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February 2008
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Micron Pledges $1.25 Million for Nanotechnology Lab
Europe's Lab Arrives at the Space Station
New Notre Dame Engineering Building
Micron Pledges $1.25 Million for Nanotechnology Lab
The Micron Technology Foundation has pledged $1.25 million to support the development of a nanofabrication teaching and research laboratory at the University of Utah. The gift targets a core facility in a 185,000-square-foot building for the new Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative now under development at the U.
Micron's investment will help leverage nearly $130 million in state and private dollars, and launch a new era of scientific discovery and technology innovation, officials said.
USTAR is Utah's $400 million program to boost technology commercialization, university research, and other efforts at turning technologies into products and companies to help drive Utah's economy.
The "nanofab" will be the most expensive facility in the building, employing vibration-free clean-room technology. While it will occupy only 10 percent of the building, it will consume 21 percent of construction costs, officials said.
Europe's Lab Arrives at the Space Station
The Columbus research module, Europe's largest contribution to the International Space Station, has finally arrived at its destination.
On February 11, astronauts Rex Walheim and Stan Love conducted a spacewalk to connect the module to the station. Astronauts will now begin preparing the €700-million (US$1-billion) lab for experiments in biology, fluid science and physiology. A second spacewalk scheduled for February 15, would attach a materials-testing experiment and a solar observatory to the outside of the lab. But many larger experiments will be delayed until 2009, when the station's crew is set to increase to six. The arrival marks the end of years of delays for Columbus, which was originally set to launch around 2000.
New Notre Dame Engineering Building
Collaborative learning environments will be a hallmark of the University of Notre Dame's (South Bend, IN) new Stinson Remick Hall, the new engineering and nanotechnology facility for the University's College of Engineering. The university broke ground for the new facility in November, 2007.
BSA LifeStructures is designing the $69.4-million, 161,000-square-foot facility to fit architecturally with Notre Dame's collegiate gothic style, distinct character and campus culture. BSA LifeStructures is teamed with RFD, an international leader in the design of specialized laboratory environments. Maregatti Interiors is providing interior design services. The building will house an interdisciplinary learning center, the new Notre Dame Energy Center and a nanotechnology center, which includes a 9,000-square-foot semiconductor processing and device fabrication cleanroom.
For Stinson Remick Hall, the university is seeking certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) program.
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