Advanced Materials Analytical Lab |
- Bond strength testing machine
- Optical Microscopes with digital image grabber
- Vickers Hardness testing machine
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- Evaluation of mechanical and micro-structural properties
- Failure analysis of materials, coatings and thin films
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Rabiei |
EBIII 2231 |
Advanced Materials Manufacturing Lab |
- Hot press with temperature up to 3000° C
- Lab furnace with temperature up
to 1700° C
- Automated cutting and polishing equipments
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- Processing advanced materials and composites
- Casting and heat treatment of metals and composites
- Cutting, grinding and polishing of materials for micro-structural and failure analysis
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Rabiei |
EBIII 1202 |
Advanced Metal Forming and Tribology Lab |
- 150 Ton Hydraulic press
- 20,000 PSI Tube hydroforming test rig
- Ultrasonic assisted Microforming test rig
- Metal forming tribology test rig
- National Instrument data acquisition
- Lathe machine
- Milling machine
- Bandsaw
- Desk top computers
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- Die and tool clamping at 150 Ton with 12″ press stroke.
- Tube Hydroforming o f stainless steel and other metals to various geometries. Maximum tube diameter 2.5″. Maximum fluid pressure 20,000 PSI. The system is computer controlled via Think and Do Live software
- Extrusion of micro components. Part sizes 1 to 2mm diameter billets. Stroke resolution 0.001mm. The rest rig uses 2KW ultrasonic generator and 20kHz piezoelectric transducer.
- Friction determination and ranking of metal forming lubricants for Forging and Tube hydroforming.
- Data acquisition: Force, micro displacement and temperature, recording
- Turning, drilling, threading , etc
- Milling of flat surfaces, gear cutting, etc
- Cutting of metals
- Equipped with software packages, DEFORM, ANSYS, ProE, Solidworks etc.
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Ngaile |
EBIII 1002, 1004 |
Aerospace Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
- Windows / Linux engineering work stations
- GridPro, GridGen mesh -generation software
- Tecplot, Ensight flow visualization software
- Exclusive access to 270-processor sub-cluster within NCSU High Performance Computing (HPC) Linux cluster
- Project-dependent access to NASA and DoD HPC resources
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- Computational fluid dynamics
- Reactive flows, multi-phase flows, turbulent flows, aerothermodynamics
- Industry and government applications
- CFD-based design and analysis
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Hassan, Edwards |
EBIII 3213 |
Applied Aerodynamics Lab/Advanced Control and Dynamic Simulation Lab |
- dSPACE real-time PPC controller board for controller prototyping and hardware-in-loop simulation
- High speed computer workstations, gain-scheduling control design software, and software for aerodynamic design and analysis
- Pressure-tapped, reconfigurable airfoil/wing model with multiple flaps for wind-tunnel experiments
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- Robust and gain-scheduling control design and robust stability analysis
- High-fidelity nonlinear simulation
- Aircraft and spacecraft dynamic modeling
- Design and analysis capabilities of airfoils, wings, and configurations for aerospace, wind energy, and automotive applications
- Post-stall aerodynamics and flight mechanics analysis
- Theoretical and applied CFD for unsteady aerodynamics
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Gopalarathnam, Wu |
EBIII 3001 |
Ballistic Loading and Structural Testing |
- Shock Tube
- High Speed Impactor
- Hopkinson Bar
- High Speed Cameras
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- High Speed Data Acquisition systems (up to 100MS/s)
- High Speed Cameras up to 1 million frames per second
- Full Field Strain measurements of materials
- Dynamic Testing of Materials
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Pankow |
EBIII 1222 |
Biomechatronics Lab |
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EBIII 3414 |
Composites Manufacturing Lab |
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- Nanocomposite synthesis
- 3D nanopatterning
- Micro/Nano transfer printing
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Ryu |
EBIII 1212 |
Computational & Experimental Mechanics of Materials |
- Atomic force microscope
- Powder guns
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- Computational modeling
- Fracture mechanics
- Experimental mechanics
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Zikry |
EBIII 3251 |
Computational Biofluids and Heat Transfer Lab |
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Kuznetsov |
EBIII 3215 |
Computational Combustion and Energy Sciences Lab |
- 14 Dell workstation terminals.
- 2 Dell Linux workstations for computations
- A 20 processor Linux cluster for computations
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- Direct numerical simulation, Large-eddy simulation codes for fundamental studies in combustion
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Echekki |
EBIII 3217 |
Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab |
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- Computational fluid dynamics
- High resolution meteorology codes
- High resolution air quality modeling
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Luo |
EBIII 3211 |
System Design Optimization Lab |
- Sawtooth Software’s CBC/Web for Choice-Based Conjoint
- Sawtooth Software’s Advanced Market Simulator
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- Multi-objective / multidisciplinary optimization
- Product architecture identification / selection
- Field and analyze discrete choice surveys for market identification
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Ferguson |
EBIII 3267 |
Computational Multi-Physics Lab |
- Several 64-bit multi-processor engineering workstations
- Fiber-optic connections to: (i) NCSU HPC computers, including 24-node access; and (ii) super-computers at ARL and JICS with restrictions
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- Computational Fluid-Particle Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations
- Development of new Theories/Models plus Medical Device Design with Applications to: (i) Nanofluid Flow in Microchannels; (ii) Lung-Aerosol Dynamics; and (iii) Tumor Targeting
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Kleinstreuer |
EBIII 3172 |
Electromechanics Research Lab |
- SKF/Revolve MB-350 High Speed Active Magnetic Bearing System
- CNC milling machine
- Stereo microscope
- EnSite NavX Navigation & Visualization
- Manis 800 TL EPT – 1000 TC Cardiac Ablation System
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- Electromechanical analysis, design, prototyping, assembly and testing
- Real-time data acquisition and control
- Intelligent control design and implementation (artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, etc.)
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Buckner |
EBIII 3412 |
Energy Conversion & Transport in Solid State Devices |
- Mbraun inert atmosphere glove box
- Solar cell test station
- UV-visible optical spectrometer
- Transistor probe station
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- Organic solar cell fabrication
- Organic thin film transistor fabrication
- Organic electronic device characterization
- Mechanical characterization of thin films
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O’Connor |
3301 EBIII |
Energy Solutions – Industrial Assessment Center |
- Test infrared camera
- Flue gas and boiler Stack gas analyzers
- Ultrasonic flow meters
- Temperature, Current, Pressure and other Datalogging Equipment
- Energy Analysis and Modeling Software
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- Collection, analysis and review of energy systems including HVAC, lighting, compressed air, steam, hot water boilers, process equipment and others
- Objective determination of energy conservation and efficiency initiatives, associated cost savings, related emissions and recommendations for improvement
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Terry |
EBIII 3294,3118
EBIII 2142(IAC) |
Engine Test Cell |
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Klang |
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Engineering Mechanics & Space Systems Lab |
- High speed digital video camera (up to 20,000 frames per second)
- 3 High Speed Computer Workstations (each with 16GB RAM)
- 6ft by 6ft air table for 3-DOF satellite maneuvering experiments (x-y translational plus rotation)
- Two Air bearings for satellite attitude dynamics and control experiments (each with 3 rotational degrees of freedom)
- Air Cannon for conducting high velocity impact testing
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- Computational mechanics capabilities for performing dynamics and stress analyses for aerospace and biomechanical systems
- Expertise in design of innovative planetary rover systems
- Expertise in utilizing high speed video photography for analyzing dynamic systems
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Mazzoleni |
EBIII 3406 |
Flight Research Lab |
- Perkins Field
- Subsonic wind tunnel
- Various small avionics systems
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- Design, construction and testing small UAS
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Hall |
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Heat Transfer and Thermal Management Lab |
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Gould |
EBIII 3401 |
High Pressure Combustion and Laser Diagnostics Lab |
- Test laser-based optical diagnostics system to measure temperature, species and velocity in reacting flows
- Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer and flame ionization detector
- 5 liter stirred autoclave reactor
- Malvern SprayTec spray/particle size analyzer (10kHz sampling rate)
- Laser diagnostic equipment: intensified CCD camera
- Lasers, high speed digital video camera (up to 90000 frames per second)
- High pressure combustion chamber for diesel
- Spray combustion and Small engine hydraulic dynamometer for performance tests
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- Conversion of triglycerides into specification compliant liquid transportation fuels
- Measure soot concentration and morphology in high pressure reacting environments
- Characterize emissions from the combustion of various bio-fuels
- Laser diagnostics for reactive two phase flows under high temperature and high pressure (spray combustion of both fossil and bio-fuels)
- High speed imaging for various transient physical processes
- Small engine performance and pollutant emissions test
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Saveliev, Fang |
EBIII 1208 |
Laser Manufacturing Lab |
- High power single-mode fiber laser
- Sub-micron positioning system
- Precision laser control systems
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- High aspect ratio micro-hole drilling
- High brightness laser welding
- Nano-tube/copper composite implantation for copper molds
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Tu |
EBIII 1204 |
Mechanics of Energy Materials and Biosystems Lab |
- Bio-tester
- Linux workstation
- Spectro-photometer
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- Measure biological tissue mechanical properties bi-axially
- Conduct virtual experiments
- Measure biological collagen concentration
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Huang |
EBIII 3311 |
Movement Biomechanics Lab |
- 11-camera Motion Analysis motion tracking system
- Polhemus G4 electromagnetic motion tracking system
- 16-channel Biopac surface electromyography (EMG) system
- Hoggan ergoFET and microFET handheld dynamometers
- LBR iiwa 14 R820 manipulandum robot (KUKA robotics)
- MicroScribe G2X 6 degree of freedom digitizer
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- Support dynamic simulation of movement and musculoskeletal modeling
- Record and analyze three-dimensional kinematic data from the multi-camera system
- SIMM (Musculographics, Inc) and OpenSim software for creating multibody musculoskeletal models and generating dynamic simulations of movement
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Saul |
EBIII 3309 |
Micro/Nano Engineering Lab |
- Polytec OFV-534 laser vibrometer
- Agilent 4294A impedance analyzer
- Logitech PM5 precision lapperJiang
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- Test High frequency ultrasound
- M/NEMS for biomedical and aerospace applications
- Piezoelectric sensors and actuators for extreme environment
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Jiang |
EBIII 3418 |
Microscale and Interfacial Fluid Physics Lab |
- Inverted microscope with 20x magnification
- 30 kV, 300 micro-amp high voltage unit and
- UV plasma chamber
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- Image and analyze microscale fluid flow in a variety of geometries
- Ability to produce micron sized liquid droplets
- In house development of computer algorithms for image analysis
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EBIII 3309 |
Nanomechanics and Engineering |
- Probe station with high-resolution optical microscope
- Nano-robotic manipulator
- Atomic force microscope
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- Mechanical characterization of micro/nano-scale materials including thin films, coatings, nano-wires and etc
- MEMS design, simulation, fabrication and characterization
- Development of novel nano-devices for emerging applications such as energy harvesting and flexible electronics
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Zhu |
EBIII 3315 |
Nanoscale Thermal Transport Lab |
- Ultrafast-laser pump-probe system
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- Measuring the thermal conductivity of thin films (10-1000 nm) and bulk materials at temperature 50-300 K
- Measuring TRMOKE signal to probe the spin dynamics in a magnetic film
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Liu |
EBIII 3404 |
Nanostructures and Nanomanufacturing Laboratory |
- HeCd UV laser
- Optical microscope
- Thin-film spincoater
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- 2D/3D Laser interference lithography
- Colloidal particle self-assembly and phase nanolithography
- Optical metrology
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Chang |
EB3 1006 |
Precision Engineering Consortium |
- 12,000 Square Feet of Vibration and Temperature Controlled Lab Space
- Pneumo Nanoform Four-axis Ultraprecision Machining Center
- Pneumo ASG-2500 Diamond Turning Machine
- Zygo GPI 150 mm Aperture Laser Interferometer
- Zygo NewView 5000 Scanning White Light Interferometric Microscope
- Burleigh Atomic Force Microscope
- Taylor-Hobson Form Talysurf 6 Profilometer
- Ultramill Piezoelectric Elliptical Vibration Machining Device
- FLORA Long Range Fast Tool Servo
- Precitec FTS 1000 Fast Tool Servo
- Nissei Injection Molding Machine
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- Ultraprecision Machining and Metrology
- Single-Point Diamond Turning and Milling
- Optical Metrology for Figure and Finish
- Non-Rotationally Symmetric Optical Design, Fabrication and Metrology
- Precision Machine Design and Analysis
- Surface Metrology Data Analysis and Visualization
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Pankow |
Research Bldg. I |
Reacting Flow and Turbulent Jets Lab |
- High Speed Cameras
- Laminar and Turbulent Hydrocarbon Jet Flame Apparatus
- Spray Combustion/Fuel Injection System
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- Flame Structure and Stability
- Flame/Flow Interactions
- Research for industrial burner design
- Combustion Control
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Lyons |
EBIII 1206 |
Smart Composites Lab |
- Suite of telecom laser and acquisition systems for optical fiber sensors
- Pulsed phase and active lock-in infrared thermography measurement system
- Low-velocity impact tower
- 3D Laser Doppler Vibrometery Microanalyzer
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- Peak wavelength scanning and full-spectral scanning (up to 300 kHz) of Bragg grating sensors
- Non-destructive imaging of materials
- Impact testing of materials with 1-500 Joule impacts, contact force and impactor velocity throughout impact
- High-resolution wave propagation measurements in materials
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Peters |
EBIII 1008 |
Smart Structures and Materials Lab |
- Passive/active ultrasonic wave testing for damage detection
- Wireless sensor network
- Energy harvesting for wind and vibration
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- Agilent 8714ES RF network analyzer
- KROHN-HITE 7602 wideband amplifier
- HP33120A, DPO 2024
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Yuan |
EBIII 3305 |
Sound & Vibration Lab |
- Anechoic test chamber
- HP 2-channel ubiquitous analyzer
- Sound & vibration transducers
- B&K Pulse system
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- Sound & vibration measurement
- Spectral & time series analysis
- Source identification & correlation
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HB 108A |
Space Flight Lab |
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- Spaceflight orbital mechanics, guidance and navigation
- Planetary atmospheric flight
- Spacecraft dynamics and control
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NASA LARC |
Spray and Engine Diagnostics Lab |
- Malvern SprayTec spray/particle size analyzer (10kHz sampling rate)
- Laser diagnostic equipment: intensified cameras
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- Liquid breakup and atomization measurement for various sprays and solid particle size diagnostics
- High speed imaging for various transient physical processes
- Small engine performance and pollutant emissions test
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Fang |
EBIII 1216 |
Structures Lab |
- Instron universal testing machines
- 3D Printer
- Small hot press
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- Tensile and compressive testing of materials
- Laser cutting of Materials
- 3D Printing of polymer componenets
- Pre-fabrication of laminated composites
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Peters |
EBIII 1001 |
Thermal Energy Research and Management Lab |
- Infrared Cameras
- PIV camera
- Inline air heater
- Rotating rig
- Pressure blower
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- Evaluation of thermal performance of gas turbine internal cooling geometries under stationary and rotating conditions
- Measurement of gas turbine combustor linear heat loads
- Visualization of flow in a swirl-stabilized combustor
- Infrared testing of gas turbine engine hardware
- High heat flux cooling of microelectronic chips
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Ekkad |
HB 110 |
Turbulent Shear Flow Laboratory |
- Aerolab 6-inch variable Mach number supersonic blow-down wind tunnel
- Variable speed closed-loop subsonic wind tunnel
- Turbulent vitiated co-flowing jet flame facility
- 100-Hz cut-off anechoic chamber
- Pulsed plasma jet facility
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- Flow velocity measurements using PIV and its variations
- 2D Thermo-chemical properties using fluorescence imaging
- High-frequency wall pressure using kulite transducers
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Narayanaswamy |
HB107 |
Vibro-Acoustic Systems and Controls Lab |
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Silverberg |
EBIII 3404 |