A topping ceremony celebrates the next milestone for the Advanced Engineering Building now under construction.
Rama Venkat, dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, adds his name to a steel beam before it’s hoisted into place at the Advanced Engineering Building now under construction. Donors, faculty and staff were all invited to sign the ceremonial beam that became part of the structural support of the new building and the College of Engineering’s future. (Josh Hawkins/51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ)
On Oct. 7, 2022, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ celebrated the topping out of the Advanced Engineering Building (AEB), now under construction on the north side of campus next to the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex.
The new facility will help 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering keep up with its explosive growth. Since 2009, enrollment in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ engineering programs has increased 75%. The college has more than 75 faculty educating 3,000 students who will be the engineers of Nevada’s future.
Here's a look at other milestones for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's engineering facilities
The AEB is the first new engineering space since the Science and Engineering Building (SEB) was erected in 2009. (University Libraries Special Collections)
People study a model of the proposed Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex (TBE). It was the first building dedicated to engineering programs at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ (University Libraries Special Collections)
A replica of the Howard Hughes H-1 racer airplane is suspended from the ceiling of the Great Hall in TBE-A. (University Libraries Special Collections)
Construction has progressed quickly for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's new Advanced Engineering Building since (top left) April 2022, when the site was being cleared until September (bottom right), when the building's vertical climb began. (CORE Construction)
During a topping off ceremony on Oct. 7, 2022, a construction beam is lifted into place for the Advanced Engineering Building under construction. (Josh Hawkins/51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ)
The new three-story, 52,000-square-foot Advanced Engineering Building (AEB), featuring classrooms, research labs, a Maker Space, will help close the gap between 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and other comparable engineering colleges when it comes to space.
An enduring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
