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The William N. Pennington Engineering Building

Opened in 2020, the 100,000-square-foot engineering building facilitates innovation in all five College of Engineering departments.

William N. Pennington Engineering Building Facts

100,000 SQUARE FEET

40 LABORATORIES

LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER LABORATORY

200-SEAT CLASSROOM

150 GRAD WORKSTATIONS

ISO-5 (CLASS 100) CLEANROOM

What is an ISO-5 (Class 100) Cleanroom?

One of the key features of the building, the ISO-5 (Class 100) Cleanroom reduces air contaminants from up to 100,000 parts per cubic foot down to 100 and allows for research in biosensing and nanotechnology that is not otherwise possible in the state of Βι¶ΉΣ³»­. It facilitates research in materials science and engineering, chemical, biomedical, and mechanical engineering.

Read more about our Cleanroom director and our plans for the facility in the story "Russ Renzas steps up as Engineering's Cleanroom director."