BlackboardE-Week Features New Building Dedication & Industry Day 1999
National Engineers Week, February 21-27,1999, featured Industry Day and the Dedication of the Phase II Building (Building B) at the College of Engineering.
Industry Day on Monday, February 22, was attended by over eighty visitors from industry and government agencies, as well as college faculty and students, and featured a symposium on the theme "Future Directions in Engineering". Speakers included Dr. James Mau, Vice Chancellor of the State University System, who outlined research and education in the SUS strategic plan for the next five years; Dr. Allen Atkins of Boeing who spoke on the aerospace industry; Mr. Roscoe Nash of Ford on automotive transportation, and Mr. Loren Shriver of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the Space Station.
Featured at a banquet that evening was a presentation to FAMU of a check for $100,000 for engineering scholarships from the Corning Corporation, presented by Mr. Tyrone Mitchell. Entertainment by a quartet of engineering students, and a video on the College produced by the Multimedia Services Group, rounded out the evening.
On Tuesday February 23 the College formally dedicated its new, 96,000 square foot facility, connected to the existing building by a glassed-in walkway which also serves as a student lounge. Speakers were Dean Chen, Vice Chancellor James Mau, Presidents Frederick Humphries and Sandy D'Alemberte, and Regent Steven Uhlfelder. Representative Marjorie Turnbull and Mrs. Margaret Lannutti, widow of the first co-director of the College, joined in the ribbon cutting. A reception followed in the new Dean's Conference Room. Exhibits of student and faculty projects gave the visitors an extensive view of the accomplishments of the College.
On the same day the Chemical Engineering Department dedicated a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility which it is operating in cooperation with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Dr. Hans-Jorg Schneider-Muntau, Associate Director of NHMFL, participated with Chemical Engineering professors Michael Peters and Stephen Gibbs.
