Making Engineering Oval a reality

March 1, 2016 Kathi McBlief 3-min. read

The Engineering Oval building* will be the new home of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the dean’s administration.

Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Ranked as one of the top 10 public programs in industrial engineering by U.S. News and World Report in 2015, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) had a fall 2015 enrollment of 340 undergraduates and 215 graduate students (135 MIE/MS students and 80 doctoral students).

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Science in industrial and systems engineering
Accelerated BS/MS in industrial and systems engineering
Master of industrial engineering (MIE): residential and online
Master of Science in industrial engineering (MSIE)
Dual Master of industrial engineering/Master of business administration (MIE/MBA)
Doctorate (Ph.D.) in industrial engineering

Research Areas

Advanced Manufacturing | Ergonomics | Health Systems | Production/Service Systems and Logistics | Operations Research and Analytics

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

The Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) embraces state-of-the-art research to support the development and operation of sustainable and resilient infrastructure for society. The department’s highly ranked undergraduate and graduate programs include 48 faculty members who lead 156 ongoing research projects that represent $18.6 million in research expenditures. As of the fall 2015 semester, the department had 754 undergraduate students, 336 master’s students and 121 doctoral students.

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Science in civil engineering
Bachelor of Science in construction engineering
Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering
Master of Science in civil engineering (MSCE)
Master of Science in environmental engineering (MSENE)
Master of civil engineering (MCE)
Master of environmental engineering (MENE)
Doctorate in civil engineering (Ph.D.)

Research Areas

The Building

The Engineering Oval building will be the fourth academic engineering building on Centennial Campus. Plans are in place for a fifth building to be constructed after Engineering Oval is completed.
The building will measure 227,000 square feet.
It will house more than 100 classrooms and state of the art laboratories.
The estimated cost of Engineering Oval is $154 million.

How You Can Help

While passage of the Connect NC public bond referendum on March 15 would provide $75 million for the Engineering Oval project, it would not fund all of the projected construction costs. The NC State Engineering Foundation has committed to raising $60 million in private donations to help pay for construction. Commitments of about $20 million have already been made. Early donors of $50,000 or more to the project will be part of the Cornerstone Society, a select group of donors who will:

Receive named recognition inside the Engineering Oval building
Be invited to a special groundbreaking ceremony on Centennial Campus when construction is set to begin
Receive an invitation to other VIP events and receive special insider information about the project.

If you are ready to help the College of Engineering make the Engineering Oval building a reality, contact: Griffin Lamb, assistant dean for development and college relations with the NC State Engineering Foundation | 919.51515.7458 | grlamb@ncsu.edu

*[Editor’s Note: The Engineering Building Oval (EB Oval) was renamed Fitts-Woolard Hall on April 20, 2018, at the groundbreaking ceremony.]

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