Engineering students use this space for computer-aided design, solid modeling, parametric analysis, and prototyping with the 3D printer. Here students initiate the design process, using a variety of software applications. These allow students to funnel their creative thoughts into working computational models. The lab is equipped with 12 Windows XP Pro/Linux workstations (3.06GHz Xeon processors) and a laser printer. The students can also access much of the engineering software applications via the network.

The machine shop enables students to fabricate material objects out of metal, wood or plastic, from their drawings, sketches and computer models. All first-year students will be oriented on lab safety and machine use and will pass a certificate of operation test for independent use of all machinery and power tools. In addition to housing five primary material removal and joining apparatus, the shop provides storage for material stock and hand operated and portable power tools. The shop equipment is as follows: MIG/TIG welders, milling machine, lathe, drill press, band saw, chop saw, hand tools, portable power tools and accessories.

This reconfigurable space facilitates student teams working on engineering design projects as a part of various courses. It is the place where students assemble, test, and redesign their prototypes. The lab houses a three-dimensional (3D) printer which builds accurate models layer by layer using durable ABS plastic, creating 3D parts directly from solid-modeling software.

This lab is used by electrical engineering courses including: Digital Logic Design, Electrical Circuit Analysis, Electronic Devices and Circuits, and Application of Electronic Devices. Students construct a wide variety of circuits on breadboards and have all of the necessary instruments to test their designs. The lab also serves other engineering courses that require a circuit to be built as part of an assignment or group project. The lab provides 10 complete electronics stations, featuring 200 MHz Tektronix digital scopes and PC-based data acquisition systems, along with the digital multimeters, function generators, frequency counters, FPGA boards, and power supplies.

The primary use of this lab is for the Microwave Engineering senior course. The lab contains an RF network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, and high frequency signal generators used in performing experiments and building microwave circuit boards. It is also used in support of class demonstrations or testing design projects for other courses, such as Electromagnetic Fields and Waves and Applications of Electronic Devices. The space serves faculty and undergraduate research in microwave and radio frequency antennas and electronics.

The energy systems laboratory is a space dedicated to the experimental measurement and observation of thermal fluid phenomenon and energy system performance. Students have the opportunity to investigate the fundamentals of conduction, convection and thermal radiation heat transfer via a variety of experimental stations. In this lab, students work in teams to investigate energy system performance as well as the behavior of basic fluid networks as governed by the centrifugal pump. The primary equipment includes a 14-foot, 90 mph wind tunnel, R123a refrigeration cycle apparatus, centrifugal pump apparatus, and hydrogen fuel cell trainer.

This laboratory serves as the primary space for investigating the mechanical behavior of engineering materials. This lab provides the space and equipment necessary for performing weekly laboratory exercises in Principles of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering Design courses. This lab is also used for class demonstrations and design projects for Engineering Principles and Mechanics of Materials, as well as undergraduate and faculty research. The primary equipment includes a servo-hydraulic axial fatigue testing apparatus, digital micro-hardness tester, Rockwell hardness tester, metallograph equipment, and a heat treating furnace.

The heat transfer lab provides space for experimental investigations and team projects in thermal energy transport. Students have the opportunity to investigate the fundamentals of conduction, convection, and thermal radiation heat transfer via a variety of experimental stations. A combustion hood and diesel engine dynamometer provide students with opportunities to explore various applications of heat transfer in reacting flow systems. The lab includes conduction, correction, and thermal radiation apparatus; PC-based USB data acquisition systems; water-cooled electromagnet; combustion hood; and Yanmar diesel engine dynamometer.

This lab provides the space and equipment necessary for performing the weekly experiments in Microprocessors and Control Systems. In this lab, students have access to microprocessor boards, each with its own controlling PC, plus a 34-channel digital logic analyzer. For the Controls course, several control systems stations are used to perform real-time experiments. Other courses will be served by this lab that require robotics or machine dynamics equipment as part of an assignment or group project. The primary equipment includes ten microprocessor boards, Windows XP Pro/Linux workstations, control systems apparatus and interface software, and robotic arms.

We have two dedicated spaces for the senior design teams to work on their projects and hold their planning sessions.