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<span>East meets West</span><br>Engineering departments and school offices live in the East and West Hall buildings, which are separated by Belvidere Street in downtown Richmond, Va.

<span>Under examination</span><br>Undergraduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering study a model of a nuclear power plant operations center.

<span>A joint effort</span><br>Students in the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering collaborate in the Systems Biological Engineering Lab, which focuses on the study of evolutionary biology.

<span>Connecting ground</span><br>The Qimonda Atrium in East Hall provides a bright, airy space for impromptu discussions among students.

<span>Together or apart</span><br>East Hall offers many spaces for quiet reading as well as collaborative study.

<span>Clean sweep</span><br>Students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering utilize a clean room in the Wright Virginia Microelectronics Center, located in West Hall.

<span>A closer look</span><br>A graduate student watches as her chemical and life science engineering professor views compounds under a microscope.

<span>Heated conversation</span><br>In the thermal science lab, a mechanical and nuclear engineering professor and student put the heat exchanger to good use.

<span>Screening room</span><br>A professor in the Department of Computer Science instructs students in the Bioinformatics Lab.

<span>Artificial intelligence</span><br>Students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering undertake research in the artificial heart lab.

<span>Monitoring cyber security</span><br>A computer science student logs some screen time in the Computer and Network Security Lab.

<span>Making waves</span><br>Biomedical engineering students use an electroencephalograph to observe brain activity.

<span>Computer matters</span><br>A student of electric and computer engineering contemplates the programming interface for a device.

<span>Good company</span><br>East Hall, the newer of the two School of Engineering buildings, houses three departments, the office of student services and the VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation.

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Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Engineering
601 West Main Street
P.O. Box 843068
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3068

Biomedical Engineering
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Computer Science
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Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Email: askengineering@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 828-3925
Fax: (804) 828-9866
Updated: 06/19/2012
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