Secretary Chu visits Argonne—Groundbreaking ceremony for new Energy Sciences Building

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Groundbreaking ceremony

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy Sciences building. (From left to right: Senator Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer, Secretary Steven Chu and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs.)

Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory

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Groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy Sciences building. (From left to right: Senator Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer, Secretary Steven Chu and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs.)
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Senator Durbin speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Officials at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Argonne's new Energy Sciences building
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu speaks about innovations in energy at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Shovels used in the ground breaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Senator Durbin at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Ground breaking
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Director Eric Isaacs at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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The audience and media at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu speaks about the new Energy Sciences building at the groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer at the ground breaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer speaks at the ground breaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu prepares for the groundbreaking
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu answers media questions at Argonne groundbreaking ceremony
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Groundbreaking ceremony—Argonne, DOE staff and associates
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building. From left to right: Patrick Hogan, Karen Hellman, Gary Brown (DOE), Jeff Sims, Marc Jones(DOE), Joe Ingraffia, Ahmad Soueid (HDR Architecture Inc.), John Szott, Joanna Livengood (DOE), George Paliulinas (DOE), Jerry Hunt, Angela Harvey(DOE).
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu views the new Energy Sciences building model
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, joined Senator Richard Durbin, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and Argonne Director Eric Isaacs to break ground for Argonne's new Energy and Sciences building.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory
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Secretary Chu and Eric Isaacs at CNM
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is shown the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline at Sector 26 by Argonne Director Eric Isaacs in June 2011.
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Secretary Chu and Paul Fuoss at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visits the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline at Sector 26 in June 2011. Paul Fuoss presents work on nanoscale imaging as CNM postdocs Noel C. Giebink and Maria Chan look on.
Image: Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory