Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center

The Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center is a 70,220-square-foot interdisciplinary research and instructional facility on Kennesaw State University’s Marietta Campus designed to support faculty-led research and teaching. It features advanced spaces such as wet and dry labs, high-bay engineering and fabrication labs, cybersecurity and advanced computing labs, chemistry and biology teaching labs, classrooms, flexible collaboration areas, and a grab-and-go food option, along with KSU’s first clean room. Serving as a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, the facility brings together faculty from multiple colleges, including computing, science, business, engineering, and humanities, within shared research environments that foster innovation.  

Overall, the building significantly enhances the Marietta Campus by elevating its profile as a center for STEM education and research, increasing opportunities for hands-on student learning, strengthening industry and community partnerships, and attracting top talent and research initiatives to the region. 

 

KSU Project Managers – Gowri Pillai, Vanessa O’Hara, and Thomas Nealey  

General Contractor – Carroll Daniel

Project Management – Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC)  

Program Manager – Comprehensive Program Services (CPS )

Architect – Smith Group/Collins Cooper Carusi 

 

• 38,121 Total Assignable sq. ft.
• 19,899 sq. ft. – Research
• 10,455 sq. ft. – Academic
• 7,767 sq. ft. – Common Areas 

 

Three Floors of Research Spaces, Academic Spaces, and Common Areas

First Floor

• 2 High Bays
• Woodshop
• Metal Lab for Welding
• Instrumental Labs
• Maker Space Lab
• Grab and Go Market
• 120-Person Classroom

Second Floor

• Dry Labs
• Cyber Lab
• 60-Person Classroom

Third Floor

• Wet Labs
• 2 Teaching Labs
• Clean Room