Conceptual design of what a new facility on campus could look like. Subject to change.
Why a New Aerospace Facility Is Crucial
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering's most recent aerospace buildings were constructed in the 1960s — before humans had even set foot on the moon. Our other two main facilities date back to the 1930s, an era when many airplane wings were still covered in cloth and Tech students studied piston engines and hydraulic systems.
Without immediate action, Georgia Tech risks falling behind our peers in innovation, research capability, and faculty and student recruitment.
The School is committed to leading the future of aerospace and related fields, and modernized facilities are key to unlocking its full potential.
Georgia Tech recognizes that capital improvements are vital to advancing the School’s growth and achieving its ambitious vision. To educate and empower the next generation of aerospace engineers, the School plans to construct a new 200,000-square-foot facility dedicated to aerospace education and research.
Make a Lasting Impact
Contact Jim Hall
Vice President of Development
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We’re the country’s No. 1 public aerospace program, and we attract world-class faculty. Just imagine how much more we’d accomplish — for students, for the industry, and for society — if we matched those achievements with new classrooms, labs, and research space.
Mitchell Walker, Dean and Southern Company Chair, College of Engineering
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Our Vision for Aerospace Innovation
This proposed building will feature four primary space types: teaching, research, offices, and collaboration areas. Each of these directly supports the School’s strategic goals for expansion and innovation. As the School continues to attract top-tier students, a state-of-the-art facility is needed to attract the brightest minds in the field.
The new multidisciplinary facility will include classrooms, laboratories, and project spaces designed to foster collaboration among students, faculty, researchers, staff, and industry partners. By prioritizing interdisciplinary research and student engagement, the building will provide the environment and resources to tackle complex, real-world challenges together. This facility will be more than a building; it will be the epicenter of aerospace advancement:
- Laboratories for groundbreaking research.
- A collaborative makerspace and fabrication shop, providing experiential, hands-on learning.
- Enhanced industry and government partnerships to build bridges with top aerospace companies and innovative startups.
- A launchpad for Georgia’s growing space economy, projected to surpass $1 trillion by 2040.
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Naming Opportunities
Every investment, whether in people, programs, or spaces, advances Georgia Tech’s mission to develop the aerospace engineers, technologies, and systems that will define what comes next. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate closely with each partner to align philanthropic goals with meaningful, visible, and enduring impact — creating value for Georgia Tech, for our students, and for the organizations shaping the future of aerospace and mobility.
Signature Programmatic & Experiential Spaces
Philanthropic investments can directly shape the environments where learning, discovery, and collaboration occur. Naming opportunities are available for the following spaces:
Student Innovation & Community Areas
Makerspace — from $10,000,000
A central hub for hands-on design, rapid prototyping, and student collaboration
Lecture Hall — from $3,200,000 each
A large, high-impact learning environment seating approximately 250 students
Studio Classrooms — from $2,500,000 each
Active learning classrooms supporting hands-on instruction for approximately 100 students
Student Competition Assembly Spaces — from $1,000,000 each
Dedicated areas for multidisciplinary teams designing and building real world systems
Design & Prototyping Studios
Shop (Advanced Fabrication Facility) — from $7,500,000
A state-of-the-art facility for machining, composites, and advanced manufacturing
Aircraft Simulator Lab — from $3,000,000
An advanced simulation environment supporting flight research, training, and experimentation
Drop Tower — from $4,000,000
A multi-story facility enabling microgravity experimentation and applied research
Mission Driven Collaboration Spaces
Mission Control — from $10,000,000
The home for student-led spaceflight operations, mission planning, and real-time data analysis
Wind Tunnel — from $10,000,000
A testing environment supporting aerodynamic experimentation and applied research
Indoor Flight Lab — from $5,000,000
A controlled environment for drone, autonomous flight, and advanced mobility testing
Advanced Research Laboratories
Space Systems Design Research Labs — from $3,000,000
Facilities supporting space systems design, development, and testing
Clean Room — from $1,500,000
A controlled environment for satellite construction and precision research
Space Research Institute — please inquire
A newly launched interdisciplinary research institute focused on space exploration, advanced systems, and discovery
Create Your Legacy
Your support today creates the aerospace breakthroughs of tomorrow. Join Georgia Tech in building the facility that will shape aerospace innovation, transform lives, and secure Georgia’s global aerospace leadership for decades to come.
Naming opportunities and recognition available.
Contact Jim Hall, Vice President of Development
jim.hall@dev.gatech.edu | 404.894.8219
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A Legacy of Aerospace Excellence
Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering is among the nation’s elite — ranked No. 1 among public institutions and No. 2 nationally among all undergraduate and graduate programs by U.S. News & World Report.
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