Oak Ridge, Tennessee

What do you know about Oak Ridge, Tennessee? Ok, you have heard about the Oak Ridge National Lab, and if you are a Country Western music fan, you have heard about the Oak Ridge Boys.

Here is a little more to fill you in on the technology-based economic development that exists there.

The Oak Ridge/Knoxville area is home to more than 1,000 high-tech companies, 45,000 high-tech professionals, 3,500 Ph.D.s and more than 15,000 college students majoring in information technology, science, math or engineering.

According to local officials, the key is the partnership between the University of Tennessee (UT), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It has put Oak Ridge on the worldwide forefront in nuclear physics, environmental technology, advanced materials, information technology, biomedical technology, transportation research, and measurement and controls.

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