In 2025, MSOE announced Next Bold Step: The Campaign to Accelerate Innovation. At the heart of the Next Bold Step campaign are philanthropic efforts to support MSOE’s new Robert D. Kern Engineering Innovation Center, which will promote innovative modes of education and support the growing needs of MSOE’s students. The $76.5 million, 4-story, 97,000-square-foot academic building will have flexible labs, modern classrooms, workshops focused on robotics and AI, an outdoor sustainability lab, and public spaces that support collaborative learning across all disciplines, with a focus on integrating AI and Machine Learning into all of MSOE’s engineering programs. This project is funded entirely through philanthropy.

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