The Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a nanoscience research
building on January 23, 2002. The building, which is being funded
with MILCON funds, is projected for opening in the summer of
2003.
The new
research building will
have approximately 5,000 square feet of
Class 100 clean room
space configured in ballroom style (for
easy adaptation to changing
needs), approximately 4,000 square
feet of quiet (low vibration,
acoustic noise and EMI, as well
as tight temperature control
+/-0.25°C) laboratory space
and approximately 1,000 square
feet of ultraquiet (lower
vibration, acoustic vibration and EMI
with even tighter
temperature control +/-0.1°C) laboratory
space.
Dr. Gary
Prinz, director of the
newly established Nanoscience Institute
at NRL, said, "This
new facility will permit the
nanoscience research programs at
the Naval Research Laboratory
to thrive, by providing our scientists
with the most modern
facilities. This will enable NRL to continue
to provide the
Navy and the Department of Defense with cutting
edge expertise
to address problems of the 21st century."
CAPT Douglas Rau, NRL's
Commanding Officer, Dr. Bhakta Rath, head of NRL's Materials
Science and Component Technology Directorate, Dr. Gary Prinz,
director of NRL's Nanoscience Institute, and CAPT William Boudra,
Commanding Officer of the Engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake,
took part in the ground breaking ceremony.
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