AMRI Organizational Structure
The Advanced Materials Research Institute was formed to meet the research needs of LSU New Orleans in the area of materials science. An organizational diagram (left) of the components of AMRI is shown.
AMRI Advisory Board
The administration of AMRI involves two advisory boards, the Campus Advisory Board (CAB) and the Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The Director of AMRI reports to the Dean of the College of Sciences (Dr. Steven G. Johnson) who consults the CAB on matters pertaining to the administration of AMRI (e.g., appointments to the senior staff of AMRI, ratification of nominations for membership on the Technical Advisory Board, etc.). Although AMRI has a multi-disciplinary research mission, it is sponsored jointly by the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics in the College of Sciences at LSU New Orleans and the composition of the Campus Advisory Board reflects this authority.
Members of the Campus Advisory Board
- Dr. Tumulesh Solanky, Interim Dean of the Colleges of Engineering and Sciences and Chairman of the CAB
- Dr. Carol Lunn, Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development
- Dr. Mark Trudell, Chairman, Department of Chemistry
- Dr. Ashok Puri, Department of Physics
- Dr. John Wiley, Director of AMRI
Technical Advisory Board
Industrial and government involvement is crucial to the development of AMRI. A Technical Advisory Board (TAB) oversees the operation of AMRI. The duties of the TAB are to provide expertise and insight in the development of AMRI projects and to evaluate the value and utility of AMRI research to both the private sector and government programs. The TAB oversees the development of research initiatives at AMRI, directs the addition and distribution of personnel, conducts a yearly review of the operation and performance of the Institute, and makes recommendations on reallocation of AMRI resources.
Members of the Technical Advisory Board
- Dr. John T. Vaughey, Argonne National Laboratory
- Dr. Thomas Kodenkandath, Versa Materials Technologies.
- Dr. Orhan Kizilkaya, LSU CAMD
- Dr. Clare Davis-Wheeler Chin, Sandia National Laboratories
- Dr. Sara Akbarian-Tefaghi, Owens Corning
AMRI Research Consortium
AMRI has established a research consortium which includes academic, government, and industrial participants and their research laboratories.
AMRI Academic & Industrial Partners
- LSU New Orleans
- Louisiana State University
- Louisiana State University - CAMD
- Louisiana Tech University
- Tulane University
- Ochsner Medical 3D Lab
- Scale Innovations