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Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory
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general
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https://engineering.rice.edu/alumni-giving/abercrombie-engineering-laboratory
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https://engineering.rice.edu/about/history
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2026-03-23T20:03:51+00:00
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Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory

Source: https://engineering.rice.edu/alumni-giving/abercrombie-engineering-laboratory Parent: https://engineering.rice.edu/about/history

A LOOK BACK AT

Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory

As demolition of the 73-year-old Abercrombie Lab makes way for a new engineering and science building at Rice University, we look back on some of the achievements and memories from inside its walls.

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73 years of Abercrombie Lab

From the bas-relief to Dr. Akers's artificial heart, the Rice Engineering community recalls memories and achievements from inside the historical building's walls.

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### Watch | Rice presents The Completed Computer (1961)

### Watch | Rice Centennial: The R1 computer

Photo Gallery Take a walk through the past with these photographs documenting the construction of Abercrombie Lab through many of the most significant discoveries to which it was home. View the Gallery

### Look | Rice History Corner: The birth of Abercrombie Lab

### Read | Remembering Dr. William Akers, Rice bioengineer and pioneer in development of the first artificial heart