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The Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building is now open at the University of Maryland’s main campus in College Park. The new building houses some of the most sophisticated laboratories in the country and will further enhance the A. James Clark School of Engineering, which has recently climbed into the nation’s highest ranks. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the $42 million laboratory.
Designed by Oudens+Knoop/SmithGroup A Joint Venture, the 155,000-square-foot Kim Building is equipped with 16 multidisciplinary research labs, as well as six educational labs. Each lab is built to adapt as technology advances. Research is devoted to nanotechnology, information technology, biotechnology, microelectronics, sensors and actuators, transportation systems, and space systems.
Microfabrication clean rooms, populated with state-of-the-art equipment, enable the development of new miniaturization technologies that include micro- and nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and bio/chemical sensors and systems. The facility’s 10,000-square-foot clean room is comparable with those of the best university and government research laboratories.
“This extraordinary facility will accelerate the School’s efforts in enhancing its research and educational programs and fostering new cross-disciplinary programs. The establishment of this significant building will help propel the School into the ranks of the premier engineering schools in the world,” said Nariman Farvardin, Dean of the Clark School of Engineering.
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