Morrisville State College's Automotive Technology Building consistently garners double takes from visitors, faculty and students. Situated on the top of a hill, the 52,000-square foot, $4.9 million building has a 360-degree view of campus and the surrounding area. The building features a glass-walled showroom, curved walls and bright and open spaces.

The complex, designed to look and feel like an automobile dealership, features the latest in new vehicle diagnostic equipment, repair facilities, computer-networked classrooms and a new car showroom. The new facility provides a technologically sophisticated environment with nine state-of-the-art laboratories including chassis, electrical, emissions, engines, Ford ASSET (Automotive Student Service Educational Training), fuel diagnostics/driveability and performance, R & R (remove and replace), and transmissions.
     
There is also a showroom, three classrooms and a chassis dynamometer room where horsepower, torque, emissions and engine serial data measurements can be taken from a vehicle and transmitted electronically into a classroom. The bays in each laboratory are hard-wired into the college’s computer network and a new computerized manual system gives students quick access to automotive-related questions.

Automotive technology graduates will benefit from the program by being better prepared to respond to the technical requirements of the automotive industry and more viable to automotive employers desiring individuals with a baccalaureate degree.

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