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SUNYIT Plans Computer Chip Commercialization Center
The State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) is planning to build the $45 million Computer Chip Commercialization Center in Marcy, N.Y. Created in partnership with University at Albany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, the facility will support R&D collaboration with private industry partners. Construction is expected to begin in fall of 2009 and reach completion in 2011.
President Obama Allocates $1.8 Billion for H1N1 Preparedness
President Barack Obama allocated $1.825 billion for H1N1 preparedness in July of 2009. Supporting vaccine development, testing, and planning, the funding comes from $7.65 in funding previously awarded to the Department of Health and Human Services by Congress for H1N1 pandemic response. H1N1 vaccine manufacturers for the United States include Novartis, Sanofi Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter, and AstraZeneca.
Midwestern State University Opens School of Engineering
Midwestern State University opened the expanded and renovated Fowler Hall in Wichita Falls, Texas, in July of 2009. Housing the McCoy School of Engineering, the 23,000-sf academic building provides classrooms, department and faculty offices, study pods, and engineering research facilities. The project was designed by SHW Group of Dallas and features three high bay labs as well as labs for physics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, machine dynamics, measurement and instrumentation, fluid power, and materials science. Jose I.
Ras Al Khaimah Breaks Ground on Centre for Advanced Materials
The emirate of Ras Al Khaimah will initiate construction on the Centre for Advanced Materials (RAK-CAM) in September of 2009. The 6,000-sm research facility will house interdisciplinary laboratories for the study of alternative energy, construction, water purification, and environmental preservation. Occupancy is slated for late 2010.
Fortis Healthcare Builds Gurgaon Medicity
Fortis Healthcare is building the Fortis International Institute of Medical Sciences on 10.7 acres in Gurgaon, India. The 1.5 million-sf first phase of construction will house between 250 and 400 beds for cancer, trauma, and pediatric care. Construction began in August of 2007 with occupancy slated for November of 2010. Subsequent construction phases will support other multi-specialty departments with a total of 1,000 beds.