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Building tomorrow’s smart manufacturing and robotics innovators

The School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, was established in 2022 to address the rapidly evolving opportunities and challenges in advanced manufacturing, robotics and artificial intelligence, or AI.

In 2025, the school moved into its new home, the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 12, or ISTB 12, on ASU’s Polytechnic campus.

Purposefully designed to foster student learning, collaboration and innovation, ISTB 12 houses instructional and research labs across three floors, along with a 200-seat lecture hall, multiple 60-seat classrooms, advanced manufacturing and robotics labs and dedicated industry and partnership spaces.

Located beside the campus’s iconic water tower, the building serves as a dynamic hub for students across science, engineering and business disciplines.

Name a space and create a legacy

Partner with ASU and the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks to help advance our academic programs and research initiatives within ISTB 12, driving innovation, discovery and industry collaboration.

Next-generation instructional labs to build tomorrow’s workforce

Robotics Systems Instructional Lab, Room 231. A robotics instructional lab with a FANUC ER-4iA robotic arm fitted with a gripper and camera system. The workspace includes automated assembly machinery and surrounding workbenches in a clean, industrial environment.

Robotic Systems Instructional Lab
$3 million

In this lab, students go beyond traditional learning — they step into an Industry 4.0 environment where robotics, automation and digital systems bring real-world factory floors to life. This immersive space equips learners with the hands-on experience and critical thinking skills to operate, optimize and lead in virtualized, data-driven manufacturing systems. Naming this lab offers donors a unique opportunity to be recognized at the forefront of education, making your legacy a driving force in industry transformation.

Additive Manufacturing Instructional Lab, Room 220. A modern instructional lab space with large worktables, green chairs and exposed industrial ceilings. 3D printed parts are displayed on the window sill, and the room is set up for collaborative teaching and hands-on prototyping.

Additive Manufacturing Instructional Lab
$3 million

By naming this lab, your organization or family supports a space where students gain experience with modern design software and advanced fabrication equipment. It’s a collaborative environment where future engineers and makers move from digital design to physical creation. Your support will aid student scholarships, fellowships and equipment acquisition to further manufacturing systems research.

Class 10,000 Clean Room, Room 112V1. A cleanroom environment with bright yellow-orange filtered lighting, empty stainless steel worktables and ergonomic chairs. Large viewing windows and a sealed environment highlight contamination-controlled workspace.

Semiconductor Instructional Lab and Class 10,000 Clean Room
$5 million

This lab, which includes a Class 10,000 clean room, connects your organization to the next generation of innovation in semiconductor manufacturing. Students gain practical experience with the technologies behind embedded systems, microelectronics and chip fabrication, learning how automation drives modern production.

Shared research labs for next-generation innovation

Robotics Systems Lab, Room 120. A spacious robotics and autonomous systems workshop with open workbenches, robotic equipment and a partially assembled electric bike. Students are seen working at computer stations while robotic arms and test rigs occupy the space.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems Lab
$3 million

This studio serves as a hub for ambitious, hands-on engineering projects such as building robots for FIRST Robotics competitions, developing autonomous Formula-style vehicles and designing autonomous blimps for national and international races. Support for this space strengthens interdisciplinary collaboration, expands experiential learning opportunities and connects your name to innovation in action. When a single gift isn’t possible, multiple contributions can be combined to create a fund that enables engineering students to compete at national and international levels.

Hybrid and Multi-Material Manufacturing Lab, Room 129. A robotics lab with large FANUC yellow robotic arms, placed near worktables and a partitioned office space. The environment is designed for testing hybrid and multi-material manufacturing systems.

Hybrid and Multi-Material Manufacturing Lab
$5 million

This space brings together metal additive and subtractive technologies, supporting innovation in space, aerospace, defense and medical applications. Students and researchers use the lab to prototype complex, multi-material components with precision and performance for demanding environments. This lab will feature manufacturing of composites and metal alloys through a variety of processes from machining, robotic welding and additive manufacturing.

Director’s suite and conference rooms

An interior view of the reception area for the ISTB 12 Director's Suite. A light wood and white reception desk is centered in the image, with a computer monitor visible behind it. The walls are a muted blue-gray color. To the right, there are two light-colored wooden doors. To the left, there is a frosted glass partition leading to an adjacent office or room.

Director’s Suite
$3 million

Place your organization at the center of advanced manufacturing education. This suite serves as the hub for guiding academic programs, fostering partnerships and preparing the next generation of skilled professionals. Associating your name with this space highlights your commitment to innovation, leadership and the school’s mission to advance manufacturing and robotics education and research. Opportunities also exist to name individual areas within the director’s suite.

A modern conference room with a large window wall overlooking an outdoor scene. The windows are tall and paneled with a view of an ASU water tower and a flat desert landscape outside. Inside, a light wooden conference table is partially visible in the foreground, with several gray chairs around it. A large, wall-mounted display screen shows a meeting interface with a sunset background.

Conference rooms
$200,000

Sponsoring a conference room places your name at the center of collaboration and innovation. These spaces host students, faculty and industry partners as they meet, strategize and make decisions, making them high-visibility venues for shaping ideas. Your support demonstrates leadership in advancing education and manufacturing innovation while connecting your organization with the next generation of engineers, researchers and innovators.

Learning spaces as knowledge hubs

A bright, modern instructional classroom or lecture hall. The room is spacious with a dark patterned carpet and white walls. It is set up with numerous light wood, rectangular tables and dark green chairs arranged in small clusters, facing the front of the room. A long, light wood counter-height table with stools is visible along the left wall. The front of the room features a large projection screen and whiteboards. An American flag hangs on the right wall near a concrete support column. Natural light enters through small, high-set windows on the right wall.

Instructional classrooms
$250,000

Sponsoring an instructional classroom allows your name to be associated with the hands-on learning and collaboration of emerging innovators. This recognition highlights your commitment to education and workforce development, fostering engagement with future leaders and supporting the foundational process of learning and discovery.

A small, modern meeting enclave room. A light wood, oval-shaped table is centered, surrounded by four light gray ergonomic chairs. Against a pale blue-green wall, a large flat-screen display is mounted on a stand, showing a meeting connection interface with the word "CONNECT" visible. Below the screen is a conferencing soundbar. On the table are a few black electronic devices and charging cables. To the right, a whiteboard has some red diagrams and writing.

Meeting enclaves
$75,000

Whether honoring yourself or a visionary group, enclave rooms serve as hubs of creativity, where informal discussions inspire innovation and focused collaboration drives results. These flexible spaces support both individual learning and group discovery, while offering a meaningful opportunity to leave a lasting legacy by naming a series of adjoining rooms throughout the building.

There are many ways to give

Contributions can be made individually or in multiple gifts, with options to support specific technology areas that align with your organization’s interests.

Be featured on a digital donor wall

Gifts of $50,000 or more will be recognized on digital donor walls situated in prominent spots in the building.

Contact us

Please reach out to Jennifer Williams to learn more.

Jennifer Williams portrait

Jennifer Williams

Director of Development

[email protected]

480-727-1688