FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – The Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) is expanding. The popular proving ground, several miles north of Hancock and next to the Houghton County Memorial Airport, will get a new building to go along with the WWII-era huts now in use at the facility.
On Thursday the Michigan Tech Board of Control authorized issuing $6.15 million in bonds for buildings and facilities. A portion of those funds will be used to construct a new design center and office complex at the KRC.
The KRC is a multidisciplinary research center, which annually hosts the Society of Automotive Engineer's Clean Snowmobile Challenge – planned this year for March 10th through the 15th. The Center is completely supported by external corporate and governmental agency funding.
According to Dave Reed, vice president for research at MTU, most of the current center is housed in 56-year-old quonset huts built by the U.S. Army.
“The new design center and office complex will enable the KRC to attract more research dollars and expand its work with University academic programs, including Enterprise and Senior Design projects and the Summer Youth Programs,” Reed said.
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