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National Academy of Sciences Plans D.C. Museum
The National Academy of Sciences is planning to open the Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington D.C. by April of 2004. The $30 million, 6,000-sf facility will focus on bringing scientific research closer to the public. Opening exhibits at the new museum will focus on global warming and DNA.
Nueces County Creates Museum with Historic Courthouse Facility
Nueces County is renovating its historic 1914 courthouse facility to create a 78,000-sf science and technology museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. The architect for the $20 million project is Sween McGloin of Corpus Christi, with Stoddard Construction Co. as general contractor. The first phase is slated for completion in two years.
Sematech Establishes EUV Resist Test Center at Albany Nanotech
SUNY Albany is working with International Sematech to create an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Resist Test Center at Albany Nanotech. Slated for completion in April 2004, the center will be housed in the NanoFab II facility which is currently under construction. The center’s nine employees will test a photosensitive chemical called resist that can transfer a circuit pattern onto a semiconductor wafer. Sematech’s $403 million computer chip research center is also located at Albany Nanotech.
NASA/Ames Research Center Plans Interdisciplinary Research Center
NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., has awarded the University of California, Santa Cruz a $330 million, ten-year contract to manage the development of a University Affiliated Research Center. As the first such development established by the space agency, the center will focus on interdisciplinary research in information technology, astrobiology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. NASA is also creating a 200-acre research and education park at Moffett Federal Airfield.
International Center for Advancement of Nursing Planned in Albany
The International Center for Advancement of Nursing will locate its headquarters in a former state office building in Albany, N.Y recently purchased by Renaissance Corp. for $3.9 million. Renaissance Corp. will spend an additional $8-million on building renovations. Of the 165,000-sf facility, 52,000 sf will continue to be leased to the state for three more years. Biomedical research companies will also occupy the space at the center.