For this higher education build, Samet teamed up with Barton Malow to bring about the most state-of-the-art nano facility in North Carolina and helped create an award-winning project in the process. This 106,000 SF facility is a structural steel frame with a steel deck, formed concrete, and brick veneer with precast accents. It houses sensitive and complicated equipment applied to research in many different industries.

In addition to its classrooms, this building features a lecture-style auditorium, visualization and computing facility, characterization suite, BSL-3 Lab, nanoscience and thermochemical labs, and a Computer Automated Visual Environment (CAVE). Even better, this build was a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The project team utilized nanomaterials on the site which acted as a cleansing agent on portions of the roof structure. We look forward to watching breakthrough innovations and research unfold in this cutting-edge facility.