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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.
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The Academic and Research Center, or ARC Building, is a research center built in 2009 and first used in January 2010. The $34.5 million building is one of only four university buildings financed primarily through private donations and more than $22 million was raised from more than 550 individuals, corporations, alumni, and friends of OU-COM and the Russ College.[9] 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.[10] With 13 classrooms, the Center contains all the college's learning spaces and connects several of the college's administrative and West Green's various other facilities.[10][9] 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.[9] 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.[9] 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.[9]
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