Over the last few years, Morgan Advanced Materials has been making preparations for the opening of its new Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, located in Innovation Park. Morgan is making a multi-million-dollar investment aimed at establishing a truly world-class research facility. Nine highly skilled materials research positions have been filled to date with individuals from all around the world. Approximately 16 additional positions will be filled over the next two years.
With the facilities completed, the grand opening of the Carbon Science Centre of Excellence will take place on November 15, 2018.
The partnership with Penn State combines resources and experience from both sides, creating a synergy that will enable significant progress in the development of carbon materials for a range of sectors and applications. The Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, which is the third of its kind for Morgan globally and the first in North America, plays a vital role in the further development of Morgan’s core competencies in the areas of materials and application engineering. Over the longer term, the findings generated by the center will support Morgan in its mission to deliver world class materials science solutions that meet the engineering challenges of customers worldwide safely and efficiently.
“The welcoming of Morgan Advanced Materials as the first strategic resident in the facility highlights the continuing intellectual and physical collaboration of talented individuals from around the globe with Penn State to invent the next generation of materials for worldwide use. Morgan’s commitment has already catalyzed other materials companies to consider a location in the Park,” said Dan Leri, director, Innovation Park, at last year’s groundbreaking.
“Since the launch of our partnership with Penn State for our Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, we have made great progress in building collaborative links between the two organizations,” added Mike Murray, CTO, Morgan Advanced Materials. “We have already started a number of initial projects aimed at developing our deep understanding of materials science, which has already generated some very promising results. I’m very pleased [with] how our plans for the new building have been progressing. The groundbreaking today is an important next stage in establishing our Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, and we are looking forward to its completion and commencing our R+D development programs.” The Carbon Science Centre of Excellence is located at 310 Innovation Boulevard.