Materials Engineering Laboratory was established in 1989 with funding from Labowsky's family. The role of the MCL is to support students' learning process and research in materials science.

Facilities

• Leco metallographic sample preparation system
• one cut-off machine
• 2 Grinder/Polishers
• 2 RPM select machines
• Olympus Optical microscopes (2): one connected with a Sony monitor
• Leco M-400-G Hardness tester
• Wilson Rockwell Hardness Tester
• Charpy impact instrument
• Instron Universal Testing Machine (Model#5500 series), with enviromental chamber
• Autoclave
• Environmental chambers (2)
• Furnaces (2)
• Vacuum bagging system
• Refrigerator
• Dell Computer
• Four-point bending apparatus

Current Projects

• Senior design project on autoclave (2002)
• Experimental Investigation of time-temperature dependent behavior of polymer-matrix composites
• High school research intern