This 3-story, 150,000 SF complex will feature one of the nation’s most powerful supercomputers and will stand out as a dynamic team-based transdisciplinary research and teaching center. Innovation starts with the complex’s structure, which will be the first mass timber laboratory building on the West Coast. The exterior includes electrochromic glass construction as part of the university’s goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. The creative-driven facility allows faculty and students to solve critical challenges such as climate science, oceanography, sustainability and water resources.
Additional highlights of the complex include:
- A state-of-the-art cleanroom to advance discovery and learning supporting the semiconductor industry.
- A maker space, providing student access to innovation tools that enables hands-on and experiential learning.
- A cyber-physical playground providing human interaction with next-generation robotics for integration in the real world.
- An extended reality theater that will combine high-resolution motion-capture technology and augmented reality. The theater will enable imaging digital simulations ranging from portraying the human body to help advance wellness, and to demonstrate the design and operation of complex machines, such as how drones and robotics may operate in society and the workplace.
- Laboratories that link research within full field deployment to address water resources, including the availability of clean water.
