Black Engineering Building

Black Engineering Building
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West side of building
Location within Iowa
General information
Location Ames, Iowa
Country United States
Coordinates 42°1′34.0314″N 93°39′5.3994″W / 42.026119833°N 93.651499833°W / 42.026119833; -93.651499833
Current tenants Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Completed 1985
Owner Iowa State University
Technical details
Floor area 117,941 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]

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Biorenewable fuels and combustion engines
  • Laser-based flow diagnostics
  • Human-computer interaction and virtual reality; Multimodal Experience Testbed and Laboratory (METaL)
  • Bio microfluidic and optofluidic systems
  • Multiphase flow visualization using x-rays
  • Operations and production systems computing
  • Industrial design
  • CNC machining, welding, polymer processing, metal casting, and metrology

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

References

  1. ↑ https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/buildings/building.asp?id=17
  2. ↑ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/history/forwhom-buildings.html
  3. ↑ http://www.me.iastate.edu/research/laboratories/
  4. ↑ http://www.imse.iastate.edu/research/laboratories/
  5. ↑ "Art on Campus: Black Engineering Building" (PDF). Iowa State University. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
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