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Florida Institute of Technology has made over the past decade, major additions and improvements to facilities that enhance the research component of nearly all aspects of undergraduate and graduate education. Along with these facility improvements, a number of research centers have been established to focus on particular areas of study and in many cases encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. These centers and the facilities where they are located, represent a significant research capability that supplements the various department- and program-related activities and facilities described in previous sections of this catalog.
Particularly noteworthy is the multidisciplinary Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) facility that is situated less than two miles from the main campus. ARL houses research in ocean engineering, advanced materials, polymer flammability, lasers and electrooptics, psychology, parallel computing, neural networks and software engineering.
Two teaching/research buildings were completed on the main campus in 1999: the F.W. Olin Engineering Complex and the F.W. Olin Life Sciences Building. The engineering complex is a 68,500-square-foot facility housing 26 specialized research laboratories. The 37,000-square-foot life sciences building houses 12 research laboratories designed with a flex-space to meet the needs of specific activities. The 70,000-square-foot F.W. Olin Physical Sciences Center, completed in 2004, houses the departments of chemistry, and physics and space sciences, and includes numerous specialty and teaching labs.
In FY05, university research faculty expended $7.7 million to buy equipment, support students, pay salaries and to cover general expenses. For the coming year, the university has received appropriated research funds totaling almost $2.5 million for the Florida Tech Hydrogen Research Center and the National Center for Small Business Information. The university received another $1.5 million for research equipment from the National Science Foundation.
In addition to over a dozen research centers, beginning in fall 2005, five new interdisciplinary research institutes were initiated, which will be the focal point for Florida Tech undergraduate and graduate research. Brief descriptions of Florida Tech’s research institutes and centers follow. Not included here is research within the various degree-granting academic units, described in the preceding sections of this catalog.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Institute for Biological and Biomedical Sciences (IBBS)
Institute for Computing and Information Systems (ICIS)
Institute for Energy Systems (IES)
Institute for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (IMSN)
Institute for Marine Research (IMR)
Center for Applied Business Research (CABR)
Center for Corrosion and Biofouling Control (CCBC)
Center for Distance Learning (CDL)
Center for High Resolution Microscopy and Imaging (CHRMI)
Center for Remote Sensing (CRS)
Center for Software Testing Education and Research (CSTER)
Dynamic Systems and Controls Laboratory (DSCL)
Florida TechStart
Joint Center for Advance Therapy and Biomedical Research (JCATBR)
Laser, Optics and Instrumentation Laboratory (LOIL)
Microelectronics Laboratory
National Center for Hydrogen Research (NCHR)
National Center for Small Business Information (NCSBI)
Robotics and Spatial Systems Laboratory (RSSL)
Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
Sportfish Research Institute (SRI)
Vero Beach Marine Laboratory (VBML)
Wind and Hurricane Impacts Research Laboratory (WHIRL)
Wireless Center of Excellence (WiCE)
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