Lab equipment includes:

• Engineering Laboratory Design, Inc. small 12” open circuit subsonic wind tunnel for researching the interaction between air and an object flying through the air or moving along the ground
  • Educational and research purposes (Wind speeds reach up to approximately 110 mph, Velocity ranges from 1.5-50.2 m/s or 5.0-165.0 fps)
• Classroom-oriented lab experiment apparatuses (Osborne Reynolds apparatuses, air flow and hydrostatics benches, etc.) for testing fluids and materials
• Tinius Olsen tensile testers for determining how strong materials are
  • 25 kN tester for educational purposes
  • 500 kN tester for research purposes and fatigue testing
• Cutting and polishing equipment for grinding and polishing surfaces after materials are broken
• Tinius Olsen torsion tester for twisting materials to see when they break
• Charpy impact tester for measuring a material’s notch toughness
  • Mostly educational purposes
• Charpy pendulum impact tester for measuring a material’s notch toughness
  • Educational and research purposes
• Nikon optical microscopes for viewing materials and photographing visuals to be sent to a PC for analysis
  • Educational and research purposes (10,20,40,100X eyepieces)
• United TRU-BLUE hardness tester for determining the hardness value of various materials
• Instron Model R.R. Moore High-Speed Rotating Beam Fatigue Testing Machine for putting materials through a complete cycle of flexural stress
• Fume hood for preventing the release of hazardous substances into the laboratory space
• Ventilated workstation tables for creating a safe space to do educational experiments
• Heat convection and conduction for transferring heat and energy
• Lab air and vacuum for supporting equipment and experiments
• Learn more about UMD's Department of Mechanical Engineering at https://enme.umd.edu/

Lab contact:

Bill Malatesta
wmala2@umd.edu