Fitzpatrick Center

Duke University campus
university = Duke University
name = Fitzpatrick Center (also known as CIEMAS)
picture =
use = Many
style = | erected = 2004
location = West Campus
namesake = Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick
architect = Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
free_label = Major research initiatives
free = biology, photonics, materials and integrated sensors
website = [http://www.pratt.duke.edu Duke Engineering]
The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—colloquially referred to as CIEMAS (pronounced "see-mas") —opened in August 2004 on the campus of Duke University. Research facilities focus on the fields of photonics, 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 (highlighted by a nanotechnology research wing), offices, teaching spaces, and an Irish themed café Twinnie's. [ [http://www.pratt.duke.edu/about/facilities.php About Pratt Facilities] ] CIEMAS contains: a three-story, convert|10000|sqft|m2|-3|sing=on atrium; 206-seat auditorium; convert|104000|sqft|m2|-2 of laboratory space; convert|10000|sqft|m2|-3 of conference space; and the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment (one of seven in the world). The construction of CIEMAS took more than three years and cost more than $97 million.

See also

* Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy

References

External links

* [http://www.pratt.duke.edu/about/fciemas.php/ General Information]
* [http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University]