January 2003		Open for classes January 2003! The new Undergraduate Science Laboratories will provide state-of-the-art space for interdisciplinary first-year laboratories incorporating chemistry, biology and physics. Open, flexible space in these "mega-labs" promote collaborations across disciplines and promise creative learning opportunities.

View the completed laboratory interiors. View the laboratories in the surrounding landscape. View the construction photos. View the construction of laboratory interiors . View the architect's renderings of the lab's interior and exterior.

Features of the new laboratories

The new labs, designed by Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates and planned to open for classes in Fall 2003, offer many exciting features:

An interdisciplinary freshman lab
State-of-the-art labs for analytical, synthetic, and physical
chemistry and introductory physics
A lecture hall designed to facilitate scientific demonstrations
A computer classroom to facilitate data analysis and modeling
A dedicated K-12 educational outreach lab

More information about the laboratories is available in this pdf brochure (852K) that includes blueprints of floorplans and more about the goals for the project.

This facility is made possible by generous gifts from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, PPG Industries, Merck, and an anonymous donor.

Opening of the Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Science Laboratories

Friday, October 4, 2002

News coverage

Opening of labs in Carnegie Mellon News, October 2002
Signing of final beam for the new labs, January 2002
Groundbreaking, Carnegie Mellon News, May 2001
New Undergraduate Labs, Carnegie Mellon News, May 2001
Groundbreaking, Department of Chemistry News, April 2001
Construction to Begin on New Undergraduate Labs, Department of Chemistry News, Winter 2001

People

This project would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of many people, especially the following:

Richard D. McCullough, Dean, Mellon College of Science
Karen H. Stump, Chemistry Liaison for the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Project, Principal Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Laboratories, Department of Chemistry
Barry Luokkala, Physics Liaison for the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Project, Principal Lecturer and Director of Laboratories, Department of Physics
William E. Brown, Biological Sciences Liaison for the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Project, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Joseph Mannino, School of Art Liaison for the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Project, Associate Professor of Art, School of Art
James Secosky, Project Manager, Facilities Management Services, Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas Murphy, Director of Capital Projects, Facilities Management Services, Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Rittelmann, Principal in Charge, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
Jill Swensen, Architect, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
Evan Wimer, Project Architect, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
Jay Hariyani, Architect, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
John Taormina, Senior Project Manager, PJ Dick-Trumbull
Ron Mower, Superintendent, PJ Dick-Trumbull