--- title: Cutting Edge MIT Nano-Lab Design Merges Function and Safety description: MIT's 200,000 square foot center for nanotechnology and nano-science at their campus in Cambridge, MA, nicknamed MIT.nano, will follow an open lab design concept to bring faculty, researchers and students together on a grand scale of collaboration. image: https://blog.cpsgrp.com/hubfs/CPSGrp_Feb2017/_Home/3%20blog%20images/FTI%20(WW%20Wally)/MIT%20clean%20room%20PSP%20exhaust%20duct%20system.png --- [![Exential_logo_white_ExAb](https://blog.cpsgrp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Exential_logo_white_ExAb.png?width=133&height=44&name=Exential_logo_white_ExAb.png "Exential_logo_white_ExAb")](https://www.fabtechinc.com/) - [Products](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust) - [Fume Exhaust Duct](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust/Fume-Exhaust-Duct) - [Joining Systems](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust/Joining-Systems) - [Dampers & Blastgates](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust/Dampers-and-Blastgates) - [Adapters & Accessories](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust/PSP-Adapters-and-Accessories) - [Literature](https://www.exentec.net/Products/Process-Exhaust/Literature-and-Downloads) - [Blog](https://blog.cpsgrp.com/fabtechinc) # Exential Process Exhaust ## Cutting Edge MIT Nano-Lab Design Merges Function and Safety Posted by [Mike Baranski](https://blog.cpsgrp.com/fabtechinc/author/mike-baranski) on May 22, 2018 10:59:09 AM Find me on: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-baranski-b9bbb59/?ppe=1) # **PSP® Enhances lab Safety in State Of The Art MIT Nano-Complex** MIT is currently constructing a 200,000 square foot center for nanotechnology and nano-science at their campus in Cambridge, MA. 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