Tour

The Brickyard on Mill Avenue

The Brickyard on Mill Avenue is a reflection of ASU’s strategic initiative to embed itself in the communities it serves. The complex is located at 699 S. Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe and houses both ASU and commercial entities.

The Brickyard is home to the School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Dean's Office. The building also houses the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC); the Center for Research in Arts, Media, and Engineering a collaborative research venture between the Herberger College of the Arts and the Fulton School of Engineering; the Consortium for Embedded and InterNetworking Technologies (CEINT); Information Assurance; Intelligent Information Integration; and the Partnership for Research in Stereo Modeling (PRISM).

 

Artisan Court

The Artisan Court is part of the Brickyard on Mill Avenue complex in downtown Tempe. The building houses state-of-the-art classrooms with video broadcasting capabilities that support distance learning and collaborative research initiatives.

 

The Biodesign Institute

The Biodesign Institute at ASU is a conduit for Fulton School researchers in environmental, materials, electrical and bioengineering to merge their expertise with other ASU scientists. Research includes disease prevention and cures, reduction of injury-induced pain and physical limitations, and renewable and sustainable resources. Eight Fulton School research experts, including Dean Deirdre Meldrum, lead centers at this university-wide institute.

 

Engineering Center (A-Wing)

The Engineering A Wing was built in 1956. The first floor houses research and instructional labs for civil, electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering. The second and third floors are home to classrooms and faculty/departmental offices in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The third floor is home to the Center for Applied NanoBioscience, one of the major research centers in the Biodesign Institute.

 

Engineering Center B through G Wings

The Engineering Center is an important research and instruction facility for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering comprised of a group of buildings connected by shared courtyards and hallways. This complex houses a majority of the classrooms, research and instructional labs and many administrative offices for the school of engineering. It is bordered on the north by Tyler Mall, on the west by the Palm Walk, and on the south by Orange Street.

The G Wing also is home to the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), an alliance of Arizona State University's College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. CRESMET unites people and organizations to improve science, mathematics, engineering and technology education at all levels (K-20).

 

Engineering Research Center

The Engineering Research Center (ERC) is a prominent landmark on Tyler Mall, just west of the Noble Science Library. The ERC is home to research and instructional labs, and offices for faculty of aerospace, bioengineering, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, materials science and engineering. This building also houses the Center for Solid State Electronics Research (CSSER) and ASU NanoFab, a flexible foundry offering state-of-the-art device processing and characterization tools to individuals and companies who need occasional or recurring access to such facilities.

 

Goldwater Center

The Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering, located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Tyler and McAllister Malls, was built in 1992. The building is shared by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

The Goldwater Center contains faculty offices and classrooms, as well as research and instructional labs for bioengineering, chemical and materials engineering, chemistry, electrical, industrial, mechanical and aerospace engineering and physics.

The Goldwater Center is also home to several important research centers including Connection One, a National Science Foundation industry/university cooperative research center whose primary focus is communication circuits and systems that enable higher integration and smaller communication devices to facilitate system-on-a-chip.

 

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1 provides flexible laboratories with adjoining work space for bioengineering, neural engineering, and molecular, tissue and cell engineering research to develop artificial organs, biomaterials, and diagnostic and therapeutic devices. One laboratory explores “smart” implant devices that will locate and stimulate specific brain regions helping impaired individuals power robotic arms or alleviate seizures in Parkinson’s patients.

 

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 2

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 2 is a high-bay facility supporting research in advanced materials, transportation planning, geotechnical engineering, fluid dynamics and sustainable materials. The new National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate + Energy develops solutions for an urbanizing planet including cool pavement and roofing technologies to moderate growing temperatures in arid and dense urban areas.

 

MacroTechnology Works

Located in ASU Research Park, MacroTechnology Works is an ASU enterprise bringing market input and business process into the academic laboratory. MTW launched with a $100 million investment to establish an advanced flexible display fabrication facility supporting collaborative research among the federal government, ASU and industry to develop low power, rugged, lightweight military devices for the U.S. Army.

 

Psychology North

Psychology North, located on the north side of Tyler Mall between McAllister Avenue and McAllister Mall, is shared by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. It houses classroom, research and instructional labs for industrial, mechanical and aerospace engineering.

 

Schwada Classroom Office Building

This building is named after a very influential man in ASU history: John W. Schwada, ASU's thirteenth president. This facility, shared by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Orange Avenue and McAllister Mall.

In addition to several scientific laboratories, it also houses analytical equipment for investigating properties of earth surface and biotic materials. Additional offices, classroom, instructional and research laboratories for a number of disciplines can be found here, including bioengineering, chemical and materials science and engineering.

 

Urban Systems Engineering

Urban Systems Engineering is located on the southwest corner of University and McAllister Avenue and is occupied by a variety of offices of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. This facility houses both administrative and faculty offices as well as classroom labs for aerospace, construction and mechanical engineering degree programs.