{"id":397,"date":"2013-10-12T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T16:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhumag.dev.173.166.187.154.xip.io\/?p=397"},"modified":"2014-06-02T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T19:23:11","slug":"seeing-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2013\/10\/seeing-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_398\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-398\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.bcreativegroup.com\/jhuwse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JHU6754-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Window On Discovery: Marked by a graceful sweep of glass and light, the new UTL offers an inspirational setting for science.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JHU6754-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JHU6754.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Window On Discovery: Marked by a graceful sweep of glass and light, the new UTL offers an inspirational setting for science.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories (UTL) building is only a proverbial stone\u2019s throw away from Mergenthaler Hall, but the science facilities inside the\u00a0sparkling, glass-fronted edifice\u00a0are a world apart in terms of equipment, space, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Just ask Yachen Cao.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The master\u2019s candidate and\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">former chemical and biomolecular<\/span>\u00a0engineering major from Shanghai spent two academic years \u201cplus\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">two summers\u201d serving as a teaching<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">assistant in the General Chemistry<\/span>\u00a0Lab in Mergenthaler, and he now TAs in the new building, which opened in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIn Mergenthaler, the biggest shortcoming was the underground setup, with the labs being down in the basement,\u201d said Cao. \u201cIt sometimes felt like you were in the dungeon in Harry Potter where the potions classes were held. The new labs in the UTL are so much better with sunshine, huge windows, more organized bench settings, and open spaces\u2014not to mention all the new, fancy equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Indeed, the new 105,000-\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">square-foot facility offers the latest<\/span>\u00a0lab technology, including a\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">computer lab; cold, tissue culture,<\/span>\u00a0procedure and autoclave rooms; and an instrument area with a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">These components are arranged in a flexible and open\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">layout that is designed to cultivate<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">cross-disciplinary partnerships and<\/span>\u00a0synergistic research collaborations between students and faculty in departments and programs including Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Neuroscience, and Psychological and Brain Sciences. Engineering students take their required undergraduate science labs in the new space, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cTraining world-class engineers requires a world-class foundation in science, and that\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"s3\">exactly what our students will receive<\/span>\u00a0in this fantastic new facility. The Whiting School of Engineering is fortunate to have such dedicated, talented partners in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences who will excite and inspire our students in this beautiful new\u00a0<span class=\"s3\">space,\u201d said Edward R. Scheinerman,\u00a0<\/span>vice dean for education at the Whiting School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Katie Schwarz, a junior\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">environmental engineering major,\u00a0<\/span>thinks the new facilities will help not only students but also teaching assistants like herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAs a TA for Intro Chem Lab,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">I feel I am able to help my students<\/span>\u00a0and see what they are doing more [in the new lab space] than TAs could in the past,\u201d said Schwarz, who took her Intro Chem 1 and 2 labs in Mergenthaler. \u201cThe new labs are just more functional in\u00a0<span class=\"s3\">my opinion. Everything the students<\/span>\u00a0need is near them, and there is less congestion and confusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories (UTL) building is only a proverbial stone\u2019s throw away from Mergenthaler Hall, but the science facilities inside the\u00a0sparkling, glass-fronted edifice\u00a0are a world apart in terms of equipment, space, and aesthetics. Just ask Yachen Cao. 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