Category Archives: Eisenhower Fellowship

Today was quite a day! Raj, one of the 2008 fellows from the US had set me up a fantastic day of meetings. He picked me up at the hotel and drove me to NC State University’s Centennial Campus. He and his colleague talked to me about their work at the Kenan Institute for Science,Continue reading “North Carolina Day 1”

That could be the motto of where I am now – Raleigh, North Carolina which, along with Chapel Hill and Durham makes up the Research Triangle, the US top business/academia cluster. I had a day organised by Raj, who is one of the 2008 Fellows from the US. Quite a full day and I’m gladContinue reading ““Innovation is a contact sport””

It’s been Tennessee, Georgia (briefly) and now North Carolina today! I had a really super lazy day yesterday, which was great. I had a late morning and then headed out for a bit of a walk (it wasn’t raining at last) and some lunch. Went to Ruby Tuesdays and had something to eat, but theContinue reading “Odyssey through the Southern States”

is true!! I had a night on my own in the hotel last night, which was fine. In fact, it was great lying in bed watching telly -I love it. This morning I got picked up and taken to today’s meetings. We had a full day, including Bonnie taking me for a nice lunch downContinue reading “Everything you heard about Southern hospitality”

Today was Oak Ridge National Lab day. I got picked up this morning by Bonnie Hebert of the US ITER office and met with the director and deputy there. We talked about a whole range of issues around the future of ITER, how to communicate it and some of the challenges of managing a large-scaleContinue reading “Tennessee Day 2”

Internet was down yesterday so I wasn’t able to update things. Which is a shame cos yesterday and today were very full and so in order to stop anyone reading this falling asleep, I’m going to have to really condense them! My first session was at the Center for Clean Products at University of Tennessee-Knoxville,Continue reading “Tennessee Day 1”

All sorts of network problems yesterday so I wasn’t able to write anything last night. Or send e-mails, read the news, check my bank account or do any of the things I needed to. Makes you realise how much you are relying on it to stay in contact with the world – especially when you areContinue reading “The internet lets me down”

Washington DC is full of squirrels. They are all over the place, it’s like Seurasaari in Helsinki! Of course I will now always think of them as rabbits, thanks to a joke Gil told me. It was a nice place, with nice quiet areas as well as downtown bustle and it was pretty green. GoodContinue reading “Leaving Squirrel City and heading South!”

Day 2 started slightly later than Day 1, with an 11 am meeting at AAAS with their Public Policy Director Ginger Pinholster. I was particularly interested in their programme of science and technology fellows, post-doctoral researchers who spend a year working in government agencies or Congress. Several of the people I met on Capitol Hill hasContinue reading “Washington Days 2 and 3”

So, we’re having fun in Washington! Sunday I did some work and then met Gil and went for Kosher food. We then headed down to the mall for a little light sightseeing, which was fun. I then met Peter Whitehead and we went for dinner at DuPont Circle, after the altercation with the man inContinue reading “Pounding the streets of DC”