Centennial Campus
Researchers working on Centennial Campus, NC State’s 1,120-acre research park, routinely cut through scientific barriers that stand in the way of progress and innovation. In recent months they’ve doubled the efficiency of LED lights, boosted multi-core chip speeds by a factor of six and pioneered the development of stretchable electronic devices. Centennial Campus isn’t just a collection of labs. It’s an R&D neighborhood where 2,300 corporate and government professionals work alongside thousands of university faculty, staff and students, taking advantage opportunities to collaborate in biotechnology, nanotechnology, green energy, information technology and environmental health.
Major partners on Centennial Campus include Red Hat, Talecris Biotherapeutics and GlaxoSmithKline. A magnet middle school, residential housing, 18-hole championship golf course and recreational amenities weave the campus into a true community.
Centennial Biomedical Campus
The 214-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus, anchored by the College of Veterinary Medicine, focuses on biomedical applications that benefit both animals and humans. The $35 million, 100,000-square-foot College Research Building is the first new structure on the campus. The four-story facility includes 33 state-of-the-art laboratories plus two BioSafety Level 3 labs for infectious disease research. A 20-year master plan projects that another 24 buildings — totaling 1.6 million square feet of space — will be developed.
Technology Incubator
Innovative entrepreneurs call it a starter home. At the Technology Incubator entrepreneurs can access a collaborative blend of services and resources to help them convert ideas into marketable products and processes, whether it is specialized mold cultures, telecommunications applications or biotechnology breakthroughs.
The Garage
Tucked away in the basement of a research building on Centennial Campus, The Garage is NC State’s first facility with a focus on student entrepreneurship. The 2,000-square-foot center is sponsored by the university’s Entrepreneurship Initiative and Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions. Students across disciplines now have a place to brainstorm, plan, design and build new products, services and solutions for the real world.
Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center
North Carolina ranks among the top three biotechnology regions in the United States with nearly 18,000 workers employed at 181 biotech companies. As the industry continues to grow, so will the demand for trained employees. The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center is helping to meet that need with advanced, hands-on training and education in a pilot-scale environment. Using facilities and equipment that match those of the world’s leading biomanufacturing companies, the 90,000-square-foot center is one of the nation’s largest university-based facilities in support of the biomanufacturing and biopharmaceutical industries.