Featured Labs and Shops
The MET curriculum emphasizes lab experience.
Students have access to spaces equipped with the latest industry-standard technology, allowing for a smooth transition from college to the workplace. Peruse the list below and see what we have in store for you.
Lab Operations and Safety
Scott Meneguzzo
- Laboratory Operations Supervisor, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Safety Liaison Coordinator, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Faculty Advisor, Full Throttle Motorcycle Club and Snowmobile Club
- sjmenegu@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2042
- M&M 119A
Applied Fluid Power Laboratory
Lab activities include pneumatic circuits, electro-pneumatic circuits, hydraulic circuits, electro-hydraulic circuits, hydraulic pump testing, and faculty research.
Location: EERC S037
Contact: John Irwin
Power Systems Lab
Lab activities include:
Internal Combustion Engines
- Engine Parameters, Work and Pressures
- Air Fuel Ratios
- Noise Abatement and Emissions Engine Cycles
- Thermodynamic Analysis, Otto Cycle
- Thermochemistry of Fuels
- Air and Fuel Induction Emissions
- Fluid Motion within Cylinder
- Combustion and Exhaust
- Flow Bench Testing: Emissions and Air Pollution
- Heat Transfer in Engines
- Friction and Lubrication
Applied Quality Techniques
- Process Improvement
- Precision Measurement/Metrology
Thermal-Fluids
- Orifice Discharge Coefficient
- Pipe Flow Experimentation
Location: EERC S036
Contact: John Irwin
Thermal-Fluids and Strength of Materials Laboratory
Lab activities include:
Strength of Materials
- Strain Gauge Instrumentation
- Deflection Testing
- Hardness Testing
- Tensile Testing
- Compression Testing
- Shear Testing
- Column Buckling
Thermal-Fluids
- Density and Uncertainty
- Pressure Transducer Calibration
- Temperature Measurement/Calibration
- Saturation Temperature/Pressure and Throttling
- Viscosity
- IC Engine/Polytropic Process
Location: EERC S016
Contact: John Irwin
Machine Shop
The MMET department maintains a Machine Shop with comprehensive learning facilities available to students. The shop also offers machine-fabrication services and polymeric additive manufacturing for the campus research community.
Location: Minerals and Materials 119
Contact: Nick Hendrickson, operations/facilities supervisor
Senior Design Lab
Students enrolled in Senior Design have twenty-four-hour access to lab space in the Electrical Energy Resource Center.
Location: EERC 420
Contact: John Irwin
Computing Resources
The Latest Software
All computers in these classrooms and labs have a comprehensive suite of software including packages for design, analysis, statistics, CAD, FEA, office productivity, and many other applications.
- EERC 318: Wireless Lounge, 4 workstations, printer, and scanner
- EERC 330: Computer classroom and lab, 44 stations
- EERC 421: Computer classroom and lab, 25 stations