OVERVIEW OF THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY BUILDING 

The new Engineering Technology building features two large lecture rooms and laboratory facilities for the engineering technology programs.  The Engineering Technology building houses: Computer Science, Computer Security, Information Systems, Mathematics and Math Education, Civil Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology, Occupational Safety, Technology Education, DOH Transportation Academy, and the Pierpoint C&TC programs of Drafting/Design Engineering Technology and Graphics Technology. 

The first floor consists of four transportation laboratories.  These laboratories house heat transfer, thermodynamics, and automotive testing equipment.  The automotive laboratory allows for student testing on a variety of traditional and alternative vehicles, including dynamotor tests.  Students are able to utilize two senior projects laboratories where construction is underway in the building of a Baja vehicle sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers.  Also included on the first floor is a metal fabrication and machine shop laboratories with CAD/CNC lathes, milling machines, grinding, welding, and foundry operations.  Within these laboratories is a rapid prototyping machine to assist students in design and manufacturing operations.  This floor also holds a structural strength of materials laboratory with various testing equipment, a soils material testing laboratory for hydraulics and hydrology, and a design area for the design and testing of water and wastewater treatment.  This floor also provides for a Civil Engineering capstone projects lab.  

The second floor consists of laboratory space and classrooms for Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Security, and Technology Education.  Most of the laboratories on this floor consist of high-speed computer hardware, servers, routers, and computer clusters.  These laboratories allow students first-hand exposure of network management, database administration, software and logistics design, and computer and security network testing.  A Cisco networking laboratory with voice and security hardware is provided on this floor.  Technology Education also has two large laboratories on the second floor.  These laboratories consist of woodworking, metal working, CAD/CAM lathes and milling machines, graphic reproduction equipment, and a testing facility. 

The third floor of the Engineering Technology building is home to the Safety and Environmental Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, and the DOH Transportation Academy.  The laboratories on this floor maintain equipment for breadboarding and testing of circuits and electronic equipment, robotics and programmable logic controllers, linear and microcomputer systems, data acquisition and control systems, and facilities to utilize fire prevention, toxicology, and ergonomic design testing equipment.  A senior projects design laboratory is contained on this floor and can be utilized by a variety of students working in cross disciplinary fields of study related to engineering technology.

The fourth floor of the building has laboratories associated with Graphics Technology and Engineering Design.  These laboratories maintain a wide variety of computer-aided design systems to operate AutoCAD and Pro/Engineer software.  The technologies utilized in these laboratories are able to translate working drawings directly into production via CAD/CAM applications.  Within the Graphics Technology laboratories are equipment for audio, video, and electronic publishing.  Animation technology is also supported within these laboratories including a variety of multimedia technologies to support the development of graphic designers, web designers, digital pre-press technicians, technical illustrators, and production artists.

 

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY WING OF WALLMAN HALL

Architect drawing of the new Technology Wing, as viewed from Locust Avenue.

Construction began in June 2006 on the new $15 million building. The project involves extensive renovation of the existing two-story Technology Wing of Wallman Hall. The new structure will “clear span” the existing two-floor building. Two floors and about 40,000 square feet will be added to the existing building, which has 40,000 square feet. The new building should open in early 2008. The new facility will house programs for drafting, graphics and mechanical, civil and electrical engineering technology and safety and environmental engineering technology. It will feature two large lecture rooms and about 12 smaller laboratory classrooms.

 

                   

What a difference a few days can make!

 

Working hard to prepare for the Toping Off Ceremony.

 

Photo of Topping Off Ceremony courtesy of Sam Ward of Landau Construction.

 

                    

Photos of Topping Off Ceremony courtesy of Dave Brown of Omni Associates.

 

Pictured: Debbie Alderman, Omni Associates; Jim Decker, Assistant Director - Physical Plant for Construction; Larry Lawrence, Assistant VP for Facilities Projects; Leroy Fredrick, The Design Alliance Architects.
Photo courtesy of Sam Ward of Landau Construction.