U.S. Rep. Fattah of Pennsylvania tours ORNL

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, a Pennsylvania Democrat, with Oak Ridge National Laboratory Associate Lab Director Jeff Nichols in front of the Titan supercomputer, ranked the world’s fastest in November. (Photos courtesy of ORNL)

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, a Pennsylvania Democrat, visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory today.

While at the lab, Fattah visited the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, BioEnergy Science Center, Spallation Neutron Source, Center for Nanophase Materials Science, and Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.

He spoke with lab leadership about ORNL’s research in areas that include advanced manufacturing, materials research, supercomputing and biofuels; the transfer of ORNL technology to the private sector; science, technology, engineering and math education; and other topics.

ORNL submitted the two pictures that you see here.

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah Tours Spallation Neutron Source

Fattah, right, tours the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Research Accelerator Division Director Kevin Jones, second from left, ORNL Site Office Manager Johnny Moore, left, and ORNL Communications Director David Keim.

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