Located in the heart of the College of Engineering, the brand-new ANSYS Hall provides enhanced resources to undergraduate and graduate students. At 36,000GSF, ANSYS Hall serves as a hub for the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and connects the College of Engineering to the wider CMU campus, both physically and programmatically.

The College of Engineering places a significant focus on providing both graduate and undergraduate students with maker resources to encourage making at the Nano, Micro, and Macro scale. In alignment with this effort, ANSYS Hall provides students with an expansive high-bay maker space and an adjacent maker courtyard. These spaces provide students with the capabilities to showcase large scale prototypes for a variety of courses.

The Maker Ecosystem for Engineers is the College’s vision for integrated resources that help students create and develop new ideas across a variety of engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, materials sciences, and biomedical engineering. ANSYS Hall provides the finishing touches to the Ecosystem, providing the ANSYS Simulation Room, a Large Scale Assembly space, and a Finishing area.

ANSYS Hall also provides plenty of collaborative space for students and a dedicated office suite for ANSYS employees. This proximity to the simulation software company will allow students chance interactions and face-time with ANSYS employees.

Additionally, the ANSYS Simulation Room allows students and faculty to experiment with the ANSYS software—simulating interactions for physics, structures, vibration, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and electromagnetics. The multi-physics engineering simulation software integrates seamlessly into the building, giving teams the ability to effectively work in tandem on complex projects.