E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory
The university broke ground for the E.A. Fernandez IDEA (Innovate, Design, and Engineer for America) Factory in spring 2019. The facility will serve as an extension of the Jeong H. Kim Building and will include open workspaces for students, prototyping facilities, engineering design and instructional studies, a mobile applications lab, an "Internet of Things" lab, a student-run incubator, and labs focused on studying robotics, quantum technology, and technology. The building will be named for Emilio Fernandez, a 1969 electrical engineering graduate.