UAB officially opened Frances and Miller Gorrie Hall today, the new home for the School of Engineering.
Located on 13th Street South beside Mervyn H. Sterne Library, the $77 million Gorrie Hall contains nearly 200 offices and workstations for faculty, staff and graduate students.
Additional features within the 110,000 square foot complex include: • 2,000-square-foot Vulcan Materials Testing Lab, a lab designed to support graduate students and introduce local K-12 students to engineering careers • Research and teaching labs • Design and rapid prototyping lab • Collaborative research suites for material engineering • Brasfield & Gorrie Employees Student Study Commons • Outdoor patio
UAB shaped Brasfield & Gorrie
“This world-class facility will make our School of Engineering a