The James L. Knight building houses over 40,000 square feet of specialized graduate laboratory space, classrooms, a library, faculty offices, and a 150-seat sloped-floor auditorium. The building was designed to provide flexible lab space for research. Each lab's electrical functions can be divided in two so that research teams can break into smaller groups. Each lab is equipped with a conducting pipe that is electrically grounded to ground water for experimental apparatuses. Laboratories equipped with oversized rolling doors and high ceilings with exposed trusses to accommodate the movement and assembly of tall equipment, which is often braced to the trusses. Air, nitrogen, and gas lines are centrally located in each lab to allow free distribution to varying equipment setups. Pipes and wiring are exposed, and controls and circuit breakers are accessible so that physicists can make adjustments as experiments change. |
