University of Tennessee opens new engineering facility

Jan. 13, 2012
$37.5 million building has 150,000 square feet

From The Knoxville News Sentinel: The University of Tennessee is opening the first new engineering building on the Knoxville campus in nearly half a century. Construction on the $37.5 million Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building took three years. Faculty have already begun moving into the facility, named for the Garmin co-founder and university alumnus who donated $12.5 million to the project.

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