Re-Envisioning

Purdue's Engineering Campus
Space Master Plan [2017 - 2027]

Pinnacle of Excellence at Scale

With the guiding principles below and our proud heritage in mind, we are envisioning the next decade of space to enable our future: places for the programs and people of Purdue Engineering.

From Grissom : 1906

To Gateway Complex : 2022

Purpose-Driven

Flexible for the way we teach, learn, and discover

Student Centered

Helping students transition to the working world

Collaborative

Encouraging connections and intellectual collisions

Efficient

Better use of space, energy, technology, and lighting

Engineering on Campus

a map of different sections of campus highlighted and color coded to represent possible expansion places
EXISTING BUILDINGS and COMPLETED PROJECTS
CURRENT and PLANNED PROJECTS: 2017-2027
CONNECTIONS ACROSS CAMPUS PROVIDED BY AUTONOMOUS BUSES IN THE FUTURE
Armstrong building's roof and upper floors

Beginning our Journey

Seng-Liang Wang Hall

Opened 2014

Innovative Public-Private Partnership

  • Home to restaurants, credit union, offices, labs, and research spaces
  • Floors 1-3: Electrical & Computer Engineering labs and offices
  • Floor 2: Purdue Engineering Online
  • Floor 3: Engineering Education research
  • Floor 4: College of Engineering “swing” space
  • Gold-level environmental certification
Yellow couches in front of a monitor
Red chairs for a team workspace Outside of Wang

Grissom Hall [ BEFORE ]

Opened 1906
Wing Addition 1920

An Obsolete Interior...

  • Bricked-up windows
  • Dropped ceilings
  • Dark hallways
  • Closed-off labs
  • Limited collaboration space
Outside of Grissom
Cramped Student work areas with computers
Old fashioned hallway with windows

Grissom Hall [ AFTER ]

Rededicated 2015

Totally Reinvented for Today's Work

  • A new home for Industrial Engineering
  • Collaborative environment
  • 3 floors of transformed space
  • 2x the capacity
  • $36K annual energy savings
Large, open air foyer with multiple places for students to work independently or collaboratively
Three students working together in a small windowed conference room
Large open air computer lab spaces

Completed
2017 2018
Rail
BIDC  
Zucrow  
MSEE
Phase 1		 MSEE
Phase 2
Duncan
Annex		  
EE
Phase 1
Flex
Hamp
Phase 1		  

Current & Future Future projects are subject to approval & funding.
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
MJIS
Addition 		    Herrick
Phase 2 		       
    Gateway
Building 1 		         
    Gateway
Building 2 		Gateway
Building 2 (alternative start) 		   
    ME            
MSEE
Phase 3 		    HAMP
Phase 2 		  Potter    
ABE   EE
Phase 2		        
KEPNER           FLEX II
      Zucrow Lab District
Multiple Projects		    

Current & Future Future projects are subject to approval & funding.
KEPNER
2018-2019
MJIS
Addition
2018-2019
ABE
2018-2020
MSEE
Phase 3
2019
Gateway
Building 1
2020-2022
Gateway
Building 2
2020-2022
Gateway
Building 2 (alternative start)
2023-2025
ME
2020-2021
HAMP
Phase 2
2021-2022
Zucrow Lab District
Multiple Projects
2021-2025
EE
Phase 2
2022-2023
Herrick
Phase 2
2022-2023
Potter
2024-2025
FLEX II
2025-2027

Bechtel Innovation Design Center

Opened 2017

A Magnet for Innovation

  • Advanced prototyping space for Purdue innovators
  • 3 floors dedicated to design, machining, and assembly
  • 24/7 facility for students, faculty, and staff across disciplines
Outside of Bechtel
Inside of Bechtel where you can see a bottom and top floor
Students in Bechtel Open areas
A student working on machines

Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories

Opened 1948
High-Pressure Combustion Lab Opened 2017

Research for Revolution in Flight

  • Only facility of its kind in the world
  • 5 test cells and laser lab
  • Enables experimental research in real-world operating conditions
Man using a laser in a Zucrow lab
Exterior of Zucrow
A different angle of the exterior of Zucrow

AMERICAN RAILWAY BUILDING

Opened 1926
Renovated 2017

Repurposed for Today’s World

  • Originally built to test railway draft gears
  • Now a dedicated workspace for 40+ ME graduate students
  • Combines quiet study and open collaboration areas
American Railway Exterior
Men talking in the foyer of the building
Old photo of a train engine and individuals working on it
offices and open space currently in the building

DUNCAN ANNEX

Opened 1940
Renovated 2017

Accessible, Collaborative Environment for Multiple Groups

  • First floor transformed into updated classroom, modernized classroom, and graduate student suite
  • Second floor unused space transformed into fully utilized modern workspace
  • Addition of windows, elevator, and open working spaces
  • Brings Engineering Computer Network team together in one place
Duncan Annex Exterior
wooden bench in an open hallway of Duncan
ECN office areas

MATERIALS & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING
Phase 1

Opened 1987
Renovated 2017

Keeping Students on Course

  • New ECE Advising Suite for record 1,530 students
  • Private offices for personal conversations
student waiting at a desk
Two people in an office, talking
Women in MSE Hallway

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING
Phase 1

Opened 1924
Addition 1932
Renovated 2017

Modernizing a Nearly Century-old Building

  • New flexible instructional labs
  • Redesigned space for senior design projects
  • Renovated connector with Duncan Annex
  • Addition of accessible ramps
  • New courtyard garden
EE computer lab
EE Courtyard statue and grass
Exterior of EE
woman in open area of EE

MATERIALS & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING
Phase 2

Renovated 2018

More Inviting Space for Students, Faculty, and Staff

  • Updated atrium includes a Starbucks, center of collaboration, soft seating, and laptop bar
  • ECE Business Office provides central access for business needs
Students talking in a mock-up of the open areas
Man walking down the hallway in the open areas
A large bar with stools for students to use laptops

Flex Lab

Opened 2018

Discovery Across Disciplines

  • Home to diverse portfolio of research and researchers
  • High-bay spaces for large or experimental equipment
  • Wet, computational, optics, and laser labs
The outside of the Flex Lab from Discovery Park
A Small cafe for students to stop at
A green lab space

DELON & ELIZABETH HAMPTON HALL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Phase 1

Opened 1950
Additions 1961 & 1986
Renovated 2018

Flexible Use Anticipates Future Needs

  • 3 flexible teaching labs for architectural, geomatics, and structural engineering
  • Modernized construction materials labs for concrete and asphalt research
  • New student lounge to promote collaboration
  • Improved building circulation and accessibility
A classroom with many tools for students.
The outside of Hampton Hall An inside lounge in Hampton
Building under construction

Building for Tomorrow

GATEWAY COMPLEX

Anticipated Completion Building 1 : 2022
Anticipated Completion Building 2 : 2022 / 2025

A New Gateway to Purdue’s Engineering Campus

  • Demolition of current Nuclear Engineering and Michael Golden Laboratories
  • New facilities for College of Engineering and Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  • Project-based instructional labs, design studios, and collaborative spaces
  • Student Success Center
  • Future Gateway Building 3 as possible replacement for Potter Center
Overhead mock-up of the gateway building.
A side view of the gateway building

ZUCROW LAB DISTRICT

Multiple Projects 2021 - 2026

Supporting Technology in a New Era

  • Drones facility
  • High-speed wind tunnel
  • Satellite facility
  • New research test cells
  • Compressed air facility
A mock-up of a satellite prototype
Two students working on a Drone A wind tunnel with a car mocked up inside it

MARTIN C. JISCHKE HALL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INNOVATION WING

Anticipated Completion 2019

Keeping Pace with Changing Healthcare

  • New addition to address growing student interest and research
  • Interactive laboratory for undergraduates
  • Space for neurological device research
A mockup of the outside of BME
A different angle of the mockup of the outside of BME
A mockup of the inside view of BME with students

MSEE
Phase 3

Anticipated Completion 2019

  • New Student Design Studio allowing for collaborative design
  • ECE Administrative Suite with central access for faculty, staff, and students
A mockup of the inside view of MSEE open spaces
A second angle mockup of the inside view of MSEE open spaces

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING

Anticipated Completion 2021

  • Expanded labs, machine/electronics shops, and computation/prototype/build spaces
  • Additional classroom, collaboration, computer, tutorial, and office spaces
A overview mock-up of the inside of ME

AGRICULTURAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING

Anticipated Completion 2020

Bringing Faculty Home from 11 Campus Buildings to 165K Square Feet of New & Remodeled Space

A mock-up of the outside of ABE

RAY W. HERRICK LABORATORIES
Phase 2

Anticipated Completion 2023

Building a New Home for Advanced Acoustics Research

A mock-up of an overhead view of Herrick

DELON & ELIZABETH HAMPTON HALL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Phase 2

Anticipated Completion 2022

  • Complete renovation to create a modern workspace
  • Updated classrooms, collaboration zones, work cafés, labs, and offices
A mock-up of the outside of Hampton

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Phase 2

Anticipated Completion 2024

  • Renovation of ground, first, second, and third floors
  • Addition of labs, collaboration space, improved classrooms, and offices
A mock-up of an inside lab space of EE

A.A. POTTER ENGINEERING CENTER

Anticipated Completion 2025

Complete Renovation of a Multipurpose Teaching & Research Facility

A mock-up of the outside of Potter

FLEX LAB II

Anticipated Completion 2027

Planning Ahead to Accommodate Future Research

A mock-up of the Flex Lab II with students

Thank You for sharing in our journey as we build onward and upward