Round Rock, Tx home to Dell, Round Rock Premier Outlets, Dell Diamond, the new Texas A & M Health Science Center, Seton Medical Center Williamson, Texas State University Center, Austin Community College, Scott and White Hospital Round Rock is soon to be graced with a proposed research center to assist in the development of medicines, scientific projects and technologies.  This project is called the convergent technology center and will be located on a tract of land just east of the Medical facilities listed above. 

According to a city-commissioned study this center would operate as an "accelerator" for businesses already in a middle or later phase of development whether it be products, medicines or technology and could open as soon as 2010. According to Mr. Avery (who donated the land), It's a combination of medical, bio-life science, physics, biology and chemistry to create a new form of science that merges all of these things together.        

Some of the proposed facilities would include but not limited to are:

Wet Labs - chemicals and biological samples

Dry Labs - more of analyzation of data, storing materials and working with electronic components that all require a constant temperature

Clean room - which is strictly controlled atmosphere against any type of contamination

At this time, the powers at be are looking for different ways to fund this project.  I must say Round Rock has come along way!!