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Stocker Center, center, is the Russ College's seat on West Green.

The Russ College of Engineering and Technology is the engineering college of Ohio University, a public research university in Athens, Ohio. It opened in 1920 as the second distinct college established at the university and is now one of the university's eleven academic colleges. It is located on the West Green. The Russ College is home to the university's highly ranked programs in the traditional fields of engineering at the undergraduate and graduate level.[1] It enrolls approximately 1,400 undergraduates and almost 300 graduate students. It is named in honor of Fritz J. Russ, an alumnus in electrical engineering and the founder of Systems Research Laboratories, a major bioengineering concern.[2] The Russ College maintains a close relationship with the College of Arts & Sciences due to its requirements in mathematics, hard sciences, and other courses.

Departments

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Research centers

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  • Automatic Identification Education and Research Center
  • Avionics Engineering Research Center[4]
  • Center for Advanced Materials Processing
  • Center for Advanced Software Systems Integration
  • Center for Intelligent, Distributed and Dependable Systems
  • Institute for Corrosion & Multiphase Technology[5]
  • Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment
  • Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment
  • T. Richard and Eleanora K. Robe Leadership Institute[6]
  • The Condensed Matter and Surface Science[7]
  • The Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute[8]

Academic and Research Center Building

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The Academic and Research Center is the largest building of its kind in Ohio.
The ARC Building was designed in similar style as Adams Hall (pictured); note the matching cement work which accents the red brick.

The Academic and Research Center, or ARC Building, of Ohio University, is a research center built in 2009 and first used in January 2010. The Academic and Research Center is located to the northeast of Stocker Engineering and Technology Center, in the West Green, between coordinates E-3 and F-3 on the official university map. It is marked as #184 on the map.[9][10]

Funding

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The $34.5 million ARC building is one of only four university buildings financed primarily through private donations. The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations contributed $10 million toward construction, and Board of Trustees member and Russ College alumnus Charles Stuckey and his wife, Marilyn, donated $5 million. In total, more than $22 million was raised from more than 550 individuals, corporations, alumni, and friends of OU-COM and the Russ College.[10]

Architecture

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The ARC building, in addition to Baker University Center and Adams Hall, is one of several new buildings to feature Federalist architecture, as demonstrated in brick and stone cement work.[9] The ARC building connects both Stocker Center and Irvine Hall, making it easy for collaborating researchers to work together.

The building has 13 classrooms. The Academic and Research Center now contains all of the Russ College's learning space and connects several of the college's administrative and West Green's various other facilities. The architecture and interior design were developed with collaboration in mind. Almost all of the furniture in the ARC is mobile, easily creating group spaces, and smaller study nooks with comfortable chairs and tables distributed throughout the building.[10]

Research

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Ten researchers from the Russ College and Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine tackle major health and technology issues in the 22 laboratory spaces, with one floor devoted to diabetes research and one floor devoted to cancer research. There are also additional laboratories set aside for the recruitment of further research talents to Ohio University.[10]

Student activity

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Students working on large-scale projects make use of a two-story, 2,000-square-foot (190 m2) project hangar in the ARC, which features a five-ton-capacity crane and floor hatch that can accommodate automobiles and move equipment inside or out.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Russ College of Engineering and Technology | Ohio University". www.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tribute". Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  3. ^ "Building on Success: The Past and the Present of Industrial Technology at Ohio University" (PDF). Ohio University Department of Industrial Technology. November 1, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Avionics Engineering Center". www.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology". www.corrosioncenter.ohiou.edu. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Robe Leadership Institute". www.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Condensed Matter and Surface Science". ohiou.edu. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  8. ^ "Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute". www.ohio.edu. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Athens Campus Map & Tour". Ohio University. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e "ARC celebrates its grand opening: Revolutionary learning and research facility creates collaborations among engineering, technology and medicine". Ohio University. May 10, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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