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UMKC ★  Community Education, Engagement Month, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

GRAND OPENING: Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center

Join us to celebrate the grand opening of UMKC’s newest learning and discovery hub, the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center.

ended (October 01, 2021)
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GRAND OPENING: Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center

The Grand Opening of the Plaster Free Enterprise Center, a 57,800-square-foot building providing leading-edge, high-tech research and development capabilities, will take place Friday, October 1st at 10 AM. The event will include:

  • A ribbon-cutting ceremony; 
  • Brief remarks from UMKC Leadership; and, 
  • Interactive tours of this groundbreaking new space.

Complimentary parking will be available on Levels 4 and 5 of the Rockhill Garage, located at East 52nd and Charlotte Streets.

Reservations are required. 

The Plaster Free Enterprise Center is designed to be a hub for students, faculty, and the Kansas City community to discuss, design, build and innovate. Features of the center include $3 million worth of fabrication and prototyping equipment, industrial and research-grade additive manufacturing equipment (3D printing), high-performance computing and data analytics equipment and software, augmented, virtual and mixed reality equipment and software, FAA-approved Flight Simulator, ISO 6 and 7 cleanroom facilities, and much more!

For the health and safety of our guests, we will follow the latest city and CDC guidelines.


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Engineering, Research & Data, School of Computing and Engineering

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ended (October 01, 2021)

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Melissa Ford, Director of Philanthropic Giving, UMKC School Computing and Engineering
  mford@umkc.edu
  816-235-1277

More Information

https://sce.umkc.edu/

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