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Marquette University is planning to construct the $100 million Discovery Learning Complex in Milwaukee, Wis. Housing the College of Engineering, the facility will be structured around 15 “pods” containing conjoined classrooms, faculty offices, and research labs in each grouping. The project will feature multidisciplinary labs for materials and structural testing, complex systems, mechatronics, visualization, neuromechanics, and biomedical imaging. A specialized energy workshop lab will focus on development of alternative energy resources. The project team includes architect, engineer, and contractor/developer Opus of Minneapolis; design architect HGA; and laboratory design consultant RFD (Research Facilities Design). Groundbreaking is projected for 2009.