Services Projects People About Careers News Contact Us Home / Projects / Higher Education / Ferland Engineering Education & Design Center Previous Next Next Ferland Engineering Education & Design Center Orono, ME Location(s): Long Road, University of Maine Client: University of Maine Size: 107,000 SF Design Architect & Laboratory Planner Ellenzweig Structural Engineering & LEED Thornton-Tomasetti Construction Manager Consigli The E. James and Eileen P. Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC) is a multi-use academic and laboratory building destined to become the heart of undergraduate engineering education at the University of Maine. The three-story, 107,000 SF state-of-the-art facility will help meet Maine’s engineering workforce needs and address increased enrollment demands for UMaine’s engineering programs. Ferland EEDC is being designed in partnership with Ellenzweig, a Boston architectural firm focused on the design of teaching and research laboratories. Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center is a strategic, technology-rich configuration of teaching spaces, laboratories, collaborative areas, and public spaces designed to support engineering education, design, and research. Ferland EEDC’s focal point is a series of hands-on, team-based laboratories where students from multiple engineering disciplines will collaborate on design projects. While several departments will utilize the building, Ferland EEDC is intended to specifically house UMaine’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the biomedical engineering portion of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, as well as the key teaching laboratory for Mechanical Engineering Technology. Ferland EEDC’s primary entrance opens into an expansive Welcome and STEM Outreach Center, designed to accommodate touring groups and gatherings. Classrooms at Ferland EEDC range in sizes and can be easily reconfigured from lecture to active learning. The new building will also offer a light-filled, collaborative commons with café in close proximity to student workspaces and team rooms. Other spaces include faculty and staff offices, conference rooms, and non-formal meeting areas. The University of Maine’s new Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center is being designed to LEED certification standards. It is scheduled to open in the fall of 2022. Discover Similar Projects UMAINE EXTENSION DIAGNOSTIC & RESEARCH LABORATORY Orono, ME AKELEY STUDENT CENTER & RODNEY SMITH WELLNESS CENTER Northern Maine Community College | Presque Isle, ME HUSSON SOUTHERN MAINE CAMPUS RENOVATION Westbrook, ME Contact Us Bangor, ME | (207) 947-4511 44 Central St, Bangor, ME 04401 Portland, ME | (207) 828-4511 30 Danforth St, Ste 306, Portland, ME 04101 Lakewood Ranch, FL | (941) 556-0757 8130 Lakewood Main St, Ste 210 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 FL COA#AA260001895 & 27389 Columbia, MD | (410) 740-3000 10440 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Ste 324 Columbia, MD 21044 Birmingham, MI | (248) 983-4511 555 South Old Woodward Ave, Ste 25L Birmingham, MI 48009 Projects K-12 Education Higher Education Healthcare Senior Living Laboratory/R&D Commercial Civic/Municipal Govt/Military Performing Arts/Events Centers Housing Historic Renovation About History Services Community Centennial Scholarship Careers News Privacy Policy Terms of Use Site Map © 2021 WBRC Architects/Engineers.