The latest in a series of impressive campus classroom and lab overhauls is the BOND Virtual Design and Construction Lab, an interdisciplinary space dedicated to the study of building information modeling and the built environment.
Signature Moment: Wentworth Student Government President Chris Joanis, BSAM ’18, Wentworth President Zorica Pantic, Faculty Senate President Emma Smith-Zbarsky, associate professor in the Applied Mathematics Department, and Eric Overström, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, sign a structural beam to celebrate the “topping off” of the new academic building for engineering, innovation, and sciences in February. (Photo by Joshua Touster)
Funded by a gift from building, civil, utility, and energy construction firm BOND, the lab—located in the Annex Building and dedicated at a ceremony on October 13—features innovative equipment and advanced technology in a flexible, open-spaced setting. “When I think about this fantastic new lab, and BOND’s commitment to making it happen, I imagine a very bright future for Wentworth’s students,” said Mike Masterson, chair of the Board of Trustees.
“We are honored to support Wentworth and advance the futures of our next generation of construction and design professionals,” said Edward Bond, Jr., chairman and CEO of BOND. “This new lab gives students and faculty the tools they need to more efficiently plan, design, and construct building projects and infrastructure.”
The BOND lab was dedicated on Oct. 13. (Photo by Heratch Ekmekjian)
— Greg Abazorius
