Howell Memorial Science Building
Features
Contains classrooms, lecture halls, faculty offices, the Roder Memorial Coral Collection, the Waterman Bird Collection, a fully equipped Computer Science lab, modern laboratories for instructions in biology, chemistry, physics and electronics and full facilities for the Family and Consumer Sciences majors- Has a 2-ton mosaic at the entrance
- Designed and constructed by art faculty Emory Bopp, Darrel Koons and Carl Blair
- Contains 50,000 porcelain chips
- Presents symbols of subjects to be taught in the building with the words of Psalm 19:2, “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”
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- Offers showings every other Sunday
- Seats about 100 people
- 30-foot diameter dome
- Simulates the sunrise and sunset and reproduces the night sky
Computer Science lab
- Available exclusively to computer science/engineering majors and minors
- Several workstations host the Microsoft Windows Vista Professional and Linux operating systems
- The current workstation configuration features a 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 4 GB RAM, DVD/CD Writer and dual monitor display.
- The Computer Science department administers its own network with Windows and Linux servers.
Physics lab
- Standard physics equipment for mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, acoustics and modern physics.
- Equipment includes air tables and air tracks, electronic photogate timers, Geiger counters, optical benches, force tables and much more.
- Specialized equipment includes an X-ray diffraction system, computerized data collection and analysis equipment and the full resources of the chemistry and electrical engineering laboratories.
Observatory
- Under the 6 foot dome is a 28cm (11 inch) Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with computer drive, computer interfaced CCD cameras and a P200 computer. The scope is used for variable star astronomy and for imaging of nebulae and galaxies.
- The observatory is available for student use through an active undergraduate research program.
- Wi-Fi access is available throughout the building
History
- Built in 1960
- Named for Lillian R. Howell (1876-1958)—Lillian Howell was a good friend and faithful contributor to the University. After hearing Dr. Bob Jones Sr. preach on a radio broadcast from New York City, she began corresponding with him. She never visited the school, yet frequently contributed toward students' tuition payments. The donation of her estate provided the funds for the science building.
