E.W. and J.L. Merritt Structural Design Laboratory

J.L. Merritt Structural Design Laboratory was funded by a gift from an alumnus who preferred to remain anonymous, in honor of former professor and alumnus J.L. Merritt (MS 55, PhD 58) and Merritt’s wife, Eleanor. Merritt served on the CEE faculty at Illinois from 1958 until 1968, teaching and doing research in structural engineering. In 1968, he left academia and became an engineering consultant. His area of expertise was in evaluating and developing design criteria for seismic and other accidental effects on a variety of structures, including nuclear reactors.  Merritt died in 2018. This space is fully funded.