In a previous blog I mentioned about how the UNT main campus was going through various construction projects throughout the campus and how Discovery Park was nice and quiet without any construction going on. There has actually been construction going on at Discovery Park. Unlike the main campus in which the construction can clearly be seen, the construction at Discovery Park is being done behind closed doors. That means you can hear a lot of banging and hammering, but not see anything. The construction projects happening at Discovery Park are two new research labs which are being built for the Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department and will be used by faculty and graduate students.
The two labs will be about 3,900 square feet and will be placed where the construction engineering testing lab used to be located. The old construction lab was large and two stories high. The construction group currently designing the classrooms have built walls and a second floor in the old construction lab to allow for the two new labs to connect to Discovery Park’s second floor.
I usually glance inside the new classrooms on Monday and Wednesdays since my class on combustion science is near it. From what I can see the rooms are pretty big, but still require a lot of construction. The two research labs are expected to be completed by May.
Since the opening of the program in 2007, the mechanical and energy engineering program has progressed into a larger program drawing in more students, faculty, and labs. The construction of the two labs will only help to attract more faculty, staff, and of course students to further aid in the mechanical and energy engineering program becoming the best program!
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