USC’s $50-million Ronald Tutor Hall — a six-story, 103,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art instructional and research complex on the south side of the engineering quad creates a vibrant new courtyard and student center for the Viterbi School of Engineering.

The building houses laboratories, including nanotechnology laboratories, student lounge areas and offices. In addition to Class 1,000 and Class 10,000 clean rooms, the laboratories offer researchers all of the scientific accouterments necessary to perform nanoscale experiments: a flat slab gravity system to minimize vibrations, wet benches, dry benches, sinks and storage areas for chemicals and maximum ceiling lighting.