Created by Evan Lewis, the sculpture “Ventus Ingenium” stands outside the Engineering Building. Originally installed in 1999, the sculpture had stopped moving due to weather damage and was repaired in 2026.
Evan Lewis has been an active artist/sculptor since 1978. Lewis’s interest in kinetic wind-powered art has led him to work primarily in metal, mostly in stainless steel and aluminum. Equally important to his work is the incorporation of sound, which is produced through delicate wind-powered percussive components.