High tech research has found a home at the Roy Blunt Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC). This former MFA milling facility has been transformed into a seven-story state-of-the-art research facility which anchors IDEA Commons. Missouri State students gain hands-on experience, and corporate partners make huge strides in innovative product development. The focus at JVIC is environmentally friendly projects with an applied research emphasis on biomaterials, nanotechnology, carbon-based electronics, biomedical instrument development and energy.