Dover, Del.
Delaware State University broke ground on the $50 million Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) in October of 2012. Construction will begin on the 70,000-sf facility in July of 2013 with completion expected in November of 2014. The project will house the University's Optics Program and will be built in two phases. The initial 27,000-sf phase will house labs supporting chemistry, nanochemistry, image analysis, conventional and confocal microscopy, and scanning electronic and atomic force microscopy. The second phase will complete the 70,000-sf building, providing expanded optical labs, computational labs, class 100/1000 cleanrooms, offices, a 150-seat lecture hall, meeting rooms, and interaction areas.
