The Building Blocks

The 165-foot Lurie Tower is the architectural focal point for the North Campus. The tower's 60-bell carillon, one of the largest in the world, was cast of "bell bronze" (80 percent copper, 20 percent tin) by the Royal Eijsbouts Bellfoundry of Asten, The Netherlands. The Lurie Tower carillon strikes the traditional Westminster Quarters during the day and periodically hosts performances. The tower was made possible by an exceptional gift from the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation.

The Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center (LEC) is the center for College of Engineering undergraduate student admissions, records, scholarships, freshman and undeclared advising, the Ameritech Engineering Learning Resource Center, and the offices of the Multicultural Engineering Program and Women in Engineering. The LEC also houses the dean's offices and provides space for meetings and conferences. The LEC was made possible by an exceptional gift from the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation.

The Herbert H. Dow Building was a gift of the Herbert H. Dow Foundation and the Harry and Margaret Towsley Foundation. It's home to the classrooms and laboratories of the departments of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and the S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center.

The Carl A. Gerstacker Building, partially funded by The Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, anchors a sophisticated biomedical engineering complex. The Gerstacker Building facilitates the growth of the Biomedical Engineering (BME) department and fosters interaction and interdisciplinary work between BME and Materials Science and Engineering (another Gerstacker tenant) and the nearby Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, which also has space in the building.

The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building (FXB) is home to the Aerospace Engineering department's classrooms, lecture halls, auditorium, library and computing facilities, research labs, and faculty and staff offices. The FXB also houses the Edward A. Stalker Subsonic Wind Tunnel Lab, a two-foot-by-two-foot open circuit wind tunnel with a removable test section, and a strikingly beautiful three-story atrium. The FXB was made possible by a gift from the Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud.

The Chrysler Center is a multi-purpose state-of-the-art facility for the Engineering Career Resource Center and the Center for Professional Development. The Chrysler Center also accommodates a 230-seat auditorium and several classrooms. The Center is a gift from the Chrysler Corporation.