The Technology Building of the College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies (CEEPS) provides modern classroom and laboratory facilities for the MET program.
In addition to the specific laboratories listed below, our students have access to three networked computer labs to write their lab reports (MS Word), analyze their lab data and prepare graphs (MS Excel, Matlab, MathCAD), and search for information in libraries and on the web to name just a few of the many computer tools available.
The Materials Testing Laboratory is a large laboratory equipped to permit students to perform a variety of experiments on engineering materials including tension and compression testing, hardness testing, impact testing, and fatigue testing.
Additional testing of materials is performed in the Metallurgical and Nondestructive Testing Laboratories. These facilities allow students a close look at the structure of engineering materials and how material failures can be avoided.
Our Machine Shops offer students the opportunity for hands-on laboratory work using such diverse processes, welding, sheet metal fabrication, and machining using lathe, milling machines and drill presses.
Our Foundry Laboratory offers students the opportunity for hands-on laboratory work using such diverse processes as sand casting, rolling, and plastic injection molding.
A modern Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory stands equipped with half a dozen industrial robots, a flexible manufacturing cell combining robots with a conveyor belt system and CNC machine tools, and a variety of programmable logic controllers.
The Hydraulics and Fluid Flow Laboratory allows students to measure fluid flow through open channels and pipes and to observe the forces created by air flowing in a wind tunnel.
Our AutoCAD Computer Laboratory is used for computer-aided architectural, civil, and mechanical drafting. The laboratory currently has twenty-four Pentium-based personal computers which are continually upgraded. We have installed the latest software on all computers. Several machines are also loaded with MasterCAM software which allows the generation of NC programs for the CNC machines in the CIM lab.
The Materials Testing Laboratory is a large laboratory equipped to permit students to perform a variety of experiments on engineering materials including tension and compression testing, hardness testing, impact testing, and fatigue testing.
Additional testing of materials is performed in the Metallurgical and Nondestructive Testing Laboratories. These facilities allow students a close look at the structure of engineering materials and how material failures can be avoided.
Our Machine Shops offer students the opportunity for hands-on laboratory work using such diverse processes, welding, sheet metal fabrication, and machining using lathe, milling machines and drill presses.
Our Foundry Laboratory offers students the opportunity for hands-on laboratory work using such diverse processes as sand casting, rolling, and plastic injection molding.
A modern Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory stands equipped with half a dozen industrial robots, a flexible manufacturing cell combining robots with a conveyor belt system and CNC machine tools, and a variety of programmable logic controllers.
The Hydraulics and Fluid Flow Laboratory allows students to measure fluid flow through open channels and pipes and to observe the forces created by air flowing in a wind tunnel.
Our AutoCAD Computer Laboratory is used for computer-aided architectural, civil, and mechanical drafting. The laboratory currently has twenty-four Pentium-based personal computers which are continually upgraded. We have installed the latest software on all computers. Several machines are also loaded with MasterCAM software which allows the generation of NC programs for the CNC machines in the CIM lab.
