The University of Texas at Austin is leading a new ラーメンベット 退会 consortium in partnership with six New Mexico and Texas universities and two national laboratories for development of the Permian ラーメンベット 退会 Development Laboratory. The memorandum of understanding reflects a shared goal of conducting advanced ラーメンベット 退会 research, educating the next generation of ラーメンベット 退会 professionals, and supporting ラーメンベット 退会-intensive communities and the natural resources on which they depend.
The Permian Basin is a unique ラーメンベット 退会 and environmental resource spanning Texas and New Mexico. It is the largest petroleum-producing basin in the United States. It is also a major producer of solar and wind power and has the capacity to launch the next generation of ラーメンベット 退会 resources.
“The Permian Basin drives the global landscape of ラーメンベット 退会 technologies, providing significant economic benefits to local communities in the region, the states of Texas and New Mexico, and the United States economy,” said Brian Korgel, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the UT ラーメンベット 退会 Institute.“Collaborating paves the road for future economic resiliency across the region and increased sustainability.”
The new lab’s scientific ラーメンベット 退会 and technology deployment efforts will focus on four primary areas of inquiry:
- Advanced ラーメンベット 退会, fuels and integration.
- Carbon and materials management.
- Water, land and agriculture.
- Economic development.
Education and workforce efforts will introduce students to advanced ラーメンベット 退会 concepts to prepare them to excel in the technology and ラーメンベット 退会 careers of the future, create higher education credentials that support employment in Texas’ cutting-edge ラーメンベット 退会 industries, and encourage advanced ラーメンベット 退会 job creation and entrepreneurship.
The lab’s community engagement efforts will include short- and long-term programs, including town hall meetings to gather initial input for creating an entrepreneur resource center and scholarship programs to prepare students to work with new ラーメンベット 退会 technologies. The goal is to create opportunities for everyone living in and around the ラーメンベット 退会 sector and share the benefits and costs fairly.
“The Permian ラーメンベット 退会 Development Lab will ensure the region drives the global landscape of ラーメンベット 退会 technologies,” said Marilu Hastings, chair of the UT ラーメンベット 退会 Institute Advisory Board and executive vice president of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, who launched the effort. “The Permian has the resources, know-how and workforce to ensure success. Working as partners, we will position Texas and southeast New Mexico to win the race to build the world’s next-generation ラーメンベット 退会 technologies.”
In addition to UT Austin, participating institutions include the Houston Advanced Research Center, Midland College, the U.S. Department of ラーメンベット 退会’s National Renewable ラーメンベット 退会 Laboratory, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, Odessa College, Sandia National Laboratories, The University of Texas at El Paso and The University of Texas Permian Basin. The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation incubated the startup organization
