• students working in CNC machining lab

    CNC Machining Laboratory

    1076 Black Engineering Building

    Four Haas CNC vertical milling machines are used in several classes to teach CNC programming and machining. All four of the machines is equipped with a Renishaw probing and tool setting system, and an optional 4th axis of control.

  • computer lab

    Computer Aided Manufacturing Laboratory

    1072 Black Engineering Building

    This computer laboratory is dedicated to support advanced manufacturing classes. CAD programs include SolidWorks, Solid Edge, AutoCAD and ProEngineer. MasterCAM and Vericut are used for CNC program writing and verification. Four HAAS CNC machining simulators are used to prove out the machining code before actually producing the part.

  • Students sit around a table together on computers studing in the Learning Community room in the Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building.

    IDEAL Learning Community Space

    1320 Therkildsen IE Building

    The IDEAL Learning Community space is accessible 24 hours a day.

    IDEAL Learning Communities help Industrial Engineering students transition into college life by developing a supportive network of students, peer mentors, faculty and staff.

  • Learning Community Teaching Lab Space

    Industrial Automation Laboratory/Design & Analysis Laboratory

    0006 Black Engineering Building

    The Industrial Automation lab provides students with and overview of electrical circuit theory and its relationship to industrial control systems.

    • Theory and application of microelectronics in the form of sensors and actuators, with applications in manufacturing, distribution and mechanical systems
    • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), their programming and use for automation solutions
    • Introduction of automated identification systems such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Bar Coding technologies
    • Programming and applications for collaborative robots in industrial environments

  • machining processes lab

    Machining Processes Laboratory

    1070 Black Engineering Building

    The Machining Processes Laboratory contains equipment for metal machining, surface finish measurements and metal cutting theory experiments. The lab contains two vertical and one horizontal milling machine, two engine lathes, a CNC tool room lathe, a milling machine to study orthogonal cutting, toolmaker’s microscope and a profilometer for measuring surface roughness.

  • Students working in 1070 lab in Black Engineering building.

    Material Testing and Forming

    1070, 1092, and 1098 Black Engineering Building

    Material testing equipment includes two Shimadzu tensile testing machines, an Instron fatigue tester, three Rockwell hardness testers by Leco, Brinell hardness tester and a Charpy impact machine. Forming equipment includes a laboratory rolling mill and equipment for deep drawing operations.

  • student pouring molten metal into cast

    Metalcasting Laboratory

    1098 Black Engineering Building

    The metalcasting laboratory has the capability of producing castings via chemically bonded sand molds, permanent molds, and the lost foam process. Melting is done in an induction melting furnace, with the ability to melt up to 200 pounds of aluminum per hour. Finishing of the components is done with a sandblasting unit.

  • metrology lab

    Metrology Laboratory

    0036 Black Engineering Building

    The Metrology Laboratory contains a variety of advanced measuring and fixturing systems including two CMMs, one digital image capture system, a digital surface profilometer, a variety of digital and manual measurement tools and a modular fixturing system.

  • polymer processing lab

    Polymer Processing Laboratory

    1070 Black Engineering Building

    The Polymer Processing Laboratory has a plastic injection molding machine, providing the opportunity to study the effect of process variables and designs while utilizing various mold designs.

  • Team posters are displayed at an event inside the Speerk Family Capstone Design Lab. Posters, lab and visitors are visible through flor to ceiling glass barriers allowing people to see into the room.

    Speer Family Capstone Design Lab & Wayne (’87) and Jill Flory Capstone Team Rooms

    2030 Therkildsen IE Building – Capstone Design Lab

    2301 & 2303 Therkildsen IE Building – Capstone Team Rooms

    The Industrial Design Laboratory provides senior students with the opportunity to practice comprehensive engineering and communication skills, while simultaneously honing personal effectiveness skills, through the development and completion of an industrial design project supplied by companies from around the state of Iowa.

  • Welding in Material Testing and Forming Lab, 1092 Black Engineering

    Welding Laboratory

    1092 Black Engineering Building

    This lab includes multiple welding processes including Robotic Arm Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding sometimes known as MIG welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding also known as TIG, Submerged Arc Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, or high-frequency welding and Virtual Welding.