The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—
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ly referred to as FCIEMAS (pronounced "eff-see-mas") —opened in August 2004 on the West campus of
Duke University.
Research
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facilities focus on the fields of
photonics
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,
bioengineering, 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
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(highlighted by a
nanotechnology 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
References
External links
*
Duke University campus
2004 establishments in North Carolina
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