The Material Characterization Laboratory

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