In mid-2019, the Purdue University Board of Trustees approved the “Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway” project, a major construction project for Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute and College of Engineering. The new complex will provide a total of 255,000 gross square feet, primarily for instructional laboratories, faculty offices, design studios and collaborative spaces. Consisting of two connected buildings named Dudley Hall and Lambertus Hall, the complex will increase both the quality and quantity of instructional lab space, provide more dedicated space for active learning and lab-centric instructional methods, and bring together labs that are currently geographically separated.
New laboratories for Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Construction Management Technology, School of Engineering Technology, Department of Computer and Information Technology and Department of Computer Graphics Technology, plus faculty offices, will be located in the complex.
Site preparation began in fall 2019 with construction of a new service drive north of Knoy Hall. The Gateway Complex will replace the single-story Nuclear Engineering Building and Michael Golden Labs facilities and wrap around the west and south sides of Knoy Hall of Technology. The complex is expected to open for instructional use in January 2023.
Collaboration between colleges in higher education has never been more important than in today’s era of rapid innovation and change, where the most significant opportunities for innovation often occur at the intersection of disciplines. The complementary fields of study found in the College of Engineering and the Polytechnic Institute provide Purdue with unique opportunities to address critical challenges as we collaborate in the advancement of engineering and technology.
News
- Construction continues for Dudley Hall and Lambertus Hall this fall
- First Gateway Complex building named for Bill and Marty Dudley
- Purdue Polytechnic teams with leading corporations for Smart Manufacturing Industrial Infomatics program
- Purdue Polytechnic receives support from major technology companies for Smart Manufacturing program, facilities
- Construction management researchers use virtual reality to improve knowledge transfer in industry
- $40M grant to help Purdue expand STEM studies (Inside Indiana Business)
- Second Gateway Complex building named for Peter Lambertus
Media
- Construction Photos - Northwest Corner (Flickr)
- Construction Photos - Southwest Corner (Flickr)
- Dudley Hall and Lambertus Hall: Virtual Tour (YouTube)
- Purdue University is Training the Manufacturing Leaders of Tomorrow
- Purdue’s Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex (YouTube)
- Techies Today Episode 002: Mitch Daniels & Gary Bertoline, $140M Gateway Complex (Podcast)
- Lilly Endowment announcement for Engineering & Polytechnic Gateway Complex (YouTube)
