JOIN US FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW CARUTH HALL

The SMU School of Engineering will be breaking ground Friday, May 9, on the new Caruth Hall which will enhance significantly the school’s ability to inspire students to find innovative solutions to our world’s most challenging problems. The school recognizes the critical need to strengthen our nation’s educational system by driving new ideas into engineering, science, math and technology. We are deeply committed to creating and implementing pioneering programs and research that will develop the future leaders necessary to change the world.

Caruth Hall 2.0
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Caruth Hall
Friday, May 9, 2008
11:45 a.m.
Lunch to follow
Location: Caruth Hall, 3101 Dyer St., Dallas, TX 75205
Inspiring a new generation of engineering leaders www.engr.smu.edu/caruth

ADDITION DETAILS
Click here for directions to the SMU School of Engineering. (Caruth Hall is No. 42 on the campus map)
Click here for map of the SMU campus.
Parking: Visitors should park in the Moody Parking Garage (No. 96 on the campus map) located at the intersection of Airline Road and SMU Boulevard.

ABOUT CARUTH HALL
A new Caruth Hall will provide a home for the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education, dedicated to innovative math and science programs and curricula for students from kindergarten through college. A grant from the Caruth Foundation of Communities Foundation of Texas provided the seed money for the new building.
The second engineering building at SMU to be constructed to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Standards, Caruth Hall will become the third engineering facility built at SMU in the past five years, providing much-needed new and improved space for teaching, research and innovation.
It will serve as the gateway to SMU’s new east quadrangle, which includes the Embrey Engineering Building, Junkins Engineering Building and Blanton Student Services Building.
The environmentally conscious design includes the following features.

• Larger windows will allow more natural light and reduce the need for artificial lighting.
• Stairs in the building are centrally located to encourage their use instead of the elevator.
• Reserved parking spaces give an incentive to drive alternative fuel/power cars.
• Materials for the building are all from within 500 miles of campus to cut transportation costs and pollution.
• Recycling is planned for at least 75 percent of waste materials from construction.
• Natural materials are used in construction – the building's paint, rugs and wall coverings won't emit chemical gases.
• The lab cabinetry will be fabricated from wheat, and environmentally friendly companies that follow certified forestry management techniques will provide the lumber.
• The building's sustainable approach includes simple reclamation approaches to save water: a landscaping irrigation system that uses wastewater from the air-conditioning system and flushless urinals – each of which saves 40,000 gallons of water annually.