While this building is no visual spectacle, I have grown very fond of it during the past couple of years. Fears Lab is located just north of the research campus or just east of the Lloyd Noble Center on the University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus. While the inside does not look much better than the outside, I have learned more practical engineering knowledge between those four walls than anywhere else. A constant smell of concrete fills the air due to the constant concrete pouring and testing conducted in the lab. Later this year, the building is actually supposed to be receiving an extension to its existing high bay which will be absolutely incredible as right now it is very crowded. I plan to continue working in research at Fears Lab for the remainder of my college career. The projects I have been apart of at Fears Lab have instilled a love for research in me as research allows you to potentially be the first person to solve or discover something completely new and possibly groundbreaking. In addition to the surplus of practical knowledge I have gained within this building, many of my colleagues that work with me have become some of my closest friends. I think this building is a perfect representation of the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover.”