MSU To Expand Diamond Growing Lab

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MSU To Expand Diamond Growing Lab

EAST LANSING – Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but they are also used for industrial purposes and will be “grown” in a laboratory housed at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million investment by MSU and corporate partner Fraunhofer USA.

The facility – to be known as the MSU-Fraunhofer Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies – expands the current MSU-Fraunhofer laboratories located in the MSU Engineering Research Complex on the campus’s south side.

The facility will add about 15,000 square feet of space and new diamond synthesis equipment to accommodate an increase in personnel and research projects in the center.

By Matt Roush|2015-10-15T11:27:54-04:00October 15th, 2015|ESD, Featured|

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