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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 in downtown Tempe and houses both ASU and commercial entities. 
The Brickyard is home to the Engineering Dean’s Office, the Engineering Career Center, research and instructional labs, and offices for faculty of:

• Computer science
• Computer engineering
• Computer systems engineering
• Engineering management
• Industrial engineering
• Informatics

The building also houses the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC); the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering a collaborative research venture between the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the Fulton Schools 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 complex. 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, home to 10 research centers, is a conduit for Fulton Schools researchers in environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and biomedical engineering 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.

The Biodesign Institute is master-planned as four interconnected buildings that will comprise 800,000 sq. ft. Currently, two buildings (350,000 sq. ft.) are complete and house nearly 600 faculty, staff and students. The facility is designed to promote interaction and agility. Lab areas flow together with large windows onto a central atrium, allowing high visibility throughout the building. An architectural landmark with more than 20 awards, the facility was named 2006 Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine and became Arizona’s first building to earn platinum-level LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Biodesign has attracted more than $300 million in external funding since its inception, including competitive grant awards and support from philanthropic sources.

 

Engineering Center (A-Wing)

The Engineering A Wing houses research and instructional labs for civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering on the first floor. 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 (B through G Wings) 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 schools of engineering as well as student services including the Engineering Tutoring Center and Engineering Student Center. 

The G Wing is home to the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), an alliance of Arizona State University's Mary Lou Futon Teachers College, 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). Also housed here is the 7,500 square foot Engineering Student Center, with study pods, wireless access, loaner laptops and meeting and conference facilities.

The eSpace design and protoyping studio is reflective of our commitment to provide students with the experiences needed to prepare them to be engineers of tomorrow. Aimed at freshmen, eSpace is designed for early introduction of engineering thought processes and concepts through hands-on, problem-solving projects.

eSpace is an open, engaging space designed to build excitement about engineering and encourage collaboration. Features include high-end computers to power engineering applications, writeable glass panel walls that can be used for collaborative design and pods of interactive computers to engage teams. The modular design enables instructors and students to create custom workspace.

On the North side of the building, large panel doors open up completely, allowing large-scale projects to be moved to the patio for demonstration. Completed projects can be showcased in display areas at the front of the building, and in front of the glass-panel walls to give passers-by a view of the activity inside.

Engineering Research Center

The Engineering Research Center (ERC), is home to research and instructional labs, and offices for faculty of:

• Aerospace engineering
• Biomedical engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Civil, environmental and sustainable engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Materials science and engineering.
• Mechanical engineering

Also located in the ERC is the Adaptive Intelligent Materials & Systems Center, the Center for Solid State Electronics Research (CSSER), the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) and ASU NanoFab, a flexible foundry that offers state-of-the-art device processing and characterization tools to individuals and companies.

 

Goldwater Center

The Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering, 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:

• Aerospace engineering
• Biomedical engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Physics

The Goldwater Center is home to several important research centers. Connection One is a National Science Foundation industry/university cooperative research center working closely with private industry and the federal government to develop the technology to enable end-to-end communication systems for cellular telephony, environmental monitoring and defense applications. Also located here are the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science (CSSS), the Sensor, Signal & Information Processing Center (SenSIP), facilities for ion beam analysis and the Advanced Computing Center. 

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 1 (ISTB1) provides flexible laboratories with adjoining work space for biomedical engineering, including neural, molecular, tissue and cell 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 patients with Parkinson’s disease. The four-story building encompasses 180,000 square feet, containing 34 laboratory suites, 74 laboratory modules and office space. 

 

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 2

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 2 (ISTB2) is a 66,000-square-foot, 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.

 

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 4

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 4 (ISTB IV, estimated completion date 2012) will be the single-largest research building at ASU with about 300,000 gross square feet.

Geared toward facilitating multi-institutional ventures, ISTB-IV will provide flexible laboratories with adjoining workspace for the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering research programs including environmental engineering and energy research initiatives. On the ground floor, a 250-seat auditorium ad gallery area will serve as university classrooms as well as an outreach function for both K-12 educational programs and public events.

MacroTechnology Works

MacroTechnology Works, located in ASU Research Park, 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 advance full-color flexible display technology and flexible display manufacturing to the brink of commercialization. The facility boasts a 40,000 square foot clean room.

MTW is also home to Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST), ASU's first national Engineering Research Center (ERC) supported jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE). QESST is working to solve challenges to harnessing solar power in economically viable and sustainable ways.

ASU researchers will work with colleagues at the center’s partner institutions—the California Institute of
Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Delaware and the University of New Mexico—to provide a staging ground for major innovations in solar energy devices and systems.

The NSF and DOE will jointly provide funding of $18.5 million for the first five years of the center’s operations.

In addition to QESST and the Flexible Display Center, other major ASU research activities at MTW include the School of Materials, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the Physics Department, the Material Wave Interaction Lab and other ASU research efforts. Several non-ASU research partners are also based at MTW.

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 engineering, mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering.

Schwada Classroom Office Building

Schwada Classroom Office Building is named after John W. Schwada, ASU's thirteenth president. This facility is shared by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

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 biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and materials science and engineering.

Urban Systems Engineering

Urban Systems Engineering houses both administrative and faculty offices as well as classroom labs for aerospace engineering, construction engineering, construction management and mechanical engineering degree programs.