Mrs. Shiley’s visionary gift will establish a new space that integrates engineering and the natural sciences at USD and will revolutionize programming in STEM, with opportunities for cross-disciplinary projects, new majors and minors, new certificate programs and curriculum expansion for the entire student journey. As this space develops, it can include flexible classrooms for collaborative teaching, “Makers Spaces” for students and faculty, expanded machine shops for STEM disciplines, and expanded biomedical engineering labs and shops.
Project Guiding Principles
Set a new standard for an experiential and integrative STEM teaching and learning facility.
A facility that is innovative and flexible allowing it to evolve with the rapidly advancing disciplines it supports.
A collaborative hub that brings together the natural sciences and engineering fostering organic idea sharing, collaboration, and cross disciplinary partnerships.
A facility that creates new opportunities to innovate around experiential learning allowing the STEM disciplines to do things not yet imagined.
The new Integrative STEM Facility will occupy Project Site 26 of the 2017 USD Master Plan
69,500 gross square feet \ 41,700 assignable square feet
Law School parking lot adjacent to Belanich Engineering Center per 2017 Master Plan
Tentative opening Fall 2027
Project Committee
Co-Lead Stakeholders:
Rick Olson
Associate Dean, Shiley Marcos School of Engineering
Ronald Kaufmann
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Stakeholder Advisory Committee:
Mark Chapman, Marissa Forbes, Ryan McGorty, Nathalie Reyns, Cawa Tran, Nikhil Yadav
Along with Representatives from University Design, Planning Design and Construction, ITS, Public Safety, and University Operations