Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center (Marshall University)
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The Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center biotechnology research and teaching structure on the campus of Marshall University
along 3rd Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia
. It is named after longtime U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, who was a proponent for the project and helped receive funding for its construction.
The first floor contains two auditoriums, six teaching laboratories, numerous lecture rooms and other research appendages . The second floor is tailored to the College of Science, where labs for biotechnology research and teaching will reside alongside "student study spaces." There are also seminar rooms and numerous student and faculty offices.
The 200000 sq ft (18,580.6 m²). four-story facility opened in January 2007 at a cost of $48 million . The complex united undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Science and medical school students, along with faculty and researchers. Many of the researchers and faculty were separated from the main campus by as much as eight miles (13 km) at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spring Valley .
The Biotechnology Science Center was one of two buildings proposed north of 3rd Avenue . The other, still in planning stages, will house the College of Information Technology, the Center for Environmental and Geotechnical Applied Sciences, a development center and a visualization resource center. The latter will host students and faculty who work on three-dimensional modeling, animation
and simulation technologies, and would complement the Biotechnology Science Center and the new engineering program at the university. The $35 million structure would also include an incubator for startup businesses for the biotechnology field.
Marshall University
Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....
along 3rd Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...
. It is named after longtime U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, who was a proponent for the project and helped receive funding for its construction.
The first floor contains two auditoriums, six teaching laboratories, numerous lecture rooms and other research appendages . The second floor is tailored to the College of Science, where labs for biotechnology research and teaching will reside alongside "student study spaces." There are also seminar rooms and numerous student and faculty offices.
History
To obtain funding for the Biotechnology Science Center, Robert C. Byrd requested $35.6 million in Congressional appropriations .The 200000 sq ft (18,580.6 m²). four-story facility opened in January 2007 at a cost of $48 million . The complex united undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Science and medical school students, along with faculty and researchers. Many of the researchers and faculty were separated from the main campus by as much as eight miles (13 km) at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spring Valley .
The Biotechnology Science Center was one of two buildings proposed north of 3rd Avenue . The other, still in planning stages, will house the College of Information Technology, the Center for Environmental and Geotechnical Applied Sciences, a development center and a visualization resource center. The latter will host students and faculty who work on three-dimensional modeling, animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
and simulation technologies, and would complement the Biotechnology Science Center and the new engineering program at the university. The $35 million structure would also include an incubator for startup businesses for the biotechnology field.
See also
- Buildings at Marshall UniversityBuildings at Marshall UniversityMarshall University in Huntington, West Virginia is home to many notable structures, including two residential high-rises.- Timeline :- Notes :* Holderby Hall was originally named South Hall and was only four stories . Constructed in the 1960s, it was expanded and renamed.* Prichard Hall was...
- Cityscape of Huntington, West VirginiaCityscape of Huntington, West VirginiaHuntington's central business district is located to the south of the Ohio River, east of the Robert C. Byrd Bridge, and west of Hal Greer Boulevard. Broad avenues and streets dominate the streetscape, creating for the most part an even grid pattern...
- Marshall UniversityMarshall UniversityMarshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....