# Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory

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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)](https://youtu.be/ivYfCIOiPzk)

[### **Watch** | Rice Centennial: The R1 computer](http://news.rice.edu/2012/08/24/centennial-video-series-the-r1-computer/)

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|  | 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**](https://riceengineering.smugmug.com/Archive/Abercrombie-Engineering-Laboratory-A-Look-Back/) |

[### **Look** | Rice History Corner: The birth of Abercrombie Lab](https://ricehistorycorner.com/2016/06/30/the-birth-of-abercrombie/)

[### **Read** | Remembering Dr. William Akers, Rice bioengineer and pioneer in development of the first artificial heart](https://news.rice.edu/2017/11/06/bioengineering-pioneer-longtime-professor-william-akers-dies/)