Renovation of a Multidisciplinary Environment for Research and Research Training

克拉克森大学成立于100年前，位于纽约州北部的乡村，靠近加拿大大都市，因向有才华的男男女女提供高质量的工程、科学和管理私立教育而闻名。尽管克拉克森被认为是一所小型大学，但它有一个大型工程项目。目前，工程学院分布在五栋不同建筑的两个校区内。这一安排妨碍了跨学科研究机会的发展。现在有足够的空间将整个工程学院整合到一个校园内的一个相互连接的综合体中。由国家科学基金会提供的资金和该机构提供的资源，将使营地和罗利大厅的研究和培训空间得以搬迁和翻新。将对未得到充分利用的实验室进行翻新和改造，以灵活有效地利用空间。除了更换工作台和墙壁外，还将安装现代公用事业系统。新大楼的配置将最大限度地扩大跨学科联系和合作，并建立共享设备设施。这个组织将消除教师研究、研究培训和本科教育之间可能存在的任何障碍。为研究和研究培训创造一个多学科的环境，将使该机构能够更好地为学生准备迎接下个世纪的工程挑战。

Located in rural upstate New York near the Canadian broader, Clarkson University, founded 100 years ago, has earned a reputation for providing talented men and women with a quality private education in engineering, science and management. Although regarded as a small university, Clarkson has a large engineering program. Presently, the School of Engineering is dispersed among two campuses in five different buildings. This arrangement has interfered with the development of interdisciplinary research opportunities. Sufficient space is now available to consolidate the entire School of Engineering in a single interconnected complex on one campus. Funding from the National Science Foundation, with resources from the institution, will allow for the relocation to and renovation of research and training space in CAMP and Rowley Halls. Underutilized laboratories will be renovated and remodeled to provide flexible and efficient usage of space. Modern utilities systems will be installed, in addition to the replacement of workbenches and walls. The new building's configuration will maximize interdisciplinary contacts and collaborations, and establish shared equipment facilities. This organization will eradicate any barriers that may have existed between faculty research, research training, and undergraduate education. Creation of a multidisciplinary environment for research and research training will enable the institution to better prepare students to meet the engineering challenges of the next century.