Thursday, September 22, 2016

Excellence Rising: October 6, 2016

Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence
 
Groundbreaking Ceremony | 11:00 a.m. | Reitz Union Lawn
Key features: 
  • Classrooms and tools to facilitate team-based learning, including freshman design labs 
  • Faculty and student collision spaces to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration 
  • State-of-the-art biotech lab to engineer solutions to overcome cancer, cardiovascular and muscular system disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases 
  • Prototyping labs to enhance hands-on learning and help develop big ideas 
  • Immersive telepresence facility to build 21st century communication and networking skills
Future home of:
  • Computer Engineering
  • Florida Engineering Experiment Station (FLEX)
  • Engineering Innovation Institute (EII)
  • Engineering Leadership Institute (ELI)
  • Freshman design labs and senior capstone design courses for all departments
  • Faculty and student collaboratory spaces