Mississippi State University dedicated its new 40,000-sf agricultural and biological engineering building in Starkville on November 10, 2007. The three-story plus basement facility houses classrooms, offices, and research laboratories and replaces the 1950s-era Howell Engineering Building. The construction cost of the facility was $11 million.
The University of Notre Dame broke ground in November of 2007 on the $69.4 million Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering in Notre Dame, Ind. The 142,000-sf facility will house a nanotechnology research center, an energy center, an 11,800-sf semiconductor processing and device fabrication cleanroom, and an undergraduate learning center. Designed to enhance interdisciplinary research, the project is slated for completion by late 2009.
Kettering University broke ground in late fall of 2007 on the 12,000-sf Science and Technology Incubator Building in Flint, Mich. The $2.7 million multi-tenant facility will house ten 500-sf dedicated research laboratory suites and ten executive offices. Providing space for scientific and technologically-based start-up companies, the project will begin construction in spring of 2008 and reach completion in spring of 2009.
Dalhousie University, in partnership with Capital Health and the IWK Health Centre, is planning to construct the $42 million Life Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) in Halifax. Designed by Halifax-based WHW Architects, the 115,000-sf, five-story LSRI will house post-incubator research projects and laboratory space for tenants, two floors of labs for the Brain Repair Centre, and a CL2/APL2 Integrated Animal Care Facility (IACF) for non-severe biological agent research on the fifth floor.
Mount St. Mary's College held a dedication ceremony for $6 million in renovated and expanded science facilities in Los Angeles, Calif. on Oct. 29, 2007. At the new Seaver Science Center, the College renovated the classrooms and labs on the physical sciences floor and the biological sciences floor, including upgrades to the Physics Lab and the Instrumentation Lab. The Photolysis Lab was expanded, and two new labs were constructed, the Neurological Plasticity and Aging Lab and the Molecular Biology Research Lab. The facility also houses the newly created Ralph M.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is planning the construction of a $12 billion research and applied sciences campus near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The cornerstone facility of the graduate research institution is expected to open in September of 2009. The University will accommodate research in biosciences, engineering, applied mathematics, computational sciences, materials science, and energy and environmental resources.
Purdue University completed the 26,000-sf LakeView Technology Center in Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Ind. in late October of 2007. The facility houses the 7,800-sf InnerVision West magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center with a 3-Tesla scanner for research and patient care. 8,300-sf of space at the LakeView Technology Center is occupied by tenant Simulex, Inc; the building also houses a 5,500-sf restaurant and a 1,500-sf coffee shop. An additional 10,000-sf of office or laboratory space for second-stage technology companies is available.
Purdue University dedicated the $53 million Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering in October of 2007. The 125,000-sf facility is home to two schools in the College of Engineering, the School of Materials Engineering and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Designed to foster teamwork and interaction, the building contains 20,000 sf of research labs and 60,000 sf of undergraduate teaching facilities, including discipline-specific design labs. The project broke ground in October of 2004.
Iowa State University dedicated the new Dairy Animal Science Education and Discovery Facility on Oct. 20, 2007. Sited three miles south of the main ISU campus, the facility is a fully functional dairy farm of 450 milking cows used for teaching, research, and education. Accommodating research by faculty in Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the facility is also utilized by researchers from the National Animal Disease Center in Ames.
Wesleyan College completed the 42,000-sf Munroe Science Center in Macon, Ga., in August of 2007. The $12.5 million facility houses classrooms, offices, and laboratories for chemistry, physiology, ecology, behavioral neurosciences, and developmental, reproductive, cell, and molecular biology. Featuring 11 teaching laboratories, a rooftop greenhouse, astronomy platform, animal suite, environmental room, community learning center, and a built-in water purification system, the building was designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent.
Thomas Jefferson University dedicated the 129,000-sf Dorrance H. Hamilton Building in Philadelphia on October 19, 2007. The six-story interdisciplinary health instruction facility will accommodate integrated education in nursing, medical, physical, and occupational therapy. The $60 million project includes classrooms, a 300-seat auditorium, a 60,000-sf plaza, and a 252-space underground parking garage. The two-floor Rector Clinical Skills Center features virtual diagnostic and surgical suites with mechanical patients and an anesthesia lab.
Indiana University Bloomington dedicated Simon Hall, known as Multidisciplinary Science Building I, on October 16, 2007. The $55.7 million, 141,084-gsf project features modular, flexible laboratories for interdisciplinary research. Housing biologists, chemists, physicists, and geneticists engaged in bioscience and genomics research, the facility also houses offices and conference space for the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science and the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Rutgers University broke ground on the $150 million Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick on October 23, 2007. Slated for completion in 2010, the Institute is a joint venture between the University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the State of New Jersey. Supporting basic and translational research, clinical trials, and outpatient treatment, the 160,000-sf center will be located on five floors in an 18-story tower adjacent to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and across from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources has awarded the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center a $34-million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to establish the North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative (NCTCTSI).
The NIH’s National Center for Research Resources has awarded a $33.8 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to the University of Iowa (UI) to establish the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. The five-year grant will support collaborative translational research with all eleven of the University of Iowa’s colleges and approximately 40 centers and institutes, as well as Iowa State University and the University of Arizona.
