Research collaboration hopes to solve US energy problems

StatePress.com (Arizona)
By:Michelle Parks
Published On:Wednesday, September 30, 2009

ASU is leading a new LightWorks program that will combine research from around the nation about the practical uses of light.

ASU officials announced the initiative after hiring businessman Gary Dirks to direct the new program.

Through the collaboration of ASU researchers, national labs and other universities’ research, LightWorks aims to create solutions to some of the nation’s biggest energy problems, Dirks said.

“One of the goals of LightWorks is to leverage the breadth and depth of research from ASU and go after some of the bigger issues, where a small research center or an individual might not be able to go after on their own,” he said.

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