ASU and the Applied Materials company officially opened the $270 million Materials-to-Fab Center facility in the MacroTechnology Works at the ASU Research Park. Seth Tongay, a professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Fulton Schools, noting the center is designed to keep great ideas from stalling, says the new center will ensure new discoveries will result in impactful manufacturing technologies. ASU’s record of propelling innovation in advanced materials engineering and the Fulton Schools, with the largest number of engineering students in any school in the nation, are seen as valuable contributors to boosting the future of materials-to-fab innovation.

See also: Applied Materials, ASU open $270M East Valley chip research center, Phoenix Business Journal