Black Engineering Building

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Black Engineering Building
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West side of building
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Location within Iowa
General information
Location Ames, Iowa
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 42°1′34.0314″N93°39′5.3994″W / 42.026119833°N 93.651499833°W / 42.026119833; -93.651499833
Current tenantsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Completed1985
Owner Iowa State University
Technical details
Floor area117,941 sq ft (10,957.1 m2)

The Black Engineering Building is a research and teaching facility at Iowa State University that contains the mechanical engineering and industrial engineering departments. The first phase of the building was opened in 1985 for instructional purposes, and additions were completed in 1987. [1] The building is named to honor Henry M. Black, the long-time member of the Iowa State faculty who served as professor and head of the mechanical engineering department from 1946 to 1972. [2]

The facility houses department administration, faculty, teaching classrooms, and research laboratories to support: [3] [4]

The grounds of the building also house a campus art sculpture titled "Carom" by Bruce White. [5]

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References

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  2. "Iowa State University Campus and Buildings". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  3. "Laboratories". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. "Laboratories". Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  5. "Art on Campus: Black Engineering Building" (PDF). Iowa State University. Retrieved 7 April 2015.