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The Building Campaign for - ECE ILLINOIS

The Building Campaign for ECE ILLINOIS

Planning has begun on a new building to serve as the home for ECE ILLINOIS. Intended to be much more than a collection of bricks and mortar, this new building will be the heart and soul of the department, providing a place for our students, faculty, and staff to interact and collaborate. It will also show the outside world the department’s strengths and vision for the future.

During a planning meeting, members of the ECE Building Ad Hoc Committee and architects from SmithGroup spent time at the site of the new ECE building, which will be located to the west of the Coordinated Science Lab (CSL) on the north engineering quad.

And it is our distinct honor to celebrate the legacy and impact of one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century and a major figure in the history of ECE ILLINOIS by naming the new building John Bardeen Hall.

The University of Illinois considers this building a top priority for the campus. The Facilities and Services Planning Division has selected SmithGroup to head the design of the new ECE building. SmithGroup is widely recognized for positively impacting the world through high performance green buildings.

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Select video and photos contained within this movie courtesy of Exelon, Kalev Leetaru, Lucasfilm, L. Brian Stauffer, Tesla Motors, Texas Instruments, University of Illinois Archives, and University of Illinois Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory/Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.

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Subscribe to ECE ILLINOIS Building Updates online newsletter to keep up-to-date on current events affecting the new building plans. You can also read past newsletters.

You can contribute to the ECE ILLINOIS building by donating to ECE ILLINOIS. If you would like to talk to someone directly about our exciting plans for ECE ILLINOIS, our new building, and how you can help, please contact:

Molly Tracy
Associate Dean for Advancement
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Engineering
310 Engineering Hall
1308 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-9918
mollyt@illinois.edu

Jonathan Hill
Director of Development
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
53 William L. Everitt Laboratory
1406 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 265–6285
jonahill@illinois.edu