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Post-conference materials from Lab Design Pittsburgh available

PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.

Center for Science, Health & Wellness, Norwalk (Conn.) Community College

Center for Science, Health & Wellness, Norwalk (Conn.) Community College

Addition for nursing and allied health students increases use of simulator mannequins to learn patient care, and also offers facilities for the science and exercise science programs.

Georgia Health Sciences University, College of Dental Medicine, Augusta.

Georgia Health Sciences University, College of Dental Medicine, Augusta.

Facility, aimed at educating more dentists for the state of Georgia, provides patient facilities, including regular dental practice and surgical areas, including a spacious lobby area.

Lab planning: Asking the right questions

Lab planning: Asking the right questions

Creating a science laboratory requires close and constant collaboration between planning engineers and scientists—from the broad conceptual thinking in the initial workshops through the development of floorplans. The collaboration includes discussions of the kind of science to be practiced in the lab, diagrams of the basic workflow, a conceptual layout, and, finally, the specification of fixed equipment.

A new kind of teaching lab: Chemistry for the 21st Century

A new kind of teaching lab: Chemistry for the 21st Century

How do you attract the best and brightest? How do you retain the best and brightest? From ATT's Bell Labs, to Xerox's PARC, to Apple's campus in Cupertino, to Google's Googleplex, the business campus has been an intangible aid in attracting and retaining bright people and fostering creativity. In today's world, universities are recognizing the campus as a potent physical symbol of the institution’s "brand" in recruitment.

Athabasca University, Athabasca University Labs (renovation), Alberta, Canada

Athabasca University, Athabasca University Labs (renovation), Alberta, Canada

Renovation of teaching/research laboratories more than doubled existing laboratory space, serving off-campus students who must have a home base for required laboratory portions of classes, as well as faculty researchers.

Plumbing code revision addresses sustainable design

A new revision of the Uniform Plumbing Code makes significant provisions for alternative water sources used for non-potable applications, such as irrigation and toilet/urinal flushing.

University of California-Merced, Science and Engineering Building 2.

University of California-Merced, Science and Engineering Building 2.

Project continues development of new science-oriented campus in the University of California system, and will be located behind the existing Science and Engineering Building 1.

University of Texas-El Paso, Chemistry and Computer Science Building

University of Texas-El Paso, Chemistry and Computer Science Building

Facility provides a new home for chemistry and computer science departments and is designed to promote collaboration, with departmental offices and laboratories spread throughout the building.

Brookhaven National Laboratory, materials science renovations Phase 1, Upton, N.Y.

Brookhaven National Laboratory, materials science renovations Phase 1, Upton, N.Y.

Phase 1 of upgrades to the materials science and fuel-testing laboratories at Brookhaven National Laboratory included facilities in the Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department (Building 480) and the Global and Regional Solutions Directorate's Applied Physical and Chemical Sciences building (Building 815).

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R&D 100: Now and Then

R&D 100: Now and Then

As R&D Magazine prepares for the 50th annual R&D 100 Awards, the editors take a stroll through the awards history, and invite former winners to join them.

R&D 100 Awards: Final Deadline is April 30

R&D 100 Awards: Final Deadline is April 30

The editors of R&D Magazine have extended the submission deadline for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards to April 30, 2012, at 11:59 pm, eastern U.S. time. This is the FINAL DEADLINE. We cannot accept entries after that time.

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Post-conference materials from Lab Design Pittsburgh available

PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.

New labs, new philosophies

New labs, new philosophies

R&D Magazine is proud to announce the 2012 Laboratory of the Year winners. These laboratories represent the pinnacle of design and execution in architecture for research and development. New construction facilities dominated this year's competition, but beyond this common theme the top new laboratories of 2012 differed widely in design philosophy.

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