- Nanotechnology Research Center
The Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC) will be part of the
Georgia Institute of Technology and will be constructed on the site of the [http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/bldngmodel.php?id=79&navview=0 Electronics Research Building] , the former home of GTRI's Information Technology & Telecommunications Laboratory (ITTL). The NRC will be the largestcleanroom laboratory in theSoutheast United States . Scientists and engineers researchingnanotechnology there will study the characteristics and behavior ofatom s andmolecule s and use that knowledge to create new materials and tiny nano-scale tools and machines.tatus
The Information Technology & Telecommunications Laboratory was previously located on the site, and has been moved to [http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/bldngmodel.php?id=141 GCATT] . The Electronics Research Building, established in 1966,cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/Publications/timeline/1960s.html|title=Tech Timeline: 1960s|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|accessdate=2007-03-06] was demolished, and construction began in Fall 2006/Spring 2007.
The construction has been funded by several donations, including $7 million from the State of Georgia, [cite news|first=Arcadiy|last=Kantor|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2005-04-15/news/5|title=State partially funds nanotechnology center|work=
The Technique |date=2005-04-15|accessdate=2007-03-06] $15 million from the Marcus Foundation, [cite news|url=http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=2385|title=Marcus Foundation Makes $15 Million Commitment to Georgia Tech's Nanotechnology Research Center Building|work=AZoNano.com|accessdate=2007-03-06] and $36 million from an anonymous source;cite web|url=http://www.development.gatech.edu/pq/2003/2003-Fall.pdf|title=Anonymous Gift Spurs Major Nanotechnology Initiative at Tech|work=Philanthropy Quarterly|publisher=Georgia Tech Capital Projects|date=Autumn 2003|accessdate=2007-03-06] the latter is the single largest donation by a living person in the school's history. [The previous largest single donation was George W. Woodruff's bequest of $35 million. Source: [http://gtalumni.org/Publications/timeline/1980s.html Tech Timeline: 1980s] ]References
External links
* [http://www.gatech.edu/nanotech/ Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Research Center]
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