The Trafton East addition opened its doors in September, 1994. The $6M facility houses 15,000 square feet of laboratories; 3,600 square feet of computer labs; two classrooms; and offices for the Mechanical Engineering and Automotive & Manufacturing Engineering Technology Departments.
Trafton East provides Minnesota State Mankato's four engineering and four engineering technology programs with state-of-the-art facilities, among the best in the Upper Midwest. An interactive television system enables one of the classrooms to be linked by fiber optics to any other Minnesota public institution. Pre-engineering coursework is offered to students at several surrounding community colleges. Student study spaces are dispersed throughout the building.