New Engineering Research Building

[tbozeglav]

Just happened to see this today while at work. Very interesting. But I like the look of the building

http://www.uakron.edu/im/online-newsroom/n...?newsId=1895032

The College of Engineering is joining with the U.S. Department of Defense, The U.S. Department of Energy, Ohio companies and foundations to build a $14.8 million, 39,000-square-foot research facility on Wolf Ledges Parkway. UA expects the building to open next winter.

"The facility will integrate industrial research space within the academic environment, rather than the other way around," says Dr. George Haritos, dean of the College of Engineering. "It's an innovative model: Ohio companies will have research space on our campus, and they'll be working directly with our faculty members and students on research that will yield discoveries and innovations which, in turn, will fuel business expansion and a further strengthening of Ohio's economy."

The building will be home to the National Center for Education and Research in Corrosion and Materials Reliability, as well as to laboratories and faculty offices supporting the delivery of the University's new undergraduate program in corrosion engineering, part of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

The facility also will house laboratories needed to carry out sensors research funded by the Ohio Third Frontier initiative, through the Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering. The departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering will direct the sensors research.

Moreover, several faculty from other departments in the College of Engineering, the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, will carry out collaborative research projects in the building.

Space within the building will be organized in flexible modular units to optimize flexibility and efficiency.

[zip37]

Thanks for the images-- the Leaking Urnal had an article a while back, but only 1 image.