$2.4 Million Federal Grant Funds New Advanced Manufacturing Lab

The College of Engineering & Technology has been awarded a $2.4 million federal workforce-development grant to build a new advanced manufacturing and robotics teaching lab, expected to open for the fall 2027 semester.

The lab will house six industrial robotic arms, a new CNC bay, and dedicated space for the Center for Advanced Manufacturing's sponsored industry projects. Dean of Engineering & Technology said the current shop space, built in 1998, “has been at capacity for about six years, politely.”

The grant requires a 20 percent institutional match, which the university says it will meet through a combination of the capital budget and gifts to the Equipment & Lab Modernization Fund.

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