Materials processing equipment includes high temperature furnaces, hot presses, vacuum furnaces, an arc melting furnace, an electroplating facility, an extruder and mixers. Sponsors include Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation and National Cooperative Highway Research Program. The primary objective of the laboratory is to provide resources to conduct research in the field of fluid mechanics, combustion, heat and mass transfer, applied mathematics and numerical methods. The emphasis of the current research in this laboratory is on understanding physics rather than developing numerical algorithms. These activities have been sponsored by NASA, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society, and Ford Motor Company, among others.
Most computations require the use of off-site supercomputers.
The primary objective of the hemodynamics laboratory is to provide resources to conduct research in the pathophysiology of blood flow that leads to heart attacks and strokes. The emphasis of current research is on understanding the physics and biochemistry of pathogenic events in the cerebrovascular circulation that leads to strokes. The laboratory is investigating methods to prevent the onset of strokes as well as methods to combat the morbidity and mortality consequences of strokes. The research methods used are experimental as well as computational. The activities of the laboratory have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Whitaker Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Boston Scientific Corporation and Toshiba America Medical Systems among others.