Sidney Lu is 1981 UIUC grad with degrees in mechanical engineering and mathematics. He is the first chairman and CEO of Foxconn Interconnect Technology.
The 36,000 square-foot Lu Center will be built on the southeast side of the Mechanical Engineering Building, near the corner of Green and Goodwin Avenue. It will feature an innovation and design commons, state-of-the-art tools and equipment, “active learning” classrooms and large areas for student collaboration that will support study groups and project team work, the UI said.
The classrooms will incorporate new ways of integrating teaching, learning and technology — advanced concepts for solving real-world challenges with hands-on design, officials said.
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