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{{Short description|Research center at Duke University}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{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'''&mdash;[[colloquial]]ly referred to as '''FCIEMAS''' (pronounced "eff-see-mas") &mdash;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.<ref>[http://pratt.duke.edu/about/facilities About Pratt Facilities]</ref> 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 [[USD|$]]97 million.
{{wide image|CIEMAS-complete2.jpg|500px|Panorama of the $97 million FCIEMAS}}

== See also ==
* [[Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}

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