SIUE School of Engineering

The 129,000-square-foot (12,000 m²) School of Engineering Building opened in the Fall of 2000. The building houses classrooms, instructional and research laboratories, an auditorium, and the offices of the school and its departments. It features a three-story atrium with crossing walkways and exposed structural and utility elements that serve as an open laboratory for design and construction students. Facilities such as the computer integrated manufacturing lab, the dynamic strength testing lab, and the aerodynamic testing lab help to expand the school's research capabilities.[9] The rooftop green roof project is a part of the University’s Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network (GREEN).[10]

Between the Spring of 2012 and the Summer of 2013, a new building with more than 32,000 square feet (3,000 m²) of offices, classrooms, and research space was built and connected to the existing building by an enclosed bridge. Upon conclusion of the addition, some facilities were moved from their previous spaces, which were then renovated. Work was scheduled to be accomplished at a total cost of $14.2 million.[11]

Since 1977, the Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC) has been designated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) as the State of Illinois' center for the continuing education of personnel involved in the operation, maintenance and management of drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.[12] It is also the state's site for training Illinois licensed plumbers and certified water operators to become IEPA certified Cross-Connection Control Device Inspectors.[13] The ERTC contains offices, classrooms, and laboratories as well as the 20,000 U.S. gallons (76,000 L) per day training scale clean water and waste water treatment facilities. The ERTC recently installed 144 solar panels and a 120 feet (37 m) wind turbine generator for demonstrating the use of environmentally friendly alternative energy sources in the water treatment industry.

Located in the Lewis & Clark Community College N.O. Nelson Complex in Edwardsville, the Southwest Illinois Advanced Manufacturing Center (SIAM) is a joint venture with Lewis & Clark. The mission of the SIAM Center is to work with manufacturers in order to perform applied and basic product research and to help develop their work forces, making it possible to rapidly take initial product concepts through to marketed products.[14][15]

Located in the SIUE campus' University Park, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) is the world's only facility dedicated to researching the ways and means of converting corn (maize) to ethanol. Using emerging technologies, the NCERC contains an analytical lab, a fermentation lab, and a pilot-scale production plant for performing research and training future workers.[16]