Gov. Jay Inslee, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Michael K. Young and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner joined ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers on Monday to launch the Boeing Advanced Research Center, or BARC, The center is located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus and will allow students and faculty members to work collaboratively with Boeing engineers on aircraft and spacecraft assembly and manufacturing. Four initial projects are underway at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, led by Boeing-employed affiliated instructors and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø engineering professors. Read more from .