Expansion Slated for November 2007
Rhodes Hall Annex
Clemson University’s President James Barker outlined a campus development plan during the academic year-end meeting of faculty and staff on May 10, 2007. The plan calls for an investment of $225 million in facility improvements, utility upgrades, and information technology. Bioengineering is at the center of this plan with the construction of a 29,000 square feet addition to Rhodes Hall, which has served as the home of the bioengineering department since its establishment in the mid-sixties. The three-story building will provide state-of-the-art undergraduate laboratories in tissue engineering, bioinstrumentation, and biomechanics, among others, to meet the curricular needs of the BS degree in bioengineering. It will also host classrooms equipped with the latest long-distance learning capabilities, an administrative office for the undergraduate program, and research laboratories where undergraduate and graduate education will be integrated. The building has been designed with communication, collaboration, and networking in mind. Students and staff will be provided with an exceptional environment to stimulate creativity and innovation, which are two essential keys in engineering education and training.
The building, designed by Michael Keeshen & Associates, Inc. and Atlanta-based Lord, Aeck & Sargent, will host the Creative Inquiry experience in bioengineering. Creative Inquiry is a Clemson University-wide program in which all undergraduates are involved in a discovery-oriented approach to learning that places an emphasis on providing an experience that will be meaningful to undergraduate students. The program promotes reasoning and critical thinking skills, ethical judgment, and communication skills and a deep understanding of the methods of scientific and/or humanities research.
Ground will be broken in November 2007 and occupation will occur as early as the spring of 2009.
The building, designed by Michael Keeshen & Associates, Inc. and Atlanta-based Lord, Aeck & Sargent, will host the Creative Inquiry experience in bioengineering. Creative Inquiry is a Clemson University-wide program in which all undergraduates are involved in a discovery-oriented approach to learning that places an emphasis on providing an experience that will be meaningful to undergraduate students. The program promotes reasoning and critical thinking skills, ethical judgment, and communication skills and a deep understanding of the methods of scientific and/or humanities research.
Ground will be broken in November 2007 and occupation will occur as early as the spring of 2009.
New Translational Bioengineering Research Center
Occupation Planned for the fall of 2008
On June 12, 2007, the South Carolina State Budget and Control Board approved $3.5 million in funding from the Research University Infrastructure Act for the Clemson Translational Bioengineering Research Center, which will be located on the 4th floor of a building under construction at the Greenville Hospital System's Patewood Campus. More than 30,000 square feet will house the Center, industrial incubators, meeting facilities, and state-of-the-art surgical skills facilities. Occupation of the Center is planned for the fall of 2008.
This program is aimed at providing the environment that is essential to furthering the development of clinically relevant technology aimed at improving patient care and disease diagnosis conducted by faculty and students at Clemson University. This strategic expansion will clearly position Clemson University and the Greenville Hospital System (GHS) as national leaders in translational bioengineering research. For more than 15 years, CU and GHS have jointly pursued a number of research and educational activities. This strong partnership is at the foundation of the Translation Bioengineering Research Center.
This program is aimed at providing the environment that is essential to furthering the development of clinically relevant technology aimed at improving patient care and disease diagnosis conducted by faculty and students at Clemson University. This strategic expansion will clearly position Clemson University and the Greenville Hospital System (GHS) as national leaders in translational bioengineering research. For more than 15 years, CU and GHS have jointly pursued a number of research and educational activities. This strong partnership is at the foundation of the Translation Bioengineering Research Center.
