Most of us don't give doors much thought, but the Physical Plant Carpenter Shop thinks about them a lot. Besides responding to complaints about doors that don't work, the shop runs a continuous maintenance program in which they bring in old doors for evaluation, then either repair or replace them. Here, Ming Jue removes panels that need repair from a door in Mary Gates Hall. Doors with a southern exposure get the highest priority, says supervisor Mickey Kelsey, because wind and rain most often come from that direction. Repairing and replacing doors at the University, however, isn't quite the same as it might be elsewhere. Many of the doors are old-fashioned wooden models with fancy molding and leaded glass windows. And because doors often come in sets, any replacements have to look like their neighbors, which forces shop staff to build their own doors from scratch. That, according to Kelsey, can take as long as 200 hours. Also involved in the project is the glass shop staff, who replace the windows using zinc instead of lead, and the paint shop staff, who do the finishing. ML980295-14a

Frank Rothaermel ML980243-4

Emily Silverman

A second-floor alcove of the Computer Science and Engineering Building overlooks Guggenheim Hall. The seam running through the middle of the alcove is a seismic joint that separates the two wings of the building to minimize damage from ground movement in an earthquake. ML980135-6

U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott chats with Greg Zick, chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, before the dedication of Computer Science and Engineering Building. ML980265-29a

Sharing in the ribbon-cutting for the Computer Science and Engineering Building, from left to right, are Ed Lazowska, chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Greg Zick, chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering; Denton, McCormick and Provost Lee Huntsman. KS980265-25a

Touring the new Computer Science and Engineering Building, Acting Bioengineering Chair Sandy Spelman and Vice Provost for Research Alvin Kwiram make a stop in the anechoic chamber. Also known as a quiet room because it absorbs microwave energy, the chamber is used by students and faculty to accurately measure antenna characteristics and radar scattering from small targets. KS980264-31

Nelson Fausto

Mary Lampe

William Newsome

Mark B. Orringer

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