The Lafayette Institute will be built at Georgia Tech-Lorraine in Metz which was established 20 years ago. The college is concluding the milestone anniversary celebration with "France-Atlanta 2010:Together Toward Innovation" a series of twenty events in science, business, humanitarian efforts, and the arts. (Image courtesy Georgia Tech.)
The Lafayette Institute, a new resource center for industry and academic research laboratories, is set to be built at Georgia Tech-Lorraine in Metz. It will focus on technologies at the intersection of materials, optics, photonics, electronics and nanotechnology.
French authorities will finance 23 million euros, or roughly $31 million, to create the institute.
Georgia Tech's campus in France offers global research and internship opportunities, and year-round undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs.
