University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is home to the world-renowned Institute
of Optics, established in 1929, as the country's first training
program in optics, and the rapidly advancing Department of Biomedical
Engineering. Under the Biomedical Engineering/Optics (BME/Optics)
Initiative, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute
of Optics will share a new research and teaching facility.
The new BME/Optics Building will be a nexus of collaboration, allowing
for the interaction of faculty with complementary areas of specialization
and innovative, interdisciplinary research.The highly charged, creative
atmosphere resulting from the co-location of BME and Optics calls
for approximately 102,000 gross square feet of teaching and research
laboratory space; administrative and faculty office space; shared
conference rooms; a fifty and a one hundred seat lecture hall; an
atrium lobby space; and an area dedicated to Institute Ventures.The
dedicated lab space will comprise approximately 26,000 net square
feet. Construction on the project began in April 2005, and is scheduled
to be completed in December 2006.
The University of Rochester (located in Rochester, N.Y.) is one
of the nation's leading private universities. One of the most collegiate
in character among members of the Association of American Universities,
Rochester has a personal scale that creates exceptional opportunities
for interdisciplinary study and close work with faculty. The University
consistently ranks among the top colleges and universities nationwide
in federally financed science, engineering, medical, and other research.
For more on this partner, please visit www.rochester.edu.
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