Engineering Labs, Studios and Facilities

Our Department is located in the $22M Masters Center for Science, Mathematics, & Engineering, which houses many classrooms, and a collection of state-of-the-art laboratories, studios, and research spaces. There are also areas for students to gather and study. All of our facilities are available to engineering students 24 hours a day with cardkey access.

Student Hideaway

Located on the first floor of Esbenshade Hall, this room accommodates club meetings, activities, and most importantly allows a place for interacting with faculty and classmates, and studying. The Hideaway houses engineering and physics journals and books, a refrigerator, sink, and a water dispenser for cocoa, coffee, and tea.

Bollman Engineering Design Studio ("Design Lab")

Location: Esbenshade 164
Directors: Kurt DeGoede, Sara Atwood, Brenda Read-Daily, Jean Batista Abreu, Mark Brinton
Square Feet: 1044 ft² (+ 110 ft² storage room)
Courses Served: EGR191 Introduction to Engineering I; EGR192 Introduction to Engineering II; EGR201 Community-Based Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR401 and EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II
Function: The Design Studio is the location for designing and prototyping student projects. Teamwork, creativity, and collaboration are strongly encouraged in this space, surrounded by large whiteboards, and features six work stations with monitors at each station that show the professor’s display or work from any of the five students’ computers to facilitate the sharing of ideas, conceptual brainstorming, and advanced computer aided design work. The room is also associated with 30 department laptops with engineering software for student use.

Bollman Fabrication Laboratory ("Fabrication Lab")

Location: Esbenshade 174
Director: Mark Gatti
Courses Served: EGR190 Engineering Fabrication Laboratory; EGR191 Introduction to Engineering I; EGR192 Introduction to Engineering II; EGR 201 Community-Based Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR401 and EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II.
Function: The $750,000 Bollman Fabrication Lab was completed in 2014 to expand our students’ capacity to prototype and fabricate parts for research and project work. It contains over $100,000 of equipment for metalworking, woodworking, and 3D printing. A full time Manager of Engineering Laboratories & Student Fabrication is available to teach students to safely use the equipment and aid in project prototyping.

Physics Mechanics Lab

Location: Esbenshade 163
Directors: Kurt DeGoede, Brenda Read-Daily, Sara Atwood, Jean Batista Abreu, Mark Brinton, Ross Gunderson
Square Feet: 926 ft²
Courses Served: EGR264 L Mechanics of Materials Laboratory; non-major core course PHY101 L General Physics I Lab; PHY201 L College Physics I Laboratory; PHY203 L College Physics III Laboratory.
Function: The Mechanics Lab serves all laboratories associated with mechanics and mechanical engineering courses, as well as some general physics courses.

Electronics Lab

Location: Esbenshade 182
Directors: Tomas Estrada, Mark Brinton, Ross Gunderson
Square Feet: 954 ft² (+ 209 ft² storage room)
Courses Served: EGR210 Circuits; EGR311 Electronics; EGR315 Telecommunication Systems; EGR410 Control Systems; non-major core course PHY102 L General Physics II Lab; PHY202 L College Physics II Laboratory.
Function: The Electronics Lab serves all laboratories associated with electricity and magnetism and as a classroom for several courses. It is also used extensively by students outside of course time for computer and electronics project work.

Geoscience and Sustainable Engineering Lab

Location: Esbenshade 184
Director: Michael Scanlin
Square Feet: 936 ft² (+ 195 ft² in storage)
Courses Served: EGR355 Sustainable Resource Engineering and Design; EGR256 Environmental Site Engineering and Design; non-major courses: ES113 Earth in Space: Evolution of a Planet and ES114 Geosystems: Landscapes, Oceans and Atmosphere.
Function: Environmental Engineering and Geosciences laboratory instruction.

Design and Technology-Transfer Studio (including Robotics & Machine Intelligence)

Location: Esbenshade 273 and 273A
Directors: Joseph Wunderlich, Tomas Estrada
Square Feet: 905 ft² (+ 135 ft² in storage)
Courses Served: CS230 Computer Architecture, Technology, and Ethics; EGR330 Digital Design and Embedded Systems; EGR430 Parallel Processing; EGR353 Green Architectural Engineering; EGR 434 Robotics and Machine Intelligence; EGR/ART495 and EGR/ART496 Architectural Design Studio I and II; non-major course: FYS100 Organic Architecture
Function: Instruction and research on robotics and machine intelligence, and Architectural Design. A library is contained in the lab with over 1,000 books and peer-reviewed journals on Robotics, Machine Intelligence, Supercomputer Design, Embedded systems, Digital Design, Controls, Computer Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Environmental Engineering
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Biomechanics Lab

Location: Esbenshade 165
Director: Kurt DeGoede
Square Feet: 450 ft²
Courses Served: EGR201 Community-Based Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR401 & EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II.
Function: Motion capture and force measurement for analysis of human movement.

Mechatronics and Bioelectronics Lab

Location: Esbenshade 167
Director: Tomas Estrada, Mark Brinton
Square Feet: 397 ft²
Courses Served: EGR201 Community-Based Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR 401 & EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II.
Function: A research laboratory supporting faculty and student research in electronics, controls, and communications.

Water Resources Lab

Location: Esbenshade 171
Director: Brenda Read-Daily
Square Feet: 400 ft²
Courses Served: EGR201 Community-Based Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR 401 & EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II.
Function: A research laboratory supporting faculty research in environmental engineering, particularly concerning water quality.

Material Sensing Lab

Location: Esbenshade 173
Director: Nat Hager
Square Feet: 400 ft²
Courses Served: EGR280 Engineering Research / Project
Function: A research space to develop novel process-monitoring systems for industrial application based on high-speed TDR dielectric sensing technology.

Structures Lab

Location: Esbenshade 180
Director: Ilan Grave
Square Feet: 397 ft²
Courses Served: EGR201 Community-Based Project; EGR280 Engineering Research / Project; EGR301 Engineering Design and Junior Project; EGR401and EGR402 Engineering Senior Project I & II.
Function: The lab serves for research and instruction in electrical optics and includes an optics table. Also includes equipment and access to campus solar installations for student research and development.

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