University of Maryland Builds Engineering Facility

The University of Maryland is building a new facility for the Clark School of Engineering in College Park. Ground was broken in November of 2014 on the 184,000-sf A. James Clark Hall, a collaborative, multidisciplinary facility created to support the development of advanced biomedical technologies. Designed by Ballinger, the building will provide a new home for the Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices. The facility will include flex classrooms, a vivarium, an atrium, flexible wet and dry labs, and space for programs in biology, information technology, and mechanical engineering. Optical laser and imaging labs will house state-of-the-art instrumentation for digital fabrication, rapid prototyping, 3-D printing, optics, and bioinformatics. Occupancy is expected in 2017. The facility is being built by Clark Construction Group.