Vanderbilt University recently broke ground for the new Jacobs Hall Addition and Renovation, a $28 million, three-story, 150,000-sf facility that will unite the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, giving the School of Engineering a new campus identity. Classrooms, lecture halls, shop space and indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces will be located on the ground floor. Teaching and research labs will be located on the upper floors. The structure will feature two large computer classrooms, a 120-person multimedia classroom, wireless computer networking, student study areas, and dedicated rooms for student organizations. Boston-based William Wilson Associated Architects designed the new building.
