West Virginia University's new advanced Engineering Research Building is slated to open in the fall of 2015.
Faculty and staff will begin transitioning to the new building, which will be completed by March 2015, in the spring, Associate Director of design and construction John Thompson told The Herald-Dispatch reported.
The new Advanced Engineering Research Building will add 22,000 square feet of flexible and environmentally safe new laboratory and research space as well as an 8,000 square feet clean room to meet the needs of high-technology learning and discovery in the new millennium.
The four-story building will have offices, classrooms, computer classrooms, learning center. Graduate student space will use 29,000 square feet in the new building. The new building also will be 60,000 assignable square feet with an unfinished space for future completion of 15,000 square feet.
According to school officials, the building will form a key quad border in addition to the agricultural science building, the Evansdale Library, NRCCE, and ERB. It is expected to be fully integrated into the utility infrastructure for the Evansdale Campus and will have energy efficient systems.
The university is anticipating moving the Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering department into this building. This will allow space in all three major buildings to be better shared and allocated to support the growth of all CEMR departments.
