Bossone Research Center
The Edmund D. Bossone Research Center, located on the south side of Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets, has become the focal point of Drexel's growing research program. Designed by the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the $37 million, 155,000-square-foot multistory includes 48 teaching laboratories, 37 lab support spaces, eight conference rooms, 77 offices, and a 300-seat auditorium. The Center also includes a 70-foot high prism, a three-story atrium with skylights and a 5,100 square foot terrace that offers views of the city
The Bossone Center houses research facilities for tissues engineering, drug delivery, biomedical imaging and advanced materials development as well as Drexel's Nanotechnology Institute and the Center for Telecommunication and Information Assurance. In addition, the Bossone Center, is home to the Centralized Research Facility (CRF), which contains Raman spectroscopes, high-resolution transmission and scanning electron microscopes and atomic force microscopes. Staffed by expert technicians, the CRF is available for use by regional organizations and the academic and corporate communities of greater Philadelphia
The Bossone Center is named in honor of Drexel alumnus Edmund Bossone, '53, who, with wife Kathleen, donated $10 million toward its completion. An $8 million grant from the commonwealth an $8 million grant from the commonwealth and $3.5 million in federal funding also contributed towards the project.