North Engineering Building Renovations
how you can be a part of Fueling tomorrows for future rocket engineers!
This renovation encompasses 62,320 SF, replacing the aging Palmer Hall, and upon completion will provide:
- 15 classrooms
- 3 Bio-engineering instructional & 8 research laboratories
- Maker’s space
- Computer instructional lab
- Dedicated space for Formula SAE Race Team
- Collaborative space for student gathering and learning
Join us on a “fly-through” of the plans for the UToledo Engineering high bay renovation!
You'll see renderings of:
1. view entering from Nitschke into North Engineering 1st floor, heading from south to north. The Maker Space is to the right
2. continues northward on 1st floor showing the bioprocessing lab to the right and a corridor with BIOE research labs to the left
3. continues northward on 1st floor to far north end with elevator and FSAE lab to the right
4. view from north stairwell on 2nd floor traveling southward; classrooms to the left and atrium to the right
5. view along 2nd floor corridor on south end, traveling from west to east; classrooms and then atrium to the left
For a deeper dive, view our Virtual Town Hall seminar (below) with former Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Scott Molitor (now Interim Vice Provost of Academic Affairs & Acting Dean, COGS & Professor), as he moderates a discussion of the North Engineering High Bay renovation. Joining him were special guests Jason Toth, Linda Beall, Sean Bright, and Paul Hotmer.
The College of Engineering currently resides on space that was once occupied by Owens-Illinois for research and development. An unfinished high bay space in our North Engineering building once served as a pilot production facility for testing new production processes. A renovation of this High Bay will create new and modernized classrooms, a maker space and laboratories. These innovative spaces will replace classrooms previously located in Palmer Hall.
Tune in to hear the key players in the renovation discuss this exciting modernization of our College of Engineering facilities:
- Jason Toth is the senior associate vice president for administration in facilities and construction and supply chain at UToledo.
- Linda Beall is a distinguished lecturer emerita and former interim department chair of engineering technology at UToledo. She is currently an assistant teaching professor in construction management at Bowling Green State University.
- Sean Bright is a principal at Champlin Architecture, leading the design for the High Bay renovations.
- Paul Hotmer is a retiree of Owens-Illinois, spent much of his career at the Tech Center, and is also an alumnus and great friend of the College of Engineering.
Ready to invest in the future of this pivotal project? Visit our donor page to make your contribution and cement UToledo's place among top engineering schools.