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FAU Awarded ‘Editors’ Choice’ at 2011 Progressive Manufacturers of the Year Ceremony BOCA RATON, FL (May 31, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science recently was honored with the Editor’s Choice award at the Progressive Manufacturers of the Year (PM100) Awards. The award was given for the College’s training and educational achievements for its new 97,000-square-foot living-learning laboratory, the first newly constructed academic building in southeast Florida to be designed and built to U.S. Green Building Council LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum level standards – the highest level in the Green Building Rating System™. “The new College of Engineering and Computer Science building not only has an aesthetic appeal but also functions as a living-learning laboratory for students to better educate themselves on sustainable engineering practices through the use of IT technologies,” said Karl K. Stevens, Ph.D., dean of the College. Some of the training and educational achievements within the building include stateof-the-art classrooms and labs, as well as a virtualized cloud computing infrastructure, which enables the use of information technology resources on demand. The PM100 Awards honor companies that have transformed themselves through the use of information technology. The program recognizes innovative projects that deliver competitive advantage and demonstrate a company's mastery of at least one of eight core disciplines critical for success. Other PM100 award recipients this year include IBM, Kodak, Coca-Cola, Boeing and Chevron. For more information, contact Marc Kozlin at 561-297-1399 or mkozlin1@fau.edu.
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Photo caption: IMG_9607 – Karl K. Stevens, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer
Science, left, accepts the Editor’s Choice Award at the Progressive Manufacturers of the Year (PM100) Award ceremony. About Florida Atlantic University: Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.