Join peers and industry leaders during the Tradeline College & University Science and Engineering Facilities 2018 Conference on April 22-25 in Boston, Massachusetts. During the annual conference, you will have an opportunity to tour both our Tufts University Science and Engineering Complex and Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex.
Tufts University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)
The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) is an integrated teaching and research center featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students. Totaling 175,000 square feet, the SEC includes a 79,000-sf new laboratory addition connected to recently renovated science and engineering buildings and serves as a dynamic center of collaborative research within two broad research themes — environmental science and neuroscience. It houses research and equipment core facilities for use by the entire campus community, and multidisciplinary teaching labs including three floors of wet lab space to accommodate up to 21 principal investigators, four core facilities, two imaging suites, a mass spectrometer suite, two introductory and two advanced teaching labs, meeting rooms, and social spaces including a café.
Details:
Sunday, April 22 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm
The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC), Northeastern University
The new 220,000-sf Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) is the first phase of an ambitious plan to develop 600,000 square feet of new academic and research space for Northeastern University. Four academic research disciplines for engineering, health sciences, basic sciences, and computer science come together in the ISEC to define a dynamic and collaborative research culture. The six stories plus basement contain wet, dry, and computational research facilities as well as interactive teaching spaces and offices for faculty and graduate students. The building will feature cutting-edge scientific equipment to be shared by researchers from Northeastern’s College of Science, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, College of Engineering, and College of Computer and Information Science.
Details:
Wednesday, April 25 | 8:30am – 1:30pm
Conference Details:
April 22-25, 2018
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
606 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Register here.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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