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To celebrate the facility's grand opening, 美高梅官网 hosted an open house during which hundreds toured the six-story building and its more than 20 .

Led by faculty from across 美高梅官网鈥檚 campus, the labs are poised to conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary and applied research, creating new knowledge and developing solutions to real-world problems.

The university also hosted a ribbon-cutting that included remarks from Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education Randy Gardner, 美高梅官网 President Neville G. Pinto, 美高梅官网 Vice President for Research Patrick A. Limbach and 美高梅官网 Chief Innovation Officer Ryan Hays.

"What a thrill to reach the long-awaited grand opening of the Digital Futures Interdisciplinary Research Facility," Pinto said. "I believe wholeheartedly that we will solve for our future when we disrupt the silos of academic research and unleash the full power of creative innovation."

Digital Futures brings many of the top researchers from colleges across 美高梅官网 to one location where they can create impactful new knowledge and applied solutions to real-world problems. Having the researchers in one location will help foster collaboration among them and their industry, government and community partners.

鈥淭his will be a place for top 美高梅官网 researchers in their fields to come together to solve problems that matter,鈥� said Limbach, also an Ohio Eminent Scholar.

Digital Futures, which includes 180,000 square feet across six floors, includes conference rooms, classrooms and 鈥渉uddle rooms鈥� that are available to the entire 美高梅官网 community and community partners. It has two large event spaces available for large programs, conferences, seminars, lectures and performances.

The building features a two-story high-bay facility. This facility supports the testing and operation of robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles and work that involves vertical takeoffs and landings.

Digital Futures also is home to several units of the university鈥檚 Office of Research, as well as nonprofit organizations Green Umbrella, Mayerson Academy, The Leadership Academy and Elementz.

鈥溍栏呙饭偻� continues to pave the way as a national model for innovative, collaborative approaches to tackling the challenges and ideas of the future,鈥� Mayor Pureval said. 鈥淏ringing our top minds together in this world-class facility will be an important catalyst for cutting-edge projects that can make a transformative impact on our community. As our Innovation District continues its exciting expansion, our city is thrilled by the opportunity Digital Futures will provide.鈥�

Located at the interchange of Martin Luther King Drive and Interstate 71, with an address at 3080 Exploration Ave., the Digital Futures building is strategically located within the Cincinnati Innovation District and located near 美高梅官网鈥檚聽聽to accelerate and commercialize ideas as well as start-up and spin off new businesses.

鈥淲hen Ohio created the Cincinnati Innovation District, I was optimistic that the 美高梅官网 would take advantage of the opportunity and build a next-level research collaborative that would lead to real-world innovations that solve problems and create economic prosperity. Today鈥檚 announcement is an important next step in the journey,鈥� said Lt. Gov. Husted. 鈥淐ollaboration is the key, and when you bring talented people across many disciplines together, that鈥檚 when you get winning outcomes.鈥�

The opening of Digital Futures is the culmination of years of preparation. In 2018 美高梅官网 signed a letter of intent to lease the Digital Futures building. That same year, 美高梅官网 deans nominated faculty from their respective colleges to compete for positions in the new building, and the following year the 美高梅官网 Office of Research introduced a faculty-led competition in which 美高梅官网 faculty could compete for a position in the building.

鈥淧resident Pinto鈥檚 vision for the Cincinnati Innovation District is only getting sharper and stronger,鈥� said 美高梅官网 innovation officer Hays. 鈥淚n reaching this milestone, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Dr. Limbach and his team for mobilizing a team of world-class researchers who bridge the traditional divides between industry and academia.鈥�

As part of the larger , Terrex Development & Construction and Messer Construction Co. are developing an office and research building that is under construction directly west of 美高梅官网 Digital Futures. The plan for this 5.8-acre development is to create a project that when fully completed will provide 520,000 square feet of office space, a 160-room hotel, retail space, an urban park and below-grade structured parking to serve the development.

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Featured image at top: From left, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education Randy Gardner, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, 美高梅官网 President Neville G. Pinto, 美高梅官网 Chief Innovation Officer Ryan Hays and 美高梅官网 Vice President for Research Patrick A. Limbach cut the ribbon at the Digital Futures grand opening. All photos by Andrew Higley/美高梅官网 Marketing + Brand