Groundbreaking May 2009 Opened 10 May 2012 Owner University at Buffalo Floor count 3 | Completed Late 2011 Floor area 1 ha Architecture firm Perkins and Will | |
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Type Educational, Research Center Location North Campus, Amherst, New York Current tenants UB Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)
Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors(CUBS) Client State University of New York Cost 75 million USD (2010 dollars) Current tenant University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | ||
Barbara and jack davis hall
Officially opened in May 10, 2012, as a part of University at Buffalo's 2020 Strategic Plan, construction of Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, known as Davis Hall, started in 2009 with ground-breaking and finished in late 2011 with a construction cost of $75m including nearly $49.6m from New York State funding and the rest from corporate and individual endowments. Besides UB Engineering, Davis Hall is the new host to both Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments featuring several new laboratories and research centers.
Contents
- Barbara and jack davis hall
- Map of Barbara and Jack Davis Hall Getzville NY 14228 USA
- Naming
- Departments
- Notable features
- Facilities and research centers
- LEED gold certificate
- References
Map of Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, Getzville, NY 14228, USA
The building features numerous state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories to improve quality of research and reach university's projected goals in extension of faculties and scope of cutting-edge research in UB Engineering along with transforming UB into a leading public research university in a national-wide perspective.
The building is constructed by Turner Construction and its exterior design is a reminiscent to printed circuit board representing interaction among faculties and students and is designed by Perkins and Will firm. The environmental-friendly building is constructed in accordance with LEED's Gold certificate standards.
Barbara and jack davis hall
Naming
The building is named after industrialist-turned-political candidate Jack Davis and his wife Barbara, who made the largest endowment ($5m) among individuals to fund the project. The couple made their first donation of $1.5m to fund the project in 2008. Jack, a UB Engineering graduate in 1955, and his wife donated an additional $3.5m to the project making themselves the people who have made the largest endowment in university's history with $5m endowment.
Departments
The building is the new home to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments. However, the building supports five other departments such as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Notable features
Davis Hall is an economic-friendly building opening a new gate toward cutting-edge research by its new, state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories.
Facilities and research centers
LEED gold certificate
In April 4, 2012 it was announced that the building has been certified "Gold" by LEED. The building exceeds the state's energy efficiency code by 34 percent. Some of its features, making the building green, are as follow: