Research: Centers & Institutes
SEAS supports 13 research centers and institutes, as well as 27 research
facilities and laboratories. To learn more about the research we’re
conducting at these centers and institutes, please click on any of the
links below.
SEAS Centers & Institutes
SEAS Facilities and Labs
- Communications and Electronics Lab: used as a teaching lab
Contains six student stations, each having a PC, a communications receiver, a universal counter, noise generator, tunable filter, capacitor-inductor analyzer, AM/FM/PM signal generator, a digital multimeter, analog and digital oscilloscopes, pulse and function generators, and a triple output DC power supply. The room also contains three curve tracers and three spectrum analyzers.
- Computer-aided Design Lab: a lab that provides instruction in workstation-based computer-aided design and engineering
Contains 12 SunBlade 1000 workstations and assorted software including Pro/Engineer, Pro/Mechanica, ANSYS, FLUENT GAMBIT MSC Nastran,and Patran
- Computer-aided Engineering Lab: an instruction and research lab utilizing PC-based CAD software
Contains 17 PCs running AutoCAD software
- Computer Engineering and Design Laboratory: used as a teaching lab for courses relating to digital design, embedded systems programming, simulation and FPGA programming; also used by the senior design course for printed circuit board design, simulation and layout.
Contains 12 student workstations each having a PC, sharing several logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters, and pulse generators, as well as the interface cards to program various types of microcontrollers. Effective Fall 2006 this room will have wet lab functionality and will support ECE 159, ECE 186 and some biomedical research.
- Computer Science Lab: the Senior Design course and projects lab
Contains ten PC workstations, an instructor machine and projector, and project-specific equipment
- Computer Science Special Projects Lab: used for Computer Science instruction in programming, operating systems and embedded systems
Contains 22 student workstations providing Apple Mac, PC, and Sun Solaris computing environments; also contains an instructor machine and servers
- Computer Security and Information Assurance Research Lab: used for computer security research and network simulation
Contains enterprise grade networking equipment, and attack and defense tools
- Cooperative Vehicle Systems Lab: a lab for the development, testing, and evaluation of cooperative control algorithms for un-manned aerial vehicles
Contains five UAVs, several computers, and associated instrumentation to allow vehicles to function without human control
- Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management Lab: used for research associated with crisis, emergency, and risk management
Contains several PCs and dedicated software
- Cyber Security Lab: used for projects in computer networks secrity
Contains a secure computer network
- Decision Support Lab: used for coursework and research for the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Contains several PCs
- Digital Media and RF Lab: used primarily for research
Contains a Hewlett-Packard 8719D/8720D/8722D network analyzer, an Agilent 8648A/B/C/D signal generator, a Wiltron Series 681XXA synthesized sweep generator,
and an Agilent 53132A universal counter
- Electromagnetic Research Lab: a lab that supports research projects in the area of array antenna for wireless technology, detection of cell phones within buildings, smart antennas, direction of arrival estimation and emitter range estimation.
- Embedded Systems Lab: used for embedded systems research
Contains PCs, embedded systems development boards, and FPGA boards
- Engineering Design Lab/PC Lab: used for SEAS instruction
- Environmental Engineering Lab: an undergraduate lab for environmental engineering, biological treatment of wastes and wastewater, process kinetics and toxicity research
Contains a gas chromatograph, an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, incubators, and associated water testing equipment
- Experimental Networked Systems Lab: used for systems research into distributed systems, system security, and networks
Contains PC/Linux and Mac workstations, high-speed network switches, and a test cluster
- Fluid Mechanics Lab: a lab that provides instruction and research in fluid mechanics
Contains a table scale flow channel, laser anemometry equipment, Schlieren flow visualization equipment, hot wire anemometry equipment; high-speed photography equipment, and a recirculating water channel/flume
- Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Lab: an undergraduate fluid mechanics and hydraulics testing lab
Contains flume and hydraulic testing benches and laboratory experiment apparatai
- FSAG Lab (Flow Simulation and Analysis Group): used to support fluid dynamics and CFD research
Contains 10 PCs, two 16-CPU 2.4 GHz Beowulf clusters, one 24-CPU 2.8 GHz Beowulf cluster, one 26-CPU Opteron Beowulf cluster, one 32-CPU GS320 COMPAQ Alpha computer, and associated printer support
- General Computer Lab: used by Computer Science students for lab work and individual projects
Contains 12 PC workstations
- High Assurance Computing and Communications Lab: an undergraduate lab for networks research
Contains seven PC workstations, one Linux server, four laptop computers, and one LCD projector
- High Performance Computing Laboratory (HPCL): five active projects in the lab are sponsored by DoD, NASA, NSF, ARSC, IBM, and Microsoft. They fall into the areas of:
UPC (Unified Parallel C), high-performance reconfigurable computing, embedded and high-performance computer algorithms, and architectures for remote sensing.
The lab has been a leading authority in high-performance reconfigurable computing, an area in which supercomputers include, in addition to the massive number of traditional microprocessors, reconfigurable processors based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) processing elements.
- Human Computer Interaction Laboratory: used for research in human computer interaction
Contains three PCs and miscellaneous electronics equipment
- Imaging Lab: the two primary research areas in this research laboratory are investigating novel applications for optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the applications of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) to medical applications
Contains instrumentation for MEMS testing and evaluation of MEMS and custom OCT and high frequency ultrasound imaging systems
- Instructional Lab: used for SEAS instruction
- Instrumentation, Networks & Devices Lab: used as a teaching lab
Contains 12 student stations, each having a PC, two digital multimeters, a counter, analog and digital oscilloscopes, pulse and function generators, sweep generators, digital RLC meter & multiple output power supply. The room also contains a curve tracer and chip programmer.
- Jones Design Center: a multimedia design studies and presentations lab
Features multimedia swtiching equioment to allow mingling of computerimages, whiteboard sketches, DVD's and Elmo opaque video projections; includes high-capacity Dell PC and Sun workstation
- Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine: used for biomedical computing in collaboration with medical school
Contains computing and medical simulation hardware
- Laboratory for Infrastructure Safety and Reliability: a lab used to analyze the loading placed on structures and infrastructure by earthquakes and other phenomena, in order to create reliable mathematical models
Contains a shaking table with platform surface measures 10'*10' moves with six degrees of freedom, five state-of-the-art MTS material testing
complexes
- Laser Cutter Lab: used for computer-controlled cutting of sheet stock (up to 1/4" carbon steel plate) for fabrication of design projects and research specimens
Contains a 1000-watt Amanda Quatrohigh-accuracy CNC laser cutting apparatus
- Linux Computer Lab: used by Computer Science students for lab work
Contains seven PC/Linux workstations
- Machine Shop: used to fabricate mechanical devices in support of instruction and research
Contains three CNC milling machines; one CNC lathe; several manualmilling machines and lathes; and a full complement of tooling and associated fabrication equipment
- Magnetic Material Testing Lab: a research lab that supports the activities of the Institute for Magnetics Research (IMR), which focuses its work on modeling, experimental measurements, and the use of magnetic materials.
- Magnetic Refrigeration Research Lab: the objective of this research facility is to investigate the choices of materials, heat exchange arrangements and the fluid that will be explored for the various applications of magnetic refrigeration
Contains Magnetic Solutions Model SMM-2000-26.5 produces a magnetic field with an absolute magnitude varying between 0 and 2 Tesla at up to 2 Hertz;
LakeShore Model 460 3-Channel Gaussmeter; Keithley Model 2700 Multimeter / Data Acquisition System; Stanford Research Systems Model SR530 Lock-in Amplifier; vacuum pump, circulation pump, KSE drybox, and a chemical hood
- Manufacturing and Metrology Lab: a lab that provides instruction and research in state-of-the-art metrology and rapid prototyping
Contains a computer-controlled coordinate measuring machine; two rapid prototyping machines-one using wax and one using ABS plastic; and a desktop CNC milling machine
- Materials Testing Lab: a lab that provides determination of material properties for instruction and research
Contains four servo-hydraulic test machines allowing tension, student use in low force testing; one 750,000 pound Tinius Olsen tension-compression teating machine; one Charpy impact test machine; and two hand-operated compression test machines
- Medical Instrumentation and Research Lab: used for research
Effective Fall 2006 the teaching functionality of this lab will be moved to Tompkins 306, and this lab will support mostly the biomedical research of the department. A new optical table has been recently added to support research in optics.
- Motion Capture and Analysis Lab (MOCA): used for motion capture and analysis of human motion
Contains Vicon optical motion capture equipment
- Power Systems Lab: used as a teaching lab
Contains equipment pertaining to rotating machinery and power systems such as a strobe light, RPM meter, phasing lamp, large DC and AC ammeters and wattmeters and power supplies, inductance and resistance loads, motors, dynamometer, as well as SCR and other related controls systems.
- Precision Systems Lab: used for research and the development of precision machines, metrology instruments, and manufacturing processes, especially at the micro and nano length scales
Contains custom-designed metrology and materials characterization equipment, a scanning electron microscope, custom-designed scanning tunneling microscopes; and additional equipment for machine/instrument metrology
- Propulsion Lab: a lab for research in high-speed fluid mechanics and aerodynamics
Contains roots blower continuous air supply at 400cfm and 30 psig; includes blow-down air supply with heater producing very high flow rates under controlled conditions
- Senior Design Lab: used for Senior Desing projects
This is a new lab specifically beng equipped to provide 24-hour secure access to students in the Senior Design class. Only senior design student have access to this lab, which has several stations equipped with digital and analog oscilloscopes. To test and debug printed-circuit-boards (PCB) it has a microscope, soddering irons and electrostatic discharge preventive handling tools.
- Simulations and Robotics Laboratory: used for teaching
The most advanced student workstations and software are found in this room, as well as robotic arm systems and devices for control theory courses. Contains 16 workstations.
- Software Development Lab: used for SEAS instruction
- Soil Mechanics Lab: an undergraduate geotechnical engineering, physical modeling of geomaterials research lab
Contains triaxial testing cells, and consolidated and unconsolidated soils testing and data acquisition equipment
- Structural Testing / Materials Science Lab: an undergraduate material testing, structural component testing, composite and advanced cementatious materials research lab
Contains static and dynamic materials loading equipment, data acquisition systems, and a 400-kip self equilibrium testing frame
- Telecommunications Research Laboratory: provides modeling and simulation capability for faculty and students engaged in research or teaching
State-of-the-art simulation tools are available on 12 Sun workstations
- Thin Film and Vapor Deposition Lab: used for research in vapor deposition of thin films; analysis of surfaces
Contains two thermal evaporation units, and one X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy unit for analysis of chemical composition of surfaces
- UNIX Workstation Lab: used for SEAS instruction
- VLSI Design and Testing Lab - Institute for MEMS and VLSI Technologies: used for the design and testing of integrated circuits. Courses related to VLSI design and fabrication utilize this laboratory.
Contains a Tektronix 7704A analog oscilloscope; hi-level device, hi-level IC tester, Hewlett Packard 54503 digital oscilloscope; IC microscope with monitor; IC microscope, and Hewlett Packard 8722D network analyser Sun workstation
- Wind Tunnel: used for instruction and research in low-speed aerodynamics
Contains an Aerolab 14'x12" subsonic wind tunnel producing air speeds over 100 mph; includes force-measuring transducers and associated support equipment
- Wireless Sensor Network Lab: is a research laboratory where commercial and developmental wireless sensor networks are tested for their performance, and their applications are developed. Security in wireless sensor networks is one of the foci of the research
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