In the fall of 2004, the Chemical
Engineering Department moved into the new seven-story Jack E. Brown
Chemical Engineering Building. The 205,000 square-foot building,
prominently located at the corner of University Drive and Spence
Street, is adjacent to the university's Cyclotron building.
The building's first floor houses six
general use classrooms, computer laboratories, and a 600
square-foot computer cluster room. Department staff and faculty
offices are located on the second floor, along with offices for the
Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center. Graduate student offices
and research labs are located on floors three through seven.
The Houston-based architectural firm
of 3D/International designed the building that bears the name of Jack E. Brown,
co-founder of Wagner & Brown, Ltd. A $5 million gift from Brown
and his wife, Frances, was the largest private donation toward
construction of the state-of-the-art building.
At a Glance…
- Corner of Spence and University
- 205,000 gross ft2
- $38 Million to Construct
- Seven Stories
- 200 processors in supercomputer cluster, 1500 planned
- 127 offices for students, faculty and staff
- 88 research and teaching facilities
- 9 clean rooms
- 6 general classrooms
- 4 computer labs
Read more about the dedication
ceremony and about Jack E. Brown, and view building floorplans and pictures.