AMRI Organizational Structure

The Advanced Materials Research Institute was formed to meet the research needs of the University of New Orleans in the area of materials science. An organizational diagram of the components of AMRI is shown below.

Organizational Diagram of AMRI

Advisory Boards for AMRI: 

The administration of AMRI is structured to involve 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. Joe King) 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 the University of New Orleans and the composition of the Campus Advisory Board reflects this authority. The CAB consists of the following members:

• Dr. Joe M. King, Dean of the College of Sciences and Chairman of the CAB
• Dr. Charles J. O'Connor, Director of AMRI
• Dr. Robert C. Cashner, Vice Chancellor for Research
• Dr. Russ Trahan, Dean, College of Engineering
• Dr. Edwin D. Stevens, Chairman, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Gregory Seab, Chairman, Department of Physics
• Dr. Paul Herrington, Chairman of Mechanical Engineering

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 as AMRI projects are initially developed and to ensure the value and utility of the research to both the private sector and the Department of Defense.  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.  The TAB consists of the following members:

• Dr. Robert Haushalter, Parallel Synthesis Technologies
• Dr. Gary Bush, Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Center
• Dr. John T. Vaughey, Argonne National Laboratory
• Dr. Youren Xu, Intel Corporation, Components Manufacturing Quality & Reliability
• Dr. Dieter Weller, Seagate Recording Media Operations
• Dr. Christopher Bieniarz, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

AMRI Research Consortium: 

AMRI has established a research consortium which includes academic, government, and industrial participants and their research laboratories.  These include: 

    Academic Laboratories

• University of New Orleans
• Louisiana State University
• Louisiana Tech University
• Tulane University
• Florida State University
• Childrens Hospital-New Orleans
• Communities in Schools (CIS) of New Orleans, Inc.