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Mechanical Engineering

Departmental Research Equipment

Departmental Machine Shop: The department maintains a well-equipped machine shop staffed by departmental technicians in G09 Fluor Daniel EIB. Any request for services of the departmental technician must be made in writing. Under no circumstances is anyone to use any of the department's machine shop equipment without prior authorization and instruction from the technician as to proper use of the equipment.

Cook's Engineering Laboratory and Student Shop: Cook Engineering laboratory is situated behind Riggs Hall and Fernow Street. The Mechanical Engineering Student Shop is located on the first floor (basement) of Cook Engineering Laboratory. The facility also houses many instruments used to teach undergraduate ME lab classes.

Fluor Daniel first floor.
  • Cook's Engineering Laboratory

    Tensile Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Standard tensile tester with a 50k pound force capacity with an ability to mount external instruments for parameter measurements.
    Capabilities: (a) Perform low strain rate material testing under both tensile and compressive loads; and (b) couple external measuring devices to the tensile tester to measure variables during the experiment.
    Location: Cook Downstairs
    Association: ME222, ME333
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Tensile Tester

    Torsion Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Standard Torsion Tester
    Capabilities: Perform material testing under torsion loads
    Location: Cook Downstairs
    Association: ME222
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Hydraulic Press

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Rigid Frame with a Hydraulic Press
    Capabilities: (a) Perform very simple material testing experiments under tensile loads; and (b) Utilize an attached spring scale to measure the applied loads
    Location: Cook Downstairs
    Association: ME222
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Wind Tunnel

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Aerolab Educational Wind Tunnel (EWT) System (Needs a lot of work)
    Capabilities: Airspeed Range - 10 mph (4.5 m/s) to 145+ mph (65 + m/s), Test Section Dimensions - 12"x12"x24"
    Location: Cook Downstairs
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Fatigue Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Reversed Bending Fatigue Tester
    Capabilities: Perform high-cycle stress based material fatigue testing experiments to determine the test materials fatigue properties
    Location: Cook Downstairs
    Association: ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    General Instrumentation Lab Benches

    Oscilloscopes, Power Supply, Function Generators etc.

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Various
    Capabilities:various
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Charpy and Izod Impact Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description:None
    Capabilities:Perform standardized high strain-rate material testing to determine the amount of energy absorbed by a material during fracture
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Fluid Flow Loop

    Quantity: 1
    Description:System of interconnected tanks, valves and pumps.
    Capabilities:Facilitates the investigation of liquid level systems and head loss
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME222
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Fluid flow loop

    Programmable Logic Controller Device

    Quantity: 1
    Description:An integrated Programmable Logic Controller, power supply, network switch, light stack and housing.
    Capabilities:May be used to develop programmable logic code
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME222, ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Programmable Logic Controller Device

    Flow visualization Water Table

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Essentially a liquid "wind tunnel"
    Capabilities: Allows the user to observe and visualize water flow around submerged bodies.
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME333
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    HVAC Cycle

    Quantity: 1
    Description: A condensed and instrumented HVAC cycle
    Capabilities: Measure heating, cooling, flow rate and humidity changes during a typical HVAC cycle designed for a building. Perform experiments for the comparison of practical and ideal refrigeration cycles on a pressure-enthalpy (p-h) diagram and establish the energy balance on the condenser and compressor
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME333
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    HAAS CNC Machine

    Quantity: 1
    Description: The HAAS is an industry-standard, numerically controlled, 3-axis milling machine
    Capabilities: The HAAS can execute standard G-Code and perform automated milling operations
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Quarter Car Model

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Half of the forward suspension of a Honda all-terrain vehicle
    Capabilities: Hydraulic cylinder input to the tire and accelerometers mounted on the device's two main masses.
    Location: Cook Hall
    Association: ME444
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Quarter Car Model

    Quarter Car Model Control Panel

  • ME Student Shop

    Band Saw

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Standard band saw
    Capabilities: Used for cutting curves
    Location: Student Shop
    Association:ME222, Student Shop
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Band Saw

    Bench-Top Drill Press

    Quantity: 1
    Description: standard bench-top drill press
    Capabilities: precision drilling
    Location: Student Shop
    Association: Student Shop
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Bench-Top Drill Press

    Power Sanders

    Quantity: 2
    Description: Belt and disk sanders
    Capabilities: Power sanding
    Location: Student Shop
    Association: Student Shop
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Power Sanders

    Precision Measurement Tools

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Precision Measurement Tools such as Vernier calipers and dial gauges
    Capabilities:Used to measure length or displacement with precision to 0.01 mm
    Location:Student Shop
    Association:ME222, Student Shop
    Contact/Expert:

    Precision Measurement Tools

    Various Hand Tools

    Quantity: 1
    Description:None
    Capabilities:Many
    Location:Student Shop
    Association:ME222, Student Shop
    Contact/Expert:

    Various hand tools

    Lathe

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Medium sized horizontal lath
    Capabilities:machining turning processes
    Location:Student Shop
    Association:ME222, Student Shop
    Contact/Expert:

    Lathe

    Milling Machine

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Medium sized vertical mill
    Capabilities:3-axis manual milling machine
    Location:Student Shop
    Association:ME222, Student Shop
    Contact/Expert:

    Milling machine

  • Department Machine Shop

    Lathe: Sharp Model 1440

    Quantity:1
    Description:Standard lathe
    Capabilities:36" Bed 6" chuck
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Lathe: Sharp Model 1440

    Lathe: Clausing Colchester 15"

    Quantity:1
    Description: Standard lathe
    Capabilities:50" Bed 15" chuck
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Todd Schweisinger

    Lathe: Clasusing Colchester 15

    Milling Machine: Acer

    Quantity:1
    Description:CNC Milling Machine
    Capabilities:44" bed, 2-axis CNC milling machine
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Milling Machine: Acer

    Milling Machine: Comet

    Quantity:1
    Description:Standard Milling Machine
    Capabilities:38" bed, 2-axis manual milling machine
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Milling Machine: Comet

    Drill Press: Wilton Strand

    Quantity:1
    Description:Standard Drill Press
    Capabilities:Standard Drilling
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Drill Press: Wilton Strand

    Table Saw

    Quantity:1
    Description:Standard Table Saw
    Capabilities:Standard Table Sawing
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Table Saw

    Radial Arm Saw

    Quantity:1
    Description:Horizontally moving circular saw
    Capabilities:12" of travel
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Radial Arm Saw

    Horizontal Band Saw

    Quantity:1
    Description:Horizontal Band Saw
    Capabilities:Cutting thick metal
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Horizontal Band Saw

    Welding Station

    Quantity:1
    Description:Multiuse welding station
    Capabilities:MIG & TIG welding and Plasma Cutter
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Welding Station

    Band Saw

    Quantity:1
    Description:Band Saw
    Capabilities:Band Sawing
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Band Saw

    Surface Grinder

    Quantity:1
    Description:Surface Grinder
    Capabilities:Surface Grindering
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Surface Grinder

  • Additional Departmental Equipment

    Hardness Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Rockwell/Brinell type hardness tester
    Capabilities:Perform material hardness testing experiments to determine the test materials hardness/strength
    Location:Unknown
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Four-Point Bending Tester

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Standard bending tester
    Capabilities:Perform a four-point material bending experiment to determine the test materials flexural strength
    Location:Unknown
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Supersonic Nozzle

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Unknown
    Capabilities:Unknown
    Location:Unknown
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Fluidized Bed Experiment

    Quantity: 1
    Description: None
    Capabilities: Perform fluidized bed experiments in order to determine: (a) the expansion of solid bed; (b) bed pressure drop; and (c) flow rate of the fluid through the bed
    Location: Unknown
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Cross Flow Heat Exchanger

    Quantity: 1
    Description: Cross-flow heat exchanger
    Capabilities:Allows users to measure heat transfer characteristics of common heat exchanger designs. Perform cross-flow heat exchanger experiments in order to: (a) Determine the pressure losses created by the heat exchange rods; (b) Determine the inlet velocity and the mean velocity through the rods; (c) Determine the rate at which the heated rod cools down, within a bank of rods and by itself
    Location: Freeman 111
    Association: ME333
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Cross flow heat exchanger

    OBJET24 Desktop 3D Printing System

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Rapid prototyping of three-dimensional parts.m
    Capabilities:Rapid prototyping of three-dimensional parts.
    Location:EIB Basement
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    OBJET24 Desktop 3D Printing System 1

    OBJET24 Desktop 3D Printing System 2

    Maxiem Water Jet

    Quantity: 1
    Description:  High-Performance hydro cutting device
    Capabilities: Precise cutting a wide range of materials. Materials include plastic, aluminum, steel, tile, glass, stone.
    Location:EIB Basement
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Todd Schweisinger

    Maxiem Water Jet

    Hot Plate Press

    Quantity: 1
    Description:
    Capabilities:
    Location: EIB HighBay
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Todd Schweisinger

    Hot Plate Press

    Wind Tunnel

    Quantity: 1
    Description: This is much larger than the Educational wind tunnel in the basement of Cook
    Capabilities:40,333CFM 22"x22" cross-section 200ft/sec (into 5.5"sp)
    Location:EIB HighBay
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Wind Tunnel 1

    Wind Tunnel 2

    Instron 1128 Screw Driven Machine

    Quantity: 1
    Description:100K Tension/Compression tester
    Capabilities:
    Location: EIB HighBay
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Todd Schweisinger

    Instron 1128 Screw Driven Machine

    MTS - Axial / Torsion Machine

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Tension/torsion test bed
    Capabilities:
    Location:EIB HighBay
    Association: None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    MTS - Axial / Torsion Machine

    Precision Dimensioning Setup

    Quantity: 1
    Description:Precision Dimensioning Setup
    Capabilities:
    Location:EIB
    Association:None
    Contact/Expert: Dr. Todd Schweisinger

    Precision Dimensioning Setup