Fitzpatrick Center

{{Short description|Research center at Duke University}}

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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox building

|name =Fitzpatrick Center

|native_name = (also known as FCIEMAS)

|image = CIEMAS2.jpg

|location =West Campus, Duke University

|coordinates={{Coord|36.003520| -78.939599|type:edu_region:US-NC|display=title,inline}}

|building_type = Research center focusing on biology, photonics, materials and integrated sensors

|namesake =Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick

|architect = Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership

|completion_date = 2004

|style=

|website =[http://www.pratt.duke.edu Duke Engineering]

}}

The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—colloquially referred to as FCIEMAS (pronounced "eff-see-mas") —opened in August 2004 on the West campus of Duke University. Research facilities focus on the fields of photonics, bioengineering, communications, and materials science and materials engineering. The aim of the building was to emphasize interdisciplinary activities and encourage cross-departmental interactions. The building houses numerous wet bench laboratories (highlighted by a nanotechnology research wing), offices, teaching spaces, and an Irish themed café Twinnie's.[http://pratt.duke.edu/about/facilities About Pratt Facilities] FCIEMAS contains: a three-story, {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|-3|adj=on}} atrium; 206-seat auditorium; {{convert|104000|sqft|m2|-2}} of laboratory space; {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|-3}} of conference space; and the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment (one of seven in the world). The construction of FCIEMAS took more than three years and cost more than $97 million.

{{wide image|CIEMAS-complete2.jpg|500px|Panorama of the $97 million FCIEMAS}}