The
Millennium Science Complex (MSC) was completed in 2012, after 10 years of planning and 3 years of construction. Creating this 297,000-square-foot research facility was one of the most complex construction projects in the University's history. The MSC is designed to the exacting standards of a world-class laboratory for imaging on the atomic level, and nanofabrication in stringent cleanroom conditions. The northern wing of the building is devoted to materials science, while the west wing of the building houses researchers in the life sciences and neural engineering. The two wings are joined on several levels to facilitate interactions between the two disciplines, and some of the instrumentation for characterization and nanofabrication is shared between the two groups in a common area of the building.
The MSC North wing houses:
Materials Characterization Lab, the
Nanofabrication Laboratory and the NSF sponsored
Materials Innovation Platform – 2D Crystal Consortium.
The MSC West wing houses:
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facilities,
Microscopy and Cytometry Facility, the
Center for Infection Disease Dynamics,
Center for Neural Engineering, Huck Life Science Wet Lab Space, and Data and Visualizations facilities.