Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall
Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall and MSOE’s new Bachelor of Science in Computer Science position MSOE at the forefront of artificial intelligence education and next generation technologies. The new building, which opened in September 2019 is made possible thanks to a generous $34 million gift from MSOE Regent and alumnus Dr. Dwight Diercks ’90 and his wife Dian. Diercks Hall is located at 1025 N. Milwaukee St.
About Diercks Hall
Located in the heart of campus on Milwaukee Street, the building was designed with students and the community in mind by providing modern classrooms, innovative laboratories, an auditorium and spaces to support companies who partner with MSOE. Diercks Hall—and the courses taught within—position MSOE at the educational forefront in artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, cyber security, robotics, cloud computing and other next-generation technologies.
Moments in Diercks Hall History
October 2017 marked the beginning of our Diercks Hall journey. Check out some of the notable video highlights that we've captured along the way.
Bringing Diercks Hall to Life
On April 23, 2018 MSOE and Milwaukee came together to celebrate the groundbreaking at 1025 N. Milwaukee St.
On December 17, 2018 Diercks Hall reached a milestone in the construction process. A long-standing tradition in the construction trades is to raise the last piece of steel structure into place with an evergreen tree and American flag attached to either end.
Our construction partners at Mortenson created this 4D model showing our progress of the new building's structure.
A sped-up, bird's eye view of the construction of Diercks Hall. (Footage provided by our construction partner, Mortenson.)
We kicked off the Diercks Hall grand opening celebration on September 13, 2019 in a bold way. We're ready. Are you?
Meet Rosie, introduced to the world at the Diercks Hall grand opening on September 13, 2019. Rosie is MSOE's GPU-powered supercomputer and brought to life by NVIDIA. What problem do you want to solve today?
NVIDIA founder, president and CEO Jensen Huang delivered the keynote presentation at the grand opening celebration on September 13, 2019.
The first of two AI panel discussions held at the grand opening celebration on September 13, 2019.
Building Details
More than $4 million has been contributed by several individuals and corporations to support long-term operations and maintenance of the facility. What's on each floor of the building? Check out the highlights.
By the Numbers
- 65,536 total square feet on four floors above ground
- 16,500 square feet of data-rich laboratories
- 11,500 square feet of interactive classrooms
- 2,000 square feet of senior design lab space
- 2,800 square feet of corporate and academic partnership space
- 3,500 square feet of collaboration and event space
- 18,000 square feet of underground parking
- 256-seat auditorium
- State-of-the-art data center with an NVIDIA GPU-accelerated AI supercomputer
- 7 contemporary classrooms
- 9 innovative teaching laboratories
- 25 faculty and staff offices
Party Like It's 1990
To celebrate Dwight's college years here at MSOE, we curated a custom playlist with some of the jams that rocked the top of the charts! We also made sure these tunes were playing during the day-long grand opening celebration.
