California is home to many of the nation's most prominent science and technology research institutions, and CCST has benefited from the active participation of industry leaders and academia alike. With the recent addition of the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Council now numbers three directors of federally funded research laboratories among its members for the first time.
Federal research laboratories are actively engaged in CCST projects including:
- State Strategic Committee on Terrorism (SSCOT) Executive Committee: Sandia
- Hydrogen Highway Initiative: Lawrence Livermore; Sandia
- Education Programs: Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Lawrence Livermore
- Nanotechnology: NASA Ames
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California is home to more federal research facilities than any other state, including national laboratories at Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Sandia/California and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, as well as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Ames Research Center. Collectively, they have a tremendous impact on California's economy and high-tech community; the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory alone, for example, has been estimated to generate at least half a billion dollars in direct expenditures and indirect impacts annually for the Bay Area economy. With thousands of top scientists and links to a variety of universities and government agencies, the federal research laboratories are a vital part of California's science and technology sector.
Michael R. Anastasio, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, became a member of the Council in 2004, joining fellow federal lab directors Miriam E. John, vice president of the Sandia National Laboratories/California, and G. Scott Hubbard, director of the NASA Ames Research Center, who already sit on the Council. While over the years, CCST has worked with the national laboratories and NASA on energy, particle physics research, counter-terrorism, and education projects, the addition of Anastasio means that CCST is now further drawing upon expertise representing all of California's high-tech research and development sectors. Anastasio, John and Hubbard continue a connection first established by former council members and laboratory directors Edward Stone, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Charles Shank, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Bruce Tartar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Burton Richter, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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