd
quarter. A VT version of our well known Hokey Cokey. Unfortunately the Hokies
were without their star quarterback and were beaten but I will definitely be
back for another game. We moved on to the Cellar for some light refreshment; a
great hangout in Blacksburg and evidently very difficult to leave!
Aside from football, the main purpose of the visit was to
organise various things in relation to the research relationship between VT and
the University of Nottingham (UoN). After working closely for almost 10 years now we
have built up a substantial record of faculty (or ‘academic’ staff for those in
the UK) staff and students engaged, scholarship and journal articles, proposals
and funding, as well as other collaborative activities.
- Approximately 15 visits by each university to the other over the 5 year period
- Approximately $1.3M in cumulative investment in building the relationship since 2009
- 17 joint papers published, 5 submitted and 2 under development
- 2 joint proposals submitted with several under development- 2–MS and 4-PhD projects have been collaborative with VT joint supervision since 2013
- 24 Student research exchanges from 2012 – 2015
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| GERC Director Dr. Matthew Hall stood in front of the main entrance to Virginia Tech |
One of the biggest outcomes was the completion of our
arrangements for dual Associate Professor appointments; one based at GERC in
the UK, and one based at the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research
(VCCER) at VT (http://www.energy.vt.edu/
).
Associate Professor in Geoenergy http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG30621
Based in the Dept. of
Chemical & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham (UoN)
Associate or Assistant Professor in Geoenergy Engineering https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/60953
Based in the Dept. of
Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT)
Both successful applicants will be
embedded as one of several core academic staff either at GERC (UoN position) or VCCER (VT position). Through the UoN-VT partnership they
will also hold the position of Affiliated Associate Professor at the other centre.
We are excited to meet the applicants and, once appointed, working with them to help take the UoN-VT collaboration to the next level!
I’m looking forward to my next trip to Blacksburg already J
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