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Colorado State University Builds Select Agent Imaging Facility
Colorado State University will build an imaging facility for the study of BSL-3 pathogens and select agents in Fort Collins. Located in the Judson M. Harper Research Complex, the facility will part of the Infectious Disease Research Center sited adjacent to the Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory on the Foothills Campus. The project is supported by $6 million in federal stimulus funding and will support biomedical research using animal models. LEED certification will be sought for the facility.
Dartmouth College Plans Advanced Surgical Center
Dartmouth College was awarded $9.3 million in federal stimulus funding in spring of 2010 to construct the Advanced Surgical Center in Hanover, N.H. The facility will feature two operating theaters with intraoperative imaging systems that move between adjoining diagnostic suites. Supporting clinical and translational research in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery, the center will provide MR, CT, ultrasound, and optical imaging technologies.
Boston University Renovates Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering
Boston University will renovate 6,700 sf of research and support space in the Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering. The project is supported by $5.8 million in federal stimulus funding and will provide four laboratory modules for translational synthetic and medicinal chemistry. Completion is expected in early 2012.
NCAR Breaks Ground on Cheyenne Supercomputing Center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research broke ground on the $70 million NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne on June 15, 2010. The 153,000-sf project will be constructed by Saunders Construction of Denver. Supporting advanced climate modeling, the facility will support research in weather, oceanography, air pollution, space weather, computational science, energy production, and carbon sequestration.
UMass Lowell Breaks Ground on Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center
The University of Massachusetts Lowell broke ground on the $70 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) on June 8, 2010. Designed by CUH2A, the 84,000-sf lab and office facility will support research, development, and manufacturing of products in the nanotechnology, plastics, biotechnology, and electro-optics fields. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.