Acopian Engineering Center
Acopian Engineering Center was
renovated in 2003 and houses all the engineering departments. The
90,000 sq. ft., five-story structure houses the civil engineering department
on the first and third floors.
In addition to a dedicated computer laboratory, the civil engineering department has laboratories in the areas of material testing, fluid mechanics, soil mechanics, surveying, and environmental analysis. A new digital image correlation lab is being developed in which computers and cameras will be used to measure how surfaces react to loads, as well as other equipment for studying physical strains on structures and objects.
Chemical Engineering Department
The chemical engineering department has excellent facilities in terms of space, equipment, and technical support, which are fully adequate for their instructional and research purposes
Laboratories
The newly renovated laboratories and storage areas are equipped with both conventional and modern instrumentations and equipment. The laboratory space of more than 7,400 square feet is fully equipped with general utilities, and a major part is used for undergraduate instruction, including:
Chemical Engineering Laboratory I, CHE 312
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II,CHE 322
Chemical Engineering Laboratory III, CHE 412
Nature of Engineering Materials, ES 231
Polymers, CHE 331 (elective)
Biochemical Engineering, CHE 337 (elective)
Introduction to Colloid and Interface Science, CHE 344 (elective)
Each faculty member has a research laboratory facility equipped with general utilities and instrumentation. Involvement of undergraduates in research is highly encouraged and supported by the College.
Computers and Computer Laboratories
All computer laboratories are equipped with multimedia projection systems. The College and the engineering division maintain several PC and workstation laboratories which chemical engineering students can utilize for their course needs. The College maintains site licenses for educational software common to most curricula. In addition, all residence halls and many common areas have ports for local network access to the Internet. Within the engineering division, a director of computer aided engineering (CAE) labs handles all software installations, upgrade tasks, and most hardware issues. The College maintains a sufficient number of computing support staff.
Computers are available to chemical engineering students in all laboratory facilities. The department also shares divisional computer laboratories for instructional purposes when necessary. These laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software and are supervised by the CAE lab director. Furthermore, the departmental Student Learning Center has about 10 computers networked to the departmental server as well as the campus network. The departmental server provides all software packages specific to curriculum needs. Each student has access to 200MB of personal network server space, as well as ample space on a departmental server for class and group project work
Classrooms
Engineering classrooms are designed to encourage learning in a comfortable environment. Many classrooms have state-of-the-art teaching technology. These “smart” classrooms are equipped with computers wired to the campus network, thus allowing access to all computer software on the Internet. These computers interface to multimedia projection systems capable of displaying video, digital images, traditional overhead images, print images, and objects.
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