Facilities
The ATLSS and Fritz Laboratories provide an ideal testing environment for academic, industrial, and government projects. Here, researchers observe the expected (and unexpected) implications of analytical studies under actual or simulated conditions. Researchers, designers and builders also study prototypes of new designs, research models, and structures that have deteriorated from use.
ATLSS Structural Testing Laboratory
Contact: Frank StokesAccommodates both small scale and full size test structures composed of all materials, facilitated by a test floor measuring 40' by 102', and fixed reaction walls up to 50' high encircling three corners of the test floor. Multidirectional loads and motions can be applied allowing the study of the behavior of complete structures under a wide variety of load conditions.
Fritz Engineering Laboratory
Contact:Frank StokesFeatures 800,000 lb and 5,000,000 lb universal testing machines, and a dynamic test bed with broad fatigue-testing capabilities, and a wide range of instrumentation. Founded in 1909 and enlarged to the present capacity in 1954. Designated as an ASCE Civil Engineering Landmark Structure.
Mechanical Testing Laboratory
Contact:Dr. Eric KaufmannCapable of standard mechanical property tests of metallic, cementitious and composite construction materials. Features 60,000 and 600,000 lb universal testing machines, and Charpy V-Notch fracture toughness testing machine.
Robert E. Stout Welding and Heat Treating Laboratory
Contact: Dr. John GrossThe Robert D. Stout Welding and Joining Laboratory is equipped to produce test weldments by the shielded-metal-arc, gas-metal-arc, gas-tungsten-arc, and submerged-arc processes under accurately controlled parameters of voltage, current, and travel speed. In addition, the Laboratory has facilities for preparing specimens by sawing and flame-cutting and by heating and quenching for various tests that include slow-notch-bend, hardenability, fracture-toughness, weld-restraint-cracking, implant, tension, and creep-rupture testing.
Metallography and Microscopy Laboratories
Contact:Dr. Eric KaufmannFacilities for metallographic sample preparation and material characterization by light optical and electron microscopy techniques with hardness and microhardness capabilities. Features SEM and Light Microscopy equipment.
Smart Structures Laboratory
Contact: Dr. Yunfeng ZhangThe Smart Structures Laboratory is focused on research and education on advanced sensor technology, smart materials for civil infrastructure performance enhancement, structural dynamics and vibration. The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art vibration testing and piezoelectric paint sensor fabrication equipments. In addition, the lab also has a small-scale shaking table (18"x18") which is used to simulate earthquake response of civil structures.
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory
Contact: Dr. Stephen PessikiThe Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory is equipped to perform basic laboratory and field evaluation work on steel and concrete materials and structures. The laboratory also includes a variety of electronic hardware for bench top testing including oscilloscopes, function generators and filters. The laboratory is for both undergraduate and graduate research, and undergraduate instruction.
ATLSS Infrastructure Monitoring Program Vehicle
Contact: Ian Hodgson
The vehicle is used to increase the productivity and the safety of those involved with the Infrastructure Monitoring Program. The vehicle provides space for storing and transporting equipment, and for working in the field.
