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September 15, 2022

UW President Ana Mari Cauce (center left) and UW College of Engineering Dean Nancy Allbritton (center right) ceremoniously break ground along with engineering students Liban Hussein (l) and Aisha Cora (r) on the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building.

Wearing purple hard hats and using gold-plated shovels, officials from the University of Washington broke ground Thursday on a new, $102 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building to be constructed along Stevens Way east of the Husky Union Building. Once complete, the state-of-the-art 70,000-square-foot building will be an example of a student-focused learning facility backed by both public and private investments. The project aims to fuel economic growth and create a pipeline of future, local engineering talent.

The IEB will provide much-needed space for project-based collaborative learning as well as a student-focused home for engineering undergraduates. The College of Engineerings new building will provide a welcoming and inclusive space to introduce students to more engineering pathways and facilitate tomorrows discoveries.

Our great public university is dedicated to creating access to excellence for the students of our state, said UW President Ana Mari Cauce. With this new facility, we will be able to open doors of opportunity for even more talented, driven future engineers. These future innovators, creators and entrepreneurs will get the kind of student-centered, hands-on training that will empower them to take on the biggest challenges facing our communities.

College of Engineering Dean Nancy Allbritton thanked the community partners, companies and individuals who already have pledged their support:

Construction of the IEB is scheduled to be completed by mid-2024.

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UW breaks ground on $102 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building - University of Washington