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University of Oklahoma's Energy and Engineering Facilities Near Completion
The University of Oklahoma is constructing the Devon Energy Hall and the ExxonMobile Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility. Both projects are expected to reach completion in fall of 2009. The total cost of both facilities was $42.2 million. Housing two teaching labs and three classrooms, the Devon Energy Hall will provide research space for the College of Engineering's School of Computer Science and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Engineering Practice Facility will house interdisciplinary instructional space for engineering students.
Australian Animal Health Laboratory Creates Biosafety Training Partnership
CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) is partnering with the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) to improve biosafety and biocontainment facility training. The partnership will support creation of an international biocontainment training course for work in BSL-3 and BSL-4 facilities. The pilot version of the course will available in February of 2010.
U.S. Army Breaks Ground on R&D Facility
The U.S. Army broke ground on the $40.3 million Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory in August of 2009. Located at the Tank-Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center in Warren, Mich., the 30,000-sf facility will house testing laboratories for military ground vehicles. Completion is expected by September of 2011.
ConAgra Builds $210M Processing Facility
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston will build a $210 million sweet potato processing facility near Delhi, La. The first $156 million phase of construction is slated for completion in late 2010, with the second phase slated for completion in early 2014. The LEED certified facility will support collaborative research with the Louisiana State University AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station.
USAMRIID's BSL-2 Lab Receives Accreditation
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists for its Fort Detrick BSL-2 laboratory in August of 2009. The facility supports research on select agents and pathogens.