Agricultural Innovation Center (AIC) Project

current projects

The AIC Project will be a multidisciplinary teaching and research facility for innovative agricultural research programs that are not currently co-located in other College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences facilities. The Project would include the construction and operation of a new approximately 34,400 gross square foot (GSF) two-story academic and research building on an approximately 19,000 SF footprint to the southwest of Extension Center Drive and northwest of Hutchison Drive. The AIC building would support a recently added major, Agriculture and Environmental Technology, as well as student success programs, such as the Wonderful Scholars Program.  The building would include various types of laboratory space, general and computer classroom/meeting space, and support and office space to facilitate teaching and research programs. The project will also include transportation improvments to Hutchison Drive, Extension Center Driver, parking lot 30, and the bicycle and pedestrian network surrounding the site.  In order to prepare the site for the development of the AIC building, removal of the existing 37-year-old 4023 GSF modular building will be necessary.