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From Baked Beans to Scientific Breakthroughs: Northeastern’s Roux Institute
The Roux Institute project transforms Portland’s historic B&M Baked Beans factory into a flexible, all-electric research campus by combining adaptive reuse, advanced digital design, and Maine-sourced building materials to support evolving needs in digital engineering and life sciences
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Chris Ertl
Chris Ertl will co-lead a roundtable at the 2026 Lab Design Conference focused on selecting lab materials that balance durability with human and environmental health, encouraging peer discussion to develop practical, sustainability-driven strategies
