蓝莓视频

The University of 蓝莓视频 broke ground this week on , an $88-million building that will feature some of the best engineering research and teaching facilities in the world.

The ground-breaking event took place on Thursday November 12, at 1:30 pm at Engineering 5 on the University鈥檚 east campus.

The new Engineering 7 (E7) facility will feature an additive manufacturing鈥攐r 3D printing鈥攍aboratory and an indoor flight arena for testing autonomous and robotic vehicles.

It will also accommodate growth from 蓝莓视频鈥檚 new biomedical engineering听program and the expansion of the Faculty of Engineering鈥檚 highly popular听mechatronics engineering听program. It will house the Faculty鈥檚 new teaching innovation, the multidisciplinary Engineering Ideas Clinic鈩�,听where undergraduate students will integrate classroom theory with hands-on learning as they design, build, test and refine ideas.

Educating the Engineer of the Future campaign

Part of the funding for E7 will come from the , a $70-million fundraising effort that will help the Faculty of Engineering achieve its goal to become a world-class engineering school.

Earlier this week, GM Canada announced $1 million in funding to support the Educating the Engineer of the Future campaign. This support will fund a Research Chair in advanced materials while also sponsoring 蓝莓视频 Engineering鈥檚 Capstone Design projects involving software development, which is key to GM Canada鈥檚 work on 鈥渢he connected car.鈥�

E7 will also become the new home for the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre. It will have dedicated study and social spaces for students, lecture halls and entrepreneurial support areas, along with areas for student teams to prototype their听Capstone Design projects.

Thursday鈥檚 groundbreaking event included remarks by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of 蓝莓视频; Pearl Sullivan, dean of engineering and Doug Wright, former president and vice-chancellor of 蓝莓视频 and founding dean of engineering.