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OGDEN — A sea of ​​purple flooded Weber State University’s new Norda Engineering, Applied Science and Technology Building Friday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour. While students have been studying in the new engineering environment since the beginning of the semester, the space was not ready to be shared with the public.

This state-of-the-art building totals over 130,000 square feet and features exposed buildings, open spaces, laboratories and classrooms with glass walls that provide plenty of natural light.

David Rackham, an electrical engineering student at Weber State University, said the new building is a big improvement over the previous one, giving students more resources and the ability to observe what’s going on in different classrooms.

For mechanical engineering student Andrew Ormond, it’s not just what’s happening in other classrooms that fascinates him, but also the system design of the server room.

The server room, used to store, power and operate computer servers, was not housed in a windowless room, but in a long, narrow room with glass walls that adjoined two classrooms.

The running server view provides a colorful and fascinating view, Rackham said. “It’s so cool.”

An interactive sculpture suspended from a floating frame above the central community foyer is composed of 119 moving origami elements representing invisible forces of nature.

As the “Between the Waters” sculpture moved intermittently during the ceremony, the attention of attendees was drawn to the ceiling, including remarks by Washington State University President Brad Mortensen during his speech.

The learning and innovation spaces within the Noorda Building provide students, faculty and staff with the ability to unleash their creative potential, Mortensen said, and these spaces are game-changing for WSU programs and the industries they serve.

On Friday, all the different types of capstone projects were packed into the senior project room, and WSU faculty advisor Dan Magda was on hand to explain the details of each project.

Among Capstone’s projects is a project called “Going the Distance Tricycle,” in which a custom three-wheeled device is used to help a young boy with cerebral palsy get around on his own.

Ryan Reidhead’s autonomous recreational vehicle also travels on its own, making its own decisions and following a course entirely.

The only control Reidhead has over his small motor vehicle is to have it start or stop. Everything else is up to the $6,000 vehicle, which runs through a signal.

“It’s pretty expensive, that’s why I’m sitting next to it,” he said.

According to Reidhead, he paid for it out of his own pocket while taking a robotics class taught by Jonathan West.

Admiring the vehicle at the same table was bystander Bob Harris, who said he thought the project was an “engineering marvel.”

Students using their new facility would like to thank the Utah Legislature and the Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation for making this building possible.

Dave Ferro, dean of the College of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, said he thinks Utah’s citizens will reap the rewards of investing in the state’s promising youth and economy.

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