Mag Lab Getting New Neighbor
June 13, 2007
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Susan Ray, (850) 644-9651
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University recently broke ground on a new Materials Research Building that will be located adjacent to Magnet Lab in Tallahassee’s Innovation Park.
The $17-million building will be a two-story, 44,000-square-foot facility with 13 laboratories for the design, processing and characterization of advanced materials and systems. When completed in the fall of 2008, it will house FSU’s Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials, which was established in November 2006 through a $4-million grant from the State University System’s Board of Governors.
The Materials Research Building and its focus on composite materials will complement the other major research programs in Innovation Park, including programs at the Magnet Lab. In addition to providing high field analytical tools and methods, the Magnet Lab will be further developing its materials synthesis and characterization capabilities as part of its partnership with the Center. Already, a number of Magnet Lab research faculty are participating in Center initiatives in conjunction with FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s departments of industrial, mechanical, and chemical and biomedical engineering.
The Mag Lab’s Applied Superconductivity Center will contribute microscopy expertise to the Center through its high resolution scanning electron microscopes, capable of examining complex materials down to the atomic level.
Working closely with industrial partners, research at the Center will benefit the aerospace, auto, defense, electronics and wind-energy industries by providing lightweight, safe, energy-efficient and cost-effective composite systems.
For more information on the Materials Research Building, visit http://www.fsu.edu/news/2007/05/21/ground.breaking/.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory develops and operates state-of-the-art, high-magnetic-field facilities that faculty and visiting scientists and engineers use for research. The laboratory is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida. To learn more, visit www.magnet.fsu.edu.
