 Plans were in place in 2008 to move the ECE department from Everitt Laboratory to a new building as class sizes grew and bigger demands were placed on research space and lab classes.Construction started in January 2012 and the building was opened with the ceremony in October 2014.The new ECE building is the largest building in the world to have a net-zero energy design with 230,000 square feet of labs, classrooms, and facilities, including a state-of-the-art nanofabrication lab.