Mechanical Engineering Teaching Laboratories
Freshman Design Studio

MECH 1100 and 1208, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering I and II, respectively, are taught in the Freshman Studio. Students are introduced to a broad range of topics including wind turbine power generation, geared mechanism simulation and design, force testing of structures, and thermal energy simulation and analysis. During each class, students work on team-based design projects that have real-world applications. Competition-style activities are also held in this lab to motivate and encourage creativity. This lab is equipped with high-end Dell PC workstations with extensive graphics capabilities, students have the opportunity to explore popular computer-aided design software including Creo Parametric, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CATIA, ANSYS, Abacus and more. The Freshman Studio also has tool boxes, soldering and sanding equipment, as well as data acquisition equipment to conduct experiments.
Equipment List
- Dell Precision 3630
- General Description: The computers at Freshman Studio are capable of running (insert available programs)
Manufacturing Laboratory

Equipment List
- MakerBot Printer Replicator
- The 5th generation 3D printer converts 3D design files and prints utilizing MakerBot PLA Filament.
- Stratasys F370 Series 3D Printer
- The 3D printer utilizes servo/belt gantry dynamics that features multiple model material capability.
- Connex Objet350 Polyjet Printer
- A versatile Stratasys 3D printer containing digital materials and coating applications. The printer also allows multiple simultaneous prints with combination materials.
- Laser Cutter
- The laser cutter features precise cutting for materials up to [insert max dimensions of canvas]
- Support Cleaning Apparatus
- The cleaning apparatus is mainly used for cleaning support off fresh Stratasys F370 3D prints.
- BOFA Fume Extractor
- The fume extractor safely removes any harmful fumes the Polyjet printer produces during a print.
- Dell Precision 5810
- The computers in manufacturing lab is used primarily for preparing and sending 3D files to either the Polyjet or a F370 Series printer.
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Equipment List
- The lab offers many unique item equipment pieces that demonstrates fluid mechanic topics. The topics range from fluid statics, Bernoulli’s principle, Navier-Stokes theorem, circulation, drag, and conservation of mass, energy, and momentum.
Heat Transfer Laboratory

Equipment List
- TQ heat exchanger service module
- Provides hot and cold water to heat exchangers that can then measure their performance.
- Heat conduction in materials
- A device that can conduct heat in various materials
- Cross Flow Heat Exchanger
- Allows data collection of heat transfer rates by forced convections.
- Natural Convection and Radiation Apparatus
- Allows study of heat transfer at different pressures and vacuum settings. This allows users to differentiate between free convection and radiation.
Mechanics of Materials Laboratory

Equipment List
- Fatigue Test Machines
- The machine tests material fatigue from cracks by producing a fluctuating load on the specimen.
- System for Data Acquisition
- Electronically measures impact work from impact test on specimens.
- Instron Machines
- Allows tensile, compression, fatigue, and impact testing on specimens.
- Dell Computers
- The Dell computers are loaded with BlueHill3 software that allow electronic data collection of Instron machine testing.
- Muffle Furnace
- A lab orientated high temperature furnace that hosts a 36”x36”x36” chamber if space.
- Hi-Temperature Vacuum Oven
- A product used for desiccation, vacuum embedding, plating, and elevated temperature aging tests.
Materials Laboratory

Control Systems Laboratory

Equipment List
- Coupled tanks
- A device consisting of one pump connected to two tanks that can be configured to adjust water flow rates for water leveling.
- VoltPAQ-X1
- An amplifier device built for complex control configuration for research needs.
- Servo motors
- A motor device built for control configuration that is based off real-life mechanical control systems like cameras, cruise control, speed control.
- Torsional Plant
- A device used to study control system fundamentals by manipulating flexible structural control
- Heat Flow Experiment System
- A device that demonstrates control system fundamentals through experiments with dynamics and thermodynamics.
- Active suspension system
- A device that the automotive industry utilizes when designing vertical movements on vehicles.
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory

Equipment List
- Dell Precision
- The computers are loaded with [insert available programs]. They are primarily used by students for 3D modeling and running 3D simulations.
Mechatronics Laboratory

Equipment List
- InfiniiVision Oscilloscope
- Graphically displays signals as a function of time. The display screen and adjusting knobs allows for changing input voltage and display settings.
- Digital Multimeter
- A device capable of measuring voltage, current, and resistance and displaying results on screen.
- Waveform Generator
- Capable of generating output signals for creating sine waves. It is also capable generating complex, arbitrary waveforms.
- DC Power Supply
- A device capable of producing DC voltage as a means for power supply.
- Optiplex Dell Computer
- Computers in mechatronics mainly used for student use for in-class labs.
UTDesign Studio
