Engineering Building III
Sustainability Meets Discovery
Engineering Building III (EB III) combines specialized teaching and research facilities with a distinctive green roof, bringing engineering and environmental responsibility together.
Above the building’s high-bay annex, drought-resistant plants form Centennial Campus’s first green roof. The vegetation helps reduce heating and cooling costs, making the roof a working example of sustainable design. It’s a feature that connects the building itself with the university’s broader efforts to reduce its environmental impact.
Inside, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has access to specialized facilities, including a flight test cell and anechoic chambers. These spaces support experimental work alongside classroom instruction, giving students and faculty the facilities to investigate engineering questions through testing and measurement. EB III also houses the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, a partnership between NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill. The department connects engineering with medicine through work in medical imaging, rehabilitation engineering and regenerative medicine.
Beyond the Sound Barrier
The building’s supersonic wind tunnels can produce airspeeds up to Mach 3, three times the speed of sound.
Industry Connections
Mechanical engineering seniors fabricate projects for industry sponsors in EB III’s ground-floor machine shop.
Research at Scale
The 248,000-square-foot building contains approximately 80 laboratories.
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The World of Engineering Awaits
