Advanced Technology Research Center

The Advanced Technology Research Center (ATRC) facility has been designated as the top priority capital research project at Oklahoma State University. A new 165,000 square foot facility is under construction that will place the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) in a unique and competitive position to conduct world-class research, technology development, and technology transfer in areas of strategic importance to the state and the nation. Total construction costs will exceed $30 million. Areas of focus will be energy conservation, energy storage and conversion, manufacturing, materials processing, hazardous and industrial waste management and mitigation, and laser applications in industry and medicine. In addition to expanding interdisciplinary research focused on specific advanced technologies, the facility will allow CEAT to promote research and technology development associated with creating new products, processes, and services and to promote knowledge and information exchange through collaborative activities with industry. The ATRC facility will allow CEAT to consolidate activities now carried out in six different buildings spread over three major locations. Substandard facilities that will be vacated include a 25,000 square foot World War II Quonset, Crutchfield Hall (1910), and the Industrial Building (1927). The architectural team of Frankfurt Short Bruza completed the final phases of the preparation of the construction drawings and documents in the Spring of 1995. Bids were let in the summer of 1995. The two-year construction effort began in the fall of 1995 with occupancy expected in late fall of 1997. The ATRC facility will include state-of-the-art interdisciplinary laboratories, specialized laboratories and facilities, "high tech" classrooms and seminar rooms, research offices for graduate students and visiting scientists and engineers from industry and government labs, and will be the headquarters for the Web Handling Research Center and the Oklahoma Center for Integrated Design and Manufacturing. A combination of federal, state, and private funds are being used to design, construct, equip, and furnish the facility. Currently, over $23 million is available, including $7.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and $12.5 million from a State of Oklahoma capital bond issue. Several million dollars of private moneys have been raised with an additional $7 million being sought from federal and private sources.

Sponsors: U. S. Department of Energy and State of Oklahoma (HERO '92 Capital Bond Issue)
PIs: Karl N. Reid, Alan Brunken, John D. Houck, Carl Gull, James F. Knight, Richard L. Lowery, Jeff D. Stewart, and David Thompson
Frankfurt Short Bruza (Oklahoma City)