Facility features art objects from Auburn’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Austin Phillips | Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Charlotte Hendrix | Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Auburn University expanded its footprint and opened its doors to a new facility in Huntsville on Tuesday with the grand-opening celebration of the Research and Innovation Campus.
The nine-acre property, located at 345 Voyager Way NW in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park, is in close proximity to numerous defense and aerospace collaborators, as well as the Bridge Street commercial development and the Gate 9 entrance to Redstone Arsenal.
The grand-opening celebration comes on the heels of the September announcement of the university’s plan to build a Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station in Orange Beach.
“Much like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did in 1969, today is a monumental day for Auburn as we plant our flag in Huntsville,” said Steve Taylor, interim dean of Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. “We might even say that a different eagle has landed.”
The property, which formerly housed LogiCore, is well equipped to support applied research and development work for Huntsville/Redstone customers, as well as hosting alumni and development events. Designed to foster a new era of interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration necessary to secure the nation into the next century, the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus will serve as a state-of-the-art, multi-million-dollar collaboration engine, conference center and research space that extends Auburn’s expertise and next-generation resources to the defense, space and law enforcement agencies.