The Joint Institute for Advanced Materials will anchor Cherokee Farm and establish the benchmark for green building on the innovative riverside campus adjacent to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Researchers at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM) will explore new materials, such as film that more efficiently converts sunlight into electricity.
The building will be the first constructed on the new Cherokee Farm campus, and will house the Tennessee Solar Institute, part of the $62.5 million Volunteer State Solar Initiative proposed by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
Construction on the JIAM building is expected to begin Fall 2009 with a targeted completion date of August 2011.
» 132,000 square feet of space
» $30 million in previously approved state and federal appropriations for JIAM
» $31 million for the Tennessee Solar Institute
» Solar panels and a vegetative, or “living,” roof
About JIAM
JIAM is one of five University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory joint institutes, and pursues three goals:
1. To become a foremost center for materials research
2. To expand America’s skilled labor force in multidisciplinary research
3. To transfer new technology to the private sector.
In pursuit of these goals, the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory house globally-recognized facilities and resources.
» The fastest university-managed supercomputer in the world, Kraken
» Spallation Neutron Source
» Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences