systems. The ERTC is located on the north side of the campus along New Poag Road and features lab and classroom space, as well as a 30,000 gallon-per-day wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment plant. The STEM Resource Center (SRC), located in Science East, is dedicated to researching, developing, and dispersing ways and means of advancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education at all levels, from elementary school through college and on into professional development. The center's resources include a staff possessed of diverse skills, a classroom and laboratory for developmental work, and a lending library of media and teaching materials and equipment. The Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship (IRIS) Center, located in Peck Hall, is an interdisciplinary facility designed to support individual and collaborative scholarship (at faculty and student levels) that applies digital content as a primary methodology. The university developed a botanical garden, known as The Gardens at SIUE, that is also a living laboratory in support of the educational and research missions of the university. The Gardens are located off Cougar Lake Road, near the Cougar Lake Recreation Area and the Cougar Village apartments. The Southwest Illinois Advanced Manufacturing Center (SIAM) was launched in 2005, performing applied and basic research for product/process development and improvement. The center was funded by the U. S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The Hoffman Center on the N.O. Nelson Campus of Lewis and Clark Community College in Edwardsville provided over of space for SIAM. The center was closed in 2012. Alton Campus SIUE's campus in Alton, Illinois, from the main campus, the site of SIU's Alton residential center from 1957 to 1965, now houses the School of Dental Medicine and its offices, classrooms, labs, clinics, and ancillary services. The Alton campus is also home to the Alton Museum of History and Art, located inside Loomis Hall. East St. Louis Center Offering comprehensive programs, services and training to more than 6,000 people annually, the SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) is dedicated to improving the lives of families and individuals in East St. Louis and surrounding urban communities. SIUE's East St. Louis Center, located in East St. Louis, Illinois, from the main campus, traces its beginnings when Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees in response to local people's demands for more education in the Metro East established residence centers in East St. Louis in 1957. The current location is the center's