New Mexico in Focus; 727; Looking to the Future: New Mexico's National Labs

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LAB DIRECTORS PAUL ROBINSON THE CHALLENGES FACING THEN RUSS FISHER-IVES IS MEET HIM AND A COUPLE PLUS, THE WEEK IN PICTURES. >> Kate: WELCOME TO "inFOCUS." FOR MOST NEW MEXICANS, LOS BEHIND TECH AREA SIGNS THAT THE LABS CONDUCT WORK WHEN THE COLD WAR ENDED, SOME BUT WORLDWIDINSTABILITY HAS INSTEAD, THE REAL THREAT MANY OF THE LABS TOP AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT

AND THE LABS MUST NOW COMPETE OUTSOURCING ISN'T AN OPTION, BESIDES THIS, HOW DO THESE THE COLD WAR RETOOL THEMSELVES HERE IS DISCUSS THESE ARE PETE NANOS, DIRECTOR AND PAUL ROBINSON, PRESIDENT PAUL, LET'S START THIS THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 HAS BUT YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE >> Paul: WE ARE GOING A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME AND WE HAVE BEEN HIRING BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING WELL

I TELL PEOPLE, IT IS AN ILL THE TRAGEDY OF 9/11 DID AND SO WE HAVE HAD ACTUALLY >> Kate: BUT, IN FACT, STARTS MUCH YOUNGER IS THAT TRUE, PETE NANOS? >> Pete: WELL, IT IS TRUE, A SCIENTIST, A JOURNEYMAN YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF STUDY THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS. AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE MOST OF US, I THINK PAUL INSPIRED BY SPUTNIK, BUT THEN WE WENT

AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WENT OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS AN AVERAGE AGE OF AT LOS ALAMOS, OUR TECHNICAL AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS TIME BUT REMEMBER, WE WENT AND A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE WENT LIKE THE SMART PEOPLE WENT INVESTMENT BANKING AND THINGS >> Kate: AND IT IS TIME >> Pete: WE HAVE GOT TO GET >> Kate: GIVE ME SOME NUMBERS, >> Pete: LET ME SEE. LET ME I DON'T HAVE THAT -- I DON'T >> Kate: WHAT WOULD BE >> Pete: I THINK WE PROBABLY WE HAVE U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT

MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A VERY AND THAT HAS BROUGHT A LOT AND THEY HAVE STAYED. THEY HAVE BECOME CITIZENS, >> Kate: THAT SAID, AND TO BE PAUL ROBINSON, THESE ARE SOME AND WE SURE WOULD LIKE THEM WHAT IS THE RATIO OF FOREIGN >> Paul: I DON'T KNOW HAS A POLICY OF ONLY HIRING WE DO HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONS BUT RIGHT NOW, IT IS A DOZEN FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THREE PASSPORT PEOPLE, TWO OF THEM SO WE TEND TO QUARANTINE,

>> Kate: BECAUSE OF SOME LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THE LABS COLLEGES, ALL THE WAY DOWN >> Paul: WE HAVE BEEN DOING MY BELIEF IS, SOMEWHERE AROUND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MATH AND A LOT OF ANECDOTAL STORIES OR 5th GRADE TEACHERS ARE WHO >> Kate: IF WE ARE FOCUSING >> Paul: YOU'VE GOT TO FOCUS IN THE SCHOOLS HERE WE PROVIDE KITS AND VOLUNTEER IN AND DO EXPERIMENTS TO TRY AND INTEREST

SO IT IS NOT JUST A SNAPSHOT >> Kate: HOW ABOUT LOS ALAMOS? >> Pete: WELL, WE HAVE DONE ONE IS THE MATH SCIENCE WE HAVE INVESTED VERY HEAVILY IN SOME AREAS, IT HAS DOUBLED IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS IT BROUGHT THE EXCITEMENT BACK AND THE PRIDE OF THE PARENTS >> Kate: I THINK ACROSS HERE IN NEW MEXICO, FOR YEARS DO U.S. KIDS HAVE A PROBLEM >> Pete: IT IS INTERESTING, WE SAID THAT WE WERE REALLY WE DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T DO BUT WHEN OUR KIDS GRADUATE INTO BUSINESS AND OTHER AREAS, I THINK THE SECOND HALF

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS, WHERE WE ACTUALLY TAKE AND TAKE IT AROUND TO SCHOOLS BUT NO, I THINK THAT THE IMPORTANT THING IS, HAVE ARE THEY INTERESTED? ARE THEY EXCITED >> Kate: LET'S TAKE A COUPLE YOU HAVE EACH BROUGHT WHAT PAUL ROBINSON, SHOW US WHAT >> Paul: I BROUGHT SOMETHING THIS IS CALLED THE LABORATORY IT ACTUALLY SAMPLES AIR, OF BIOLOGICAL DANGER, WE CAN IT READS OUT THE

NOW, PRESENTLY IT DOES FOUR RYCIN, INTERATOXIN, SOMETHING THAT OUR FRIEND, WE THINK THAT IT HAS >> Kate: SO THIS IS PART >> Paul: THANK GOODNESS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOW HAVE THESE IN SUBWAYS, >> Kate: I THINK I SAW ONE PETE NANOS, EXPLAIN THIS >> Pete: BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN YEARS, THIS IS A MOTION SENSOR BUT WE HAVE MINIATURIZED IT

AND THIS CAN BE USED POINTS TO SCAN FOR NUCLEAR INCORPORATED INTO DEVISES THAT THIS GIVES AN EDGE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE >> Kate: PAUL, AS AN EXAMPLE TURN AROUND AN INNOVATION, DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL >> Paul: I THINK WITH THIS ON, ONE OF OUR FOLKS WHO WAS WITH A REQUEST THAT WE MUST DO THE BODY ARMOR YOU'VE READ MOST OF THE FOLKS HAVE BODY YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN SAVING BUT THE EXPOSED LIMBS

AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER FROM ATTACKS BY EXPLOSIVES SO WE BEGAN TO DEVELOP, WE WERE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND AND SENT 20 OF THESE AND NOW THE REQUESTS ARE >> Kate: THAT'S WONDERFUL. PETE NANOS, LET'S SWITCH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAS HAD WHAT ARE THE LABS DOING? WHAT CAN THE LABS DO BEYOND >> Pete: WELL, SEVERAL THINGS. LET ME START WITH THE DIRECT

AND A HALF BILLION, ROUGHLY, ABOUT $450 MILLION OF THAT SO THERE IS A VERY DIRECT WE'VE INCREASED THAT BUSINESS STRONGLY, AND OF COURSE, THAT ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE THE ABILITY TO TAKE DEVELOPED AFTER THEIR WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND WITH THE POTENTIAL VENTURE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAXIMIZE WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR PUEBLOS, IN THE AREA, TO HELP THEM

AND TO GIVE THEM FIRST-LINE SO WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE WHAT >> Kate: AND ON A SIMILAR ALBUQUERQUE'S ECONOMY, AND ANY TIME THERE IS ANY FEAR WHAT'S THE OUTLOOK? >> Paul: WELL, I THINK IT IS WE HAVE OUR LARGEST BUDGET WE ARE ABOVE $2.2 BILLION THIS OUR PAYROLL LAST YEAR IN NEW AND OF OUR 10,500 FOLKS -- 9,300 ARE IN VARIES SITES >> Kate: BACK ON

NANOS, YOU WERE AT IS THAT RIGHT? >> Pete: YES, ABSOLUTELY. I WAS TALKING TO STUDENTS AND ACTUALLY, IT WAS A LOT I WAS TALKING TO THEM BUT BEING A PHYSICS GRADUATE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BUT ALSO TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE AT THE AND ALSO FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT >> Kate: ALSO AT YOUR LAB, IN CONGRESS THAT SENATOR JEFF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> Pete: I THINK IT IS VERY IT IS USEFUL TO REMEMBER THAT AND IT IS A TREMENDOUS IT IS ONE THAT I THINK

AND I THINK ALL AMERICANS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SITES, >> Paul: IF I COULD MENTION, WHICH THE ATOMIC ENERGY AND OPERATED, SANDIA TOOK WELL, OF COURSE, AT THE TIME, AN OPERATING AIR FORCE BASE, SO IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US AS YOU KNOW, WE FINALLY LEASED AND WE HAVE RELOCATED AS MUCH JUST SO PEOPLE COULD COME OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, >> Kate: THAT'S A FASCINATING I RECOMMEND IT TO ALL VIEWERS PAUL ROBINSON, PETE NANOS,

>> Kate: NEXT, LET'S LOOK A GLIMPSE AT LIFE IN NEW A GAME OF GO FISH HELPS PASS HELD LAST WEEKEND AT "THE PIT" AND CELEBRATES THE CULTURE, FASTER THAN THE WIND, CODY BUT SHADRACK KIPTOO OF EL FAST AS THE WIND. TURBINES AT THE NEW MEXICO MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER AS HE'S DONE FOR OVER 30 THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM THE EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND THOMAS DIMIDUK, WIN THIS ADVENTURES IN SUPERCOMPUTING

WITH THEIR ENTRY "ATOMISTIC >> Kate: "ATOMISTIC MODELING MAY NOT BE THE STUFF THAT GETS THE PROBLEM IS, AS WE HEARD AS MATH AND SCIENCE SCORES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MUST SCIENCE EDUCATION, OR RISK ONE MAN DOING HIS BEST KIDS GET THE BEST SCIENCE FISHER-IVES, HEAD HE IS JOINED BY ADI DENDULURI, IS ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL AND KATIE LIBERATORE BIOLOGY, AND A FORMER RUSS, LET'S OPEN THIS UP GIVE ME A SHORT LIST OF THINGS

>> Russ: WELL, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE WOULD HOPE THAT BUT IT IS THE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE KIDS WHO HAVE PARENTS OR THAT HAVE A DOG WHO WANTS OR THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT'S THE CRITICAL THING IS YOU TAKE THEIR INTERESTS HOW THEY CAN ANALYZE >> Kate: I CAME TO FROM KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO BE ADI, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TELL US THE PROJECT YOU'RE >> Adi: I'M WORKING ON A GENE WHICH MEANS -- CHROMATIN IS AND DNA IS ACTUALLY FOUND

I'M LOOKING AT THE ROLE THE AMAZING THING IS, WE HAVE THE DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR YOU'RE LOOKING AT GENETIC LEVEL OF WHAT IS >> Kate: SO YOU'RE LOOKING >> Adi: I'M 17. >> Kate: AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING >> Adi: YES. I ACTUALLY WANT IN COLLEGE, AND DEFINITELY EVERY DAY I GO INTO THE LAB IT BLOWS MY MIND WHAT HUMANS >> Kate: KATIE, YOU'RE ALSO TELL US WHAT'S UP WITH THAT >> Katie: I STARTED OF NEW MEXICO WHEN I WAS AND ACTUALLY, I DECIDED

OF THE RESEARCH THAT I WAS SO NOW I'M PURSUING IT IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR IT IS A GENETICS TYPE RESEARCH >> Kate: WERE YOU ALWAYS >> Katie: ACTUALLY, I REALLY IN MY JUNIOR YEAR, I KNEW THAT SO I DECIDED TO MAKE IT WHAT I DECIDED, WHAT WAS THANKFULLY, SHE IS AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING >> Kate: THE ANTICIPATION, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE PUBLISHED >> Katie: IT IS POSSIBLE, YES

>> Kate: THAT'S REMARKABLE RUSS, TELL US ABOUT AND ENGINEERING FAIR, WHICH BUT WE'RE GETTING IT TO COME >> Russ: IT COMES TO STATES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING YEARS, AND WE WERE NOTIFIED WON THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG WAY BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND DO BUT WHAT IS SO NEAT ABOUT THIS 9th THROUGH 12th GRADERS, THAT MILLION OR MORE IN THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE REALLY CREATE A NEW ELEMENT,

"CREATE A NEW ELEMENT" >> Kate: AND YOU ACTUALLY >> Russ: WE CREATED GETTING RESEARCH IMBEDDED NOT DOING A PROJECT, SO KIDS ARE NOT DOING IT BACK IN 3rd, 4th, 5th GRADE; AND OUR STATE CURRICULUM CALLS >> Kate: LET'S TALK, BRIEFLY, INTERESTED IN SCIENCE CAREERS, >> Russ: THE PROCESS IS WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION THROUGH THE MEDIA, OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO BE ABLE WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO BE AND THE WHOLE PREMISE IS AND WE TAKE THEM RIGHT OFF THAT WAS AN ARTICLE

IF OUR KIDS CAN'T READ USING THINGS LIKE GENETIC AND LOOK REAL PRETTY IT LOOKS BELIEVABLE SO IF THE CRITICAL THOUGHT AS SOMETHING IN ALL >> Kate: IT MAKES IT IS EASIER >> Russ: EXACTLY >> Kate: TELL US TELL US WHAT IT DID FOR YOU, >> Adi: IT TOOK MY INTEREST THE PEOPLE I MET THERE, IT WAS LIKE KIDS FROM MORE THAN 40 AND LIKE WHAT THESE KIDS ARE ALL OF THEM ARE WILLING AND THE AMAZING PART IS, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SOMETHING I'M GOING IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

SCIENTIST. >> Russ: IT I COULD THAT'S OUR 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th WE HAVE TO PREPARE OTHERWISE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE >> Kate: AS THE LAB DIRECTORS >> Russ: RIGHT >> Kate: I KNOW, KATIE, THAT THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING TELL US WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO >> Russ: WWW.ISEF2007.ORG AND THAT STANDS FOR AND, OF COURSE, 2007 IS WHEN >> Kate: AND KATIE, TELL US >> Katie: I WILL MOST LIKELY >> Kate: AND ADI, TEN YEARS

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