Etcheverry Hall

Etcheverry Hall houses the Departments of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Etcheverry Hall is named after Bernard A. Etcheverry, professor of irrigation and drainage from 1915 to 1951, who later served as chair of the Department of Irrigation and Drainage from 1923–51.^[1] Built in 1964,^[2]^[3] it is located on the north side of Hearst Avenue, across the street from the main campus.

The basement of Etcheverry Hall housed the Berkeley Research Reactor between 1966 and 1987.^[4]

300m
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Etcheverry Hall

Bernard A. Etcheverry

Bernard Alfred Etcheverry was born in San Diego, California, on June 30, 1881, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1902. He married Helen Hanson on August 6, 1903, and together they had two sons, Bernard Earle and Alfred Starr.^[5]

His first teaching appointment was to the Department of Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley, where he taught during the 1902–03 academic year. After that, he taught physics and civil engineering at the University of Nevada for two years before returning to Berkeley for the remainder of his career, from 1905 until his retirement in 1951. In addition to teaching, he served as an engineer for the construction of the Hearst Greek Theatre on the Berkeley campus.^[5] He moved into a new home in Kensington in 1953.^[6]

Professor Etcheverry died on October 26, 1954, in New Haven, Connecticut.^[5]

Renovations

The basement reactor room currently houses large experiments for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Berkeley, including the Compact Integral Effects Test (CIET), which studies the thermal hydraulics, design, and operation of fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactors.^[7]

The V&A Café opened on the third floor of Etcheverry Hall in June 2017.^[8] This followed a series of renovations begun in 2016 planned to take place over a 10-year period to modernize the building.^[9]^[10]

References

^ Stadtman, Verne A. (1967). "The Centennial Record of the University of California". Berkeley Heritage. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ UC Berkeley. "Google map". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "Etcheverry Hall". UC Berkeley, Campus Access Services. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ UC Berkeley College of Engineering. "Engineering buildings give up their secrets". Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bernard Alfred Etcheverry, Civil Engineering and Irrigation: Berkeley". calisphere. 1957. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ Ferrato, Philip (29 March 2012). "Open House Report, SF: Sunday, Head Out to Kensington and Have a Look at this 1953 Classic". California Home+Design. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Compact Integral Effects Test". UC Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ Fleming, Julianna (12 June 2017). "V&A Café brings dining and collaboration to Etcheverry". Berkeley Engineering. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Etcheverry Renovations Update". Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "Etcheverry Hall Renovation" (PDF). University of California, Office of the President. 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links

Contract for Fuel Elements for Nuclear Reactor, Berkeley (Minutes of The Regents of the University of California meeting of March 26, 1965)
Etcheverry Hall on the UC Berkeley campus map

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