William N. Pennington Engineering Building Facts
100,000 SQUARE FEET
40 LABORATORIES
LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER LABORATORY
200-SEAT CLASSROOM
150 GRAD WORKSTATIONS
ISO-5 (CLASS 100) CLEANROOM
The William N. Pennington Engineering Building
Opened in 2020, the 100,000-square-foot engineering building facilitates innovation in all five College of Engineering departments.
What is an ISO-5 (Class 100) Cleanroom?
One of the key features of the building, the ISO-5 (Class 100) Cleanroom reduces air contaminants from up to 100,000 parts per cubic foot down to 100 and allows for research in biosensing and nanotechnology that is not otherwise possible in the state of Nevada. It facilitates research in materials science and engineering, chemical, biomedical, and mechanical engineering.
Read more about our Cleanroom director and our plans for the facility in the story "Russ Renzas steps up as Engineering's Cleanroom director."