вЂњIn retrospect, I see clearly that without the experience of having access to a first-class engineering facility, I would not have found the trajectory I would need to realize my goals and some dreams,вЂќ he said. Pines thanked the assembled crowd for working to make the SMART Building a reality, and said careers can hinge not just on what students learn or who teaches them, but advanced learning spaces as well. The facility will make the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland the USMвЂ™s only regional higher education center with a research component. Meanwhile, the innovation half of the SMART Building features a massive Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS) research facility, which will include sea, air and land capabilities. In the new classrooms, students will have enhanced access to in-demand educational programs-including some taught by UMD faculty-giving these students the opportunity to live, work and study close to home. The building вЂњushers a new age of education and innovation in a region thatвЂ™s got so much to contribute to Maryland.вЂќ вЂњThe SMART Building is distinctive for being so important to two missions: on the academic side, allowing us to educate more Southern Maryland students, and on the research side, giving us the kind of state-of-the-art space USMSM needs to pioneer unmanned systems technology,вЂќ said Perman. Pines at the opening of the new Southern Maryland Autonomous Research and Technology (SMART) Building, an $86 million, 84,000-square foot academic and research facility that nearly doubles the regional education centerвЂ™s educational footprint. State of Maryland leaders joined University System of Maryland (USM) Chancellor Jay A. A major new academic and research building opened today by the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland will emphasize autonomous systems and robotics innovation in concert with faculty and staff from the University of Maryland.

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