{"303711":{"#nid":"303711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Lafayette Institute Widens Tech\u0027s International Footprint","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn May 26, a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the nearly completed building on the Georgia-Tech Lorraine campus was attended by Georgia Tech\u2019s president, provost and other top officials from the university.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Lafayette at the Georgia Tech campus in Lorraine, France, began as a teaching and research center but, under the guidance of its newly appointed President Bernard Kippelen, is about to become a central point for optoelectronics technology transfer and commercialization. Institute Lafayette houses offices, laboratories, and a 5,000-square-foot clean room, equipped with state-of-the art nano fabrication tools to support the innovations it is discovering in optoelectronics and advanced semiconductor materials research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso in attendance among the 350 guests were the U.S. consul general from Strasbourg, France, along with French officials from the Lorraine region and research and corporate partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/26954\/lafayettes-legacy-creates-a-platform-for-georgia-tech-innovations\/\u0022\u003ETo read more about Georgia Tech\u0027s Lafayette Institute, follow this link\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On May 26, a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Georgia-Tech Lorraine campus in Metz, France, was attended by University President G.P. Peterson, the U.S. consul general from Strasbourg, France, and French officials from the Lorraine region."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-06-18 09:34:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:37","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"303671":{"id":"303671","type":"image","title":"Peterson at Institute Lafayette","body":null,"created":"1449244609","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:49","changed":"1475895009","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:09","alt":"Peterson at Institute Lafayette","file":{"fid":"199627","name":"gp_peterson_at_gt_lorraine.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gp_peterson_at_gt_lorraine_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gp_peterson_at_gt_lorraine_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":38223,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gp_peterson_at_gt_lorraine_0.jpg?itok=KxQuM5TS"}}},"media_ids":["303671"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2431","name":"Bernard Kippelen"},{"id":"3399","name":"G.P. Bud Peterson"},{"id":"95651","name":"Georgia Tech Lorraine; Metz"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"95641","name":"Institute Lafayette"},{"id":"1815","name":"optoelectronics"},{"id":"912","name":"ribbon cutting"},{"id":"167686","name":"Semiconductors"},{"id":"244","name":"technology transfer"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["christa.ernst@ien.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}