University of Southern Indiana

Business and

Engineering Center

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Business and Engineering Center The $31.9 million facility houses the College of Business and the Department of Engineering, including classrooms, laboratories, and faculty offices. “Co-locating the Department of Engineering and the College of Business together in the new building was not accidental,” says Dr. Scott A. Gordon, dean of the Pott College of Science and Engineering. “In today’s world of technology, innovation, economic growth, and new business development, it is critical that individuals in the business, technology, and engineering worlds share important skills and knowledge.”

“We are fortunate to have these business and engineering programs under one roof,” says Dr. Mohammed Khayum, dean of the College of Business. “The state-of-the-art technology and facilities are designed to enhance student learning, faculty effectiveness, scholarly pursuits, and partnerships with the community. We’ve made the space conducive to innovative and creative thinking by making it possible for student’s paths to cross and at the same time create a sense of energy and activity. The collaborative spaces allow students and faculty to find intersections across disciplines” The building’s “smart” rooms utilize the latest technologies. Classrooms are equipped with over-sized whiteboards that also serve as screens for LCD projectors. In specially equipped distance education rooms, each desk holds a microphone that cues a camera to focus on a student when he or she speaks. Also, a student conference room is outfitted for international videoconferencing so USI students can collaborate with students abroad.

The building’s 122,210 square feet include 11,470 square feet of common space intended to encourage collaboration by allowing students to continue conversations begun in class or interact with students in other areas of study. Student spaces include the O’Daniel Atrium, the Vectren Lakeside Study Lounge and Balcony, and smaller lounges on each floor.

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Other special features include: • The Bussing-Koch Foundation Stock Market Laboratory,

including a stock ticker display and interactive teaching walls (in and outside the lab) that allow students to check stock exchanges in real time and historical time

• The Russell L. McKinney Entrepreneurship Laboratory, with IdeaPaint-coated walls that allow students to record ideas. Desks are on wheels so they can be moved into configurations suited to students’ needs. Laptops are charged and ready for students to use during class. The lab also includes video recording equipment and interview space.

• The Old National Bank Sales Suite and Joseph P. Coslett Sales Management Development Laboratory, which utilize one-way glass and video recording capability to provide students with a heightened awareness of their sales strengths and weaknesses and allow for instant feedback, focus group research, product comparisons, etc.

• The Lloyd C. Hahn Engineering Design Center, providing students with dedicated lab space to conceptualize and prototype engineering designs

• A radio-frequency-shielded room in the engineering electronics lab for experiments in which all cell, radio, and other signals must be blocked

• Three “media:scape” collaborative work stations allowing users to plug their laptops in and share information instantaneously on flat screens

• Three tiered classrooms, including the John D. Lippert Lecture Hall, with three projectors and distance-education capability

• Two distinctive looks in the BEC’s structure, limestone and brick, that generally designate areas for, respectively, business and engineering— with glass connecting rather than separating the two

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The generous gift ofShoe Carnival Inc

The generous gift ofAmerican General Financial Services

The generous gift ofCarol A. and Bruce H. Baker & Eileen Berendes Will

and James L. Will, Sr.

The generous gift ofJudith V. and

John D. Lippert

The generous gift ofToyota Motor

Manufacturing, Indiana

The generous gift ofToyota Motor

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The generous gift ofBerry Plastics Corporation,Ira G. Boots,

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The generous gift ofSterling Boiler &Mechanical Inc.,Daniel G. Felker,

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The generous gift ofDeig Bros. Lumber & Construction Co. Inc.

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0003 Shoe Carnival Inc. Classroom0005 American General Financial Services Classroom0006 Deig Bros. Construction Computer Laboratory0015 Engineering Classroom0017/0019 Empire Contractors Inc. Materials/Soils Laboratory0018 Environmental Laboratory0020 Sterling Boiler & Mechanical Inc. Materials Testing Laboratory0021 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Vibrations Laboratory0022 Morley and Associates Inc. Surveying Laboratory0025/0026 Berry Plastics Corporation Optics/Modern Physics Laboratory0029/0031 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, CAD Laboratory0030 Baker and Will Classroom0035 John D. Lippert Lecture Hall

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36 leadership gifts of $25,000 or more, helped make the Business and Engineering Center a reality. Forty-four alumni supported the project with gifts of $1,000 and more.

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The generous gift ofMary Pelle Goebel

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The generous gift ofRichard H. Merrick

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The generous gift ofJudith A. and

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1000 Rosemary L. and D. Patrick O’Daniel Atrium1001 Judith A. and Robert E. Griffin Experimental Economics Laboratory1004 Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc. Stock Market Laboratory1004 Kahn Dees Donovan & Kahn LLP Decision Support/Negotiations Laboratory1005 Lloyd C. Hahn Engineering Design Center1011 Richard H. Merrick Family Engineering Laboratory1012 Hafer Associates Fluids Laboratory1013 Mary Pelle and Raymond H. Goebel Classroom1014 Casino Aztar Classroom1032 Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee, Computer Hardware/Software Laboratory1033 Browning Funeral Home Teaching Computer Laboratory1034 Kemper CPA Group LLP Teaching Computer Laboratory1035 Harding, Shymanski & Company, P.S.C. Teaching Computer Laboratory

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2001 Vectren Teaching Computer Laboratory2004 Florence Rupper Bernhardt and Robert F. Bernhardt Web Development Laboratory2005 Russell L. McKinney Entrepreneurship Laboratory2009 Alcoa Laboratory & Classroom for Power & Machines2012 Victor V. Schriefer Jr. Communications Laboratory2013 Integra Bank Digital Systems Laboratory2508 Vectren Lakeside Study Lounge and Balcony

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3023 BKD LLP Classroom3024 Connie S. ’74 and Ron D. ’73 Romain Boardroom3025 ARC Construction Co. Inc. Teaching Computer Laboratory3028 Classroom3029 Dunn Hospitality Group Sales Classroom3032 Video Conferencing Room3033 Old National Bank Sales Suite3035–3040 Old National Bank Sales Suite3041 Joseph P. Coslett Sales Management Development Lab

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Green features The Business and Engineering Center meets or exceeds standards for green buildings. Natural light illuminates the building through upper-level clerestory windows, skylights, and light wells. Motion sensors turn off electric lights when spaces are not occupied. Light-colored roofing reduces the heat island effect and conserves energy. Approximately 20 percent of the materials used in construction were recycled or regionally-sourced.

Through the use of its technology, the BEC will allow us to emphasize an entrepreneurial mindset that involves innovative thought and openness to new ideas. — Dr. Mohammed Khayum

Dean, USI College of Business

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Hafer Associates of Evansville served as the project architect and mechanical and electrical engineer. Wilkie Structural Engineering, also of Evansville, was the structural engineer. St. Louis-based HOK was associate architect and designer. Other area firms involved in the project were Weddle Brothers Building Group, Mel-Kay Electric Company, Alva Electric, and Ray Haase Heating and Air Conditioning.

The future for the Department of Engineering is in line with the entrepreneurial mindset of the college’s namesake Robert Pott, an inventor and entrepreneur who lived in Evansville during the 1920s and ’30s. He acted on a variety of innovative ideas from high-fidelity music to water recycling and irrigation systems. His most notable invention was the air impact wrench, which has become a fixture in modern industry throughout the world. Robert Pott combined his technical knowledge and business and marketing skills to move his ideas from concept to prototype to market. We want to further the same entrepreneurial mindset and skills to be poised for success in an ever-changing high-tech world.

— Dr. Scott A. Gordon Dean, Pott College of Science and Engineering

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