 I just want to take a moment to talk about a very important relationship we have with the Ohio Aerospace Institute. Last Tuesday we dedicated this beautiful building and began in earnest this wonderful relationship that's part of our strategy for the 90s. You know that it is an association of nine universities, seven of them are public and two are private. It has the industrial sector as a member and of course NASA Lewis Research Center. The key to me is that this university relationship and the consortium with the industry opens a new window into the NASA Lewis Research Center. Our strategy for the decade of the 90s is to focus on strategic partnerships as well as focusing on technology transfer. This wonderful brand new, spanking new facility and the people that make it up are going to help us achieve that vision. This was a gleam in the eye of a former center director, John Kleinberg as many of you know took a lot of work and a lot of energy and it's finally come to pass. So I'm privileged to welcome you to OAI. Please get to know it. It's a very important neighbor. We live in a world of interconnections. Connecting is how we learn and how we innovate. It's how we imagine new possibilities and turn ideas into action. It's how we solve problems and make the world a better place. Connecting is how we achieve the impossible. Making connections is the mission of the Ohio Aerospace Institute. This unique consortium of universities, industry and federal labs is dedicated to collaboration among people and organizations. Researchers from nine Ohio universities, from the research and development centers of industry, from Wright Laboratory in Dayton and from NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland are joining together through OAI to build a collaborative network. It's a network for sharing the benefits of the sophisticated and costly facilities needed in today's research and development. It's a network for enhancing Ohio's technology base to meet the challenges of today's economy and distributing the benefits of advanced science and engineering throughout Ohio and beyond. But most of all, it's a network for connecting human intellect and imagination. For generating, expanding, combining and synergizing ideas. For connecting to the future. OAI connects to the future by helping today's scientists and engineers reach out to those who will shape the world of tomorrow. Through the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, OAI makes connections to students throughout Ohio. Making dreams come to life and keeping those dreams alive. OAI connects students to their dreams by providing scholarships and fellowships through the Ohio Space Grant Consortium. But OAI provides much more than financial help. Students also receive an enriched educational experience. OAI helps educators share with their students the benefits of collaboration, access to a broad community of scholars, exposure to cutting-edge research and applied technology, and courses developed jointly with members of industry and government. Engineering students pursuing graduate degrees are receiving opportunities to connect knowledge with experience by becoming part of the research community that lies beyond the university. With the sponsorship of OAI, university faculty and engineering graduate students are blending their research and technology goals with those of government and industry. They conduct research in the unique facilities of NASA Lewis Research Center and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. And they interact with top-notch scientists and engineers from government and industry. They comprehend more deeply the value of their research and gain insights that will help them choose future directions. OAI connects to the future by fostering lifelong learning. Through OAI, experienced scientists and engineers can meet the rigorous demands of their careers while keeping up to date on the latest knowledge and skills in their disciplines. OAI helps integrate educational goals and career goals by providing NASA Lewis engineers the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees while they remain in the workplace. By sponsoring specialized graduate courses that will connect the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom to real-world challenges. By building a statewide television network for sharing knowledge among universities, businesses and federal labs. And by bringing scientists and engineers together in seminars, workshops and conferences that link Ohio's high technology community to world-renowned scholars. I have seen actually, I have produced anti-proteons, I have accelerated anti-proteons, we have produced readily at CERN and Geneva 10 to the power of 13 anti-proteons. And that is of course our dream to get as close as possible to MC squared for energy. OAI connects to the future by linking knowledge and technology to the needs of the marketplace. Through OAI, those who generate new technologies can have a direct connection to those who will use them. To find ways of putting new technologies to work, OAI collaborates with tech transfer organizations such as the new Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center. And through the power of collaborative research, OAI adds a new dimension to technology transfer. OAI participants from industry, federal labs and universities are collaborating to make technology acquisition more proactive. Tailoring research to specific needs, shaping technologies at their inception, and guiding technology development toward future applications. OAI connects to the future by emphasizing the benefits of collaboration in today's competitive business environment. OAI focus groups are collaborative networks of government, industry and university researchers. Research combines the strengths of different organizations, the knowledge of different disciplines and the talents of different people. OAI focus groups connect resources, capabilities and expertise to confront underlying challenges in key technical areas. Challenges in material science, advanced sensors and controls, structural and fluid mechanics, integrated circuits and electronics, electric and nuclear propulsion, aerospace power systems and many other areas where new connections are needed. For all participants, OAI is neutral territory, a place for sharing resources, exchanging ideas and working together when people and organizations connect through the Ohio Aerospace Institute, the possibilities are endless. Who knows how far one small connection can extend. It can inspire someone to achieve or open new avenues of science and technology or improve people's lives. One small connection can launch a new product or create a new high-tech industry or revitalize our economy. One small connection can strengthen our foundation for education and research and help us meet national goals. Who knows, perhaps it will be one small connection that leads to our next great adventure.