New ECE building opens

News-Gazette (Aug. 26) -- University of Illinois engineering students enjoyed their first day of classes in the $95 million Electrical and Computer Engineering building. The 230,000 square foot facility is almost double the size the ECE department's previous home, the 1940s-era Everitt Laboratory, which will be renovated for Department of Bioengineering. Designed to be net-zero energy user, with solar panels, low-energy lighting, efficient heating and cooling systems, plus, a soaring atrium designed as a community space for students and faculty, state-of-the-art design labs open to undergraduates, and 400-seat auditorium that is largest on north campus. Also: ASEE FirstBell (Aug. 27), PR Web (Sept. 17).