The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—
colloquially referred to as FCIEMAS (pronounced "eff-see-mas") —opened in August 2004 on the West campus of
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
.
Research facilities focus on the fields of
photonics,
bioengineering
Biological engineering or
bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...
, communications, and
materials science and
materials engineering. The aim of the building was to emphasize interdisciplinary activities and encourage cross-departmental interactions. The building houses numerous wet bench
laboratories
A laboratory (; ; colloquially lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratory services are provided in a variety of settings: physicia ...
(highlighted by a
nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...
research wing), offices, teaching spaces, and an Irish themed café Twinnie's.
About Pratt Facilities
/ref> FCIEMAS contains: a three-story, atrium; 206-seat auditorium; of laboratory space; of conference space; and the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment (one of seven in the world). The construction of FCIEMAS took more than three years and cost more than $97 million.
See also
* Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) is an institution established at Duke University to address the many issues in science and policy that the Genome Revolution and recent advances in Genome Science are expected to create. It i ...
References
External links
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Duke University campus
2004 establishments in North Carolina
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