Facilities
Western Kentucky University is a vital partner, applied research leader and talent development resource for the Innovation Campus. Currently our on-campus research partners include Holley, Envision, Logan Aluminum, Kentucky to the World, MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, USC’s Civic Imagination Project and more. All came to the Innovation Campus due to its commitment to research and lifelong learning opportunities.
Existing Facilities and Amenities:
WKU Innovation Campus
- Opened in 2020
- 285,000 sq. feet
- Modern laboratory space
- Home to Kentucky Thermal Institute’s new Center for Thermology Research and Development
- Art and production studios
- Home to the only university-owned Large Chamber Scanning Electron Microscope (LC-SEM)
- Opened in 2022
- 30,000 sq. feet
- Welcomes industry professionals, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers and students
- Open 24/7
- Accessible with key card
- Training rooms and conference rooms available
- Superior Internet with multiple redundancies
- Founded in 2021
- Formed with support from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development’s KY Innovation, WKU, the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, AccelerateKY and more
- 20 supporting members and counting from across the state
- Supporting Kentucky’s metals sector
- Visit MI2
- Bridge between higher education and real-world applications
- Exposure to the WKU Innovation Campus
- Networking
- State-of-the-art classroom learning
- 10 current labs
- Visit Student Labs
- 51,000 sq. feet of research and development space
- Home to a team of Holley’s engineers
- Former Big Lots store
- Visit Holley
- Formed in 2004
- Has helped several clients and tenant expand their business beyond the Bowling Green community
- Home to approximately 20+ start-ups
- Provides a cost-controlled, professional environment offering high-end office and light manufacturing spaces to knowledge-based start-up and early stage companies
- Available for student entrepreneurs, as well
- Visit the WKU Small Business Accelerator
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