About 5,000 square feet of the ground floor of UMass Lowell’s Olney Hall is dedicated to the HEROES initiative. It includes wet chemistry, processing and characterization laboratories, offices, conference rooms and a “think tank” area outfitted with a continuous whiteboard on which researchers may brainstorm new ideas.
In addition to this “home base”, DEVCOM SC scientists will also have access to labs of their research partners across campus, including those located in the $80 million Mark and Elisia Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center in Natick, which also offers UMass Lowell faculty and student researchers access to their facilities. Within the center students and scientists can expect to find design, synthesis, engineering and testing laboratories, as well as nano-fabrication facilities.
