Materials Laboratory
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- Labs and Facilities
- Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory
- Circuits, Sensor, and Instrumentation Laboratory
- Composites Laboratory
- Computational Sciences Laboratory
- Materials Laboratory
- Radar and Communications Laboratory
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory
- Space Technology Laboratory
- Structures Laboratory
- Thermal Laboratory
- Technology Transfer Office
- Tech Business Incubator
The Materials Lab is equipped to enable advanced materials research, modeling, and testing of new materials, and structures made from them. Of particular interest are nano-structured and lightweight aerospace materials and devices.
Core Equipment
- Optical Metallurgical Microscope
- X Ray Micro-CT Scanner
- Sample Prep Machines
- Micro Hardness Tester
- Scanning Electron Microscope: This unit offers surface analysis (microstructure, failure, quality control, measurements) as well as element analysis with the EDX attachment.
- Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
- Magnetron sputtering system
- DMA
- Metal 3D printer
- High temperature heat treatment vacuum furnace (up to 1400C)
- Drying vacuum furnace (up to 350C)
For more information and equipment availability, please contact:
Stephanie A. Miller, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Transfer and Research Park Initiatives