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Biomedical Device Engineering Laboratory

The Biomedical Device Engineering Lab is a 700 sq. ft. facility located on the second floor of the engineering building, James E. Gleason Hall. The lab is dedicated to design, measurement, and bench-top testing of electromechanical medical devices, such as magnetically levitated ventricular assist devices.

Capabilities

The laboratory contains various workstations that allow for for soldering, metrology of mechanical parts, prototype assembly, and testing. Additionally, the room is equipped with storage areas, bench tops, electricity, several personal computers, and multiple network ports.

 

Equipment

Because of involvement with design and testing of magnetic bearings, the lab possesses unique equipment. Some of the equipment in the lab includes:

• Dynamometer test stand

• Custom apparatus used to measure the distribution of magnetic field strength of a permanent magnet

• Load cells

• Magnetic bearing test rig

• Magnet centering rig

Tabletop equipment:

• Power supplies

• Oscilloscopes

• Multimeters

• Strobe lights

• Spectrum analyzer

Software:

• MATLAB

• Microsoft Office

• Canvas

• Corel Draw

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Acrobat

• Minitab

• LabVIEW

• ANSYS Fluent

• COMSOL Multiphysics

 

Contacts

For assistance or more information, please contact:

 

Steven Day, Ph.D.

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Phone: (585) 475-4738