A new Caruth Hall will the home of the CSE Department as well as the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education and the EMIS Department. 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.