Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MAE Labs And Facilities

The R. L. Smith Building, at twelve stories, boasts over 50,000 square feet of advanced labs and computer centers. 

Sub-basement Level
Lab Location Contact
Wave Tank RL Smith S001, S001A Tania Demonte-Gonzalez
Dynamic Systems Laboratory RL Smith S003, S003A, S003F Jason Blough
Sriram Malladi
James DeClerck
TBD RL Smith S002, S002A MAE Dept
MTS Structural Test Lab RL Smith S003B Jeremy Esch
MTS Hydraulic Pump Room RL Smith S003C Jeremy Esch
MTS Mechanical Test Lab RL Smith S003D Jeremy Esch
Mechanics and Modeling of Advanced Materials RL Smith S003E Trisha Sain
Agile Energy Conversion and Control Lab RL Smith S004 Wayne Weaver
Nanoindentation and Atomic Force Microscope Lab RL Smith S005 Fei Long
Material Testing Lab RL Smith S007 Jeremy Esch
TBD RL Smith S008 MAE Dept
Gan Lab RL Smith S008A Ted Gan
Recirculating Wind Tunnel RL Smith S010 Jeff Allen
Wind Tunnel Control Room RL Smith S011 Jeff Allen
SCD/Enterprise Collaboration Space RL Smith S012 MAE Dept
Gas Turbine Observation Room RL Smith S013 Jeff Allen
Test Cell Control Room RL Smith S013A Jeff Allen
Gas Turbine Test Cell RL Smith S013B Jeff Allen
Rocket Engine Test Cell RL Smith S014 Kazuya Tajiri
Basement Level
Lab Location Contact
Research Machine Shop RL Smith B002 Marty Toth
Senior Capstone Design Assembly Lab RL Smith B002A, B003, B004 Bob Page
TBD RL Smith B004A Bob Page
Ion Space Propulsion Lab (Aerospace Enterprise) RL Smith B007C Brad King
Shock Tube Lab RL Smith B00D Kazuya Tajiri
Welding and Fabrication Lab RL Smith B006 Marty Toth
CNC Lab & 3D Printer Lab (MEP1) RL Smith B007 Jeremy Esch
Aerospace Enterprise RL Smith B004C Brad King
First Floor
Lab Location Contact
Nucor Metrology Center RL Smith 101 Vinh Nguyen
Aerospace Enterprise Clean Room RL Smith 117 Brad King
Automation in Manufacturing and Industrial Systems (AMIS) Lab RL Smith 128 Vinh Nguyen
Second Floor
Lab Location Contact
Cuskie Design and Creativity Center (SCD) RL Smith 209 Bill Endres
Lagina Student Success Center RL Smith 203 Jason Blough

The Lagina Student Success Center encompasses the Engineering Learning Center, the Advising Resources Center, a computer-assisted instruction laboratory, and two collaborative learning rooms. The center provides facilities, advising, coaching, and services for all mechanical engineering students, focusing on undergraduate students in their first three years of study.
Third Floor
Lab Location Contact
Intelligent Robotics and System Optimization Lab RL Smith 301 Jung Yun Bae
TBD RL Smith 305 MAE Dept
Intelligent Systems and Controls Lab RL Smith 306 Tania Demonte-Gonzalez
Fifth Floor
Lab Location Contact
Mechanics, Acoustics, and Dynamics Lab (MADLab) RL Smith 501 Bhisham Sharma
Calder Systems and Control Lab RL Smith 502 Tania Demonte-Gonzalez
Mechanical Engineering Practice Lab 1 RL Smith 502A Stephen Morse
Intelligent Mechatronics and Embedded Systems Laboratory RL Smith 502B Bo Chen
TBD RL Smith 505 MAE Dept
Planetary Atmosphere Works (PAWs) Lab RL Smith 505A Shawn Brueshaber
Sixth Floor
Lab Location Contact
Sound Quality Laboratory RL Smith 601A, 601B Jason Blough
Anechoic and Reverberation Chamber RL Smith 601C Jason Blough
Multiscale Transport Process Lab RL Smith 601D Kazuya Tajiri
Heat Transfer Laboratory RL Smith 602 Amitabh Narain
Rivard Product Realization Center RL Smith 605, 606 Marty Toth
Randolph Non-Metals Center RL Smith 607 Marty Toth
Seventh Floor
Lab Location Contact
Mechanical Engineering Practice Lab 1 RL Smith 701 Stephen Morse
Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab RL Smith 701A Paul van Susante
Photomechanics Lab RL Smith 702 MAE Dept
Strain Gage Instruction/Installation Lab RL Smith 702A MAE Dept
Optical Strain Lab RL Smith 702B MAE Dept
Aerospace Enterprise RL Smith 703 Kazuya Tajiri
Tenth Floor
Lab Location Contact
Microfluidics and Interfacial Transport Laboratory RL Smith 1001 Jeff Allen
TBD RL Smith 1002 MAE Dept
Wei Lab RL Smith 1003 Wei Wei
MacRobbie Lab RL Smith 1004 Madelyn MacRobbie
Sain Lab RL Smith 1005 Trisha Sain
Innovative Global Solutions Enterprise Lab RL Smith 1007 Nathan Manser
Eleventh Floor
Lab Location Contact
Mechanical Engineering Practice IV (MEP4) RL Smith 1102 Jim DeClerck
Spacecraft Engineering Practice RL Smith 1104 Jeff Allen
Mechanical Engineering Practice II (MEP2) RL Smith 1107 Jaclyn Johnson
E-Propulsion Lab RL Smith 1108 Ted Gan
MINE Enterprise  RL Smith 1109 Paul van Susante
Minerals and Materials Building
Lab Location Contact
Advanced Metal 3D Printing Center M&M 117 Russell Stein
Alumni Center (ATDC)
Lab Location Contact
Ted Gan Lab Alumni Center 135 Ted Gan
PSTDL Lab Alumni Center 144 Paul van Susante