Founded in 2010 by Art Professor Jennifer Parker with support from Astrophysics Professor Enrico Rameriz-Ruiz, to serve the campus community for purposes of networking, research, resource-sharing, exhibitions, talks, and events in collaborative interdisciplinary research.

As a faculty-led center, we are dedicated to pursuing, promoting, and serving interdisciplinary innovation in the arts, sciences, and technology. Our projects shift the focus from industrial machines, computers, and robots to people and ecosystems. This use of technologies across disciplines forces us to decide how we, as humans, want to experience our creative strivings and work for the public good to help redirect and understand the negative consequences of unsustainable innovation and the direct costs to the planet.

Our groundbreaking art and science research with students and faculty strives to bridge the gap between empirical discovery and human perception, offering a fresh perspective that challenges conventional thinking and inspires a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of our world. Through the fusion of artistic visioning and scientific rigor, we unlock novel insights illuminating our universe's beauty and wonder.