The Department of Engineering Technology and School of Concrete and Construction Management at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) will be next-door neighbors on the east side of the Murfreesboro campus in 2025 after sharing space in the Voorhies Engineering Technology Building for almost three decades.
The school held a groundbreaking ceremony June 20 to signal the start of construction on its new $74.8 million Applied Engineering Building in front of a crowd of MTSU officials and special guests, along with several state representatives. Led by University President Sidney A. McPhee, the event was moved inside due to rainy weather.
Scheduled to open in either the summer or fall of 2025, the nearly 90,000-sq.-ft. engineering building will be the new home to the school’s renowned Mechatronics…