Max W & Maileen Brown Family Hall Renovation

History & Tradition Meet Modern Innovation

With state-of-the-art labs and collaborative spaces, the renovated Max W & Maileen Brown Family Hall will allow more students to take their next giant leap in electrical and computer engineering.

Purdue ECE is Growing

The Max W & Maileen Brown Family Hall renovation will accommodate and support our ever-increasing student enrollment with world-class facilities that will allow for flexibility and collaboration — while also providing student-focused lab space uniquely configured for electrical and computer engineering.

Naming Opportunities

Your support for the Max W & Maileen Brown Family Hall renovation will give students and faculty an exciting hub in which to collaborate and advance their research and will allow more students to pursue their passions in modern and interactive spaces.

Exploration Graduate Wing

The renovated graduate wing will provide high-quality, next-generation research spaces for graduate students and faculty to collaborate, conduct world-changing research, and solve grand challenges in engineering.

Discovery Undergraduate Wing

Featuring renovated instructional labs, a teaming studio, lounges, graduate assistant offices, and an equipment shop, this will truly be the undergraduate hub of ECE.

Instructional Labs and Graduate Computational Research

Labs with open and flexible layouts will support our growing number of students and include areas for student benching, lab prep, and equipment storage.

Equipment Shop

This state-of-the art workshop will offer a secure and organized location for equipment use and storage, providing students and faculty with a safe environment for working and learning together.

Graduate Teaming Studio

Providing a comfortable space for graduate students to brainstorm ideas, this studio will feature a pool table, chess set, soft seating, a writable wall, and other furnishings to encourage collaboration.

Undergraduate Teaming Studio

This studio will include a collaborative space for undergraduate students to study and receive help from graduate assistants, whose offices will be nearby.

Classrooms and Offices

New workspaces, glass-front offices, and labs will unite students, lab staff, and faculty in an interactive environment.

Alumni Wall

Alumni who make a gift will be recognized on this centrally located wall.

Building renderings subject to change.

Download a PDF of the floorplans, which contains more details about the planned renovation.

Learn More

Contact Sammie Chergo at cmchergo@purdueforlife.org or 765-496-1922 to learn how you can support this project.