Facilities
City Campus
Othmer Hall
Lincoln
Othmer Hall (OTHM), 17th and Vine streets, houses the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the Dean's Office (including associate deans, student programs/services, and research), Engineering Communications, and Business and Finance.
The four-story brick and limestone building, which opened in 2002, features the latest in research laboratory design, including a bio-process manufacturing facility; a state-of-the-art computer control system for laboratories; and next-generation distance education technology.
Funding for the $24 million building came from the estate of Mildred Topp Othmer, '28, who died in 1998. She was the widow of Donald F. Othmer, '24, a noted chemical engineer and professor at Polytechnic Institute of New York in Brooklyn. Donald graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and earned a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan. He accumulated 150 patents throughout his career. In 1947, he and Raymond Kirk, a Polytechnic colleague, published the 27-volume Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, which is used in universities, research facilities and companies for chemical processes.
City Campus
Scott Engineering Center
Lincoln
Scott Engineering Center (SEC) was dedicated in 1972. The building houses laboratories, research centers and the engineering shop. A link/walkway between SEC and Nebraska Hall was later created; the Link houses the Civil Engineering Department on the first level and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on the second level.
City Campus
Nebraska Hall
Lincoln
Nebraska Hall was originally known as the Elgin Watch Factory. This massive building has been renovated several times and features more than 320,000 square feet of gross space.
Nebraska Hall houses the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction (specifically the Construction Engineering and Construction Management programs) and the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department. It also includes the Engineering Library, home to Engineering Student Services. It is physically linked with Scott Engineering Center via The Link and provides laboratory, classroom and office space for the College of Engineering and other university programs.
