This lab supports courses in the College of Engineering curriculum in materials science and engineering. Additionally, it serves several faculty research programs in materials science and structures analysis, including studies in fatigue, fracture and other failure mechanisms, ballistics analysis, composite mechanics and engineering education.

Equipment

  • Furnaces, maximum temperature 2200° F, (3)
  • Buehler SimpliMet II mounting press
  • Buehler SimpliMet XPS1 mounting system
  • Buehler Cast n’ Vac epoxy mounting vacuum system
  • Buehler DouMet II belt grinder
  • Buehler Metaserve grinder/polishers (3)
  • Buehler UltraMet ultrasonic cleaner
  • Buehler SamplMet 2 abrasive cutter
  • Buehler IsoMet 1000 low speed cutter
  • Fume hood
  • Cryofab 50 liter liquid nitrogen pressurized dewar
  • CES EduPack 2019 materials selector software
  • Charpy impact test stand
Two people wearing safety equipment while operating a kiln.
A close-up of a machine’s control panel with a person’s fingers operating the controls

Lab Directors

Muna Slewa
Muna Slewa

Associate Professor

  • Mechanical Engineering Department
  • College of Engineering
David Lanning
David Lanning

Professor and Associate Dean

  • Aerospace Engineering Department
  • College of Engineering

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Contact Us

Dr. Muna Slewa and Dr. David Lanning
AXFAB, Building 75, Room 137
Prescott, AZ 86301