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    UTC, ARMENIA UNIVERSITY LINKED FOR REMOTE LAB ACCESS
    Clint Cooper

    Chattanooga Times Free Press
    http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/oct/ 27/utc-armenia-university-linked-for-remote-lab/?e ntertainmentlifeentertainment
    Oct 27 2009

    Students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and students
    at the State Engineering University in Armenia now can run experiments
    in each other's labs.

    Dr. Jim Henry, a professor of chemical and environmental engineering
    at UTC, and Alan Voss, a Tennessee Valley Authority retiree, recently
    traveled to Yerevan, Armenia, to install equipment to facilitate the
    remote electronic access.

    The equipment in Armenia is funded by a grant from the NATO Science
    for Peace and Security Program and another from the Engineering
    Information Foundation.

    Dr. Henry said Dr. Oleg Gasparyan, a world renown control engineer in
    Armenia, learned about UTC's remote operated laboratories, e-mailed
    him and suggested they apply for a NATO grant, which they received.

    The grants, according to NATO, are given for cooperative projects
    between principals in NATO nations such as the United States and
    principals in what are called NATO partner nations such as Armenia.

    The work both labs do, according to Dr. Henry, who along with Mr. Voss
    spoke about the project at the Chattanooga Engineering Club on Monday,
    leads to results such as improved design of industrial plants,
    automobile cruise control systems and oven thermostats.

    The UTC professor, who previously worked with people on similar
    projects within remote access labs in Germany, Mexico, Canada,
    Australia, said the state-of-the-art equipment installed in Armenia
    allows for Web, audio and video links.

    "It will be a 24-7 operation," he said. "They will be operating here
    (at UTC) if I'm at home."
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