page_title: Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory
caption_attribution_description: English: View of SAFL from the river
context_page_description: The Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, or SAFL, is a research laboratory situated on Hennepin Island in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Its primary research is in "Engineering, Environmental, Biological, and Geophysical Fluid Mechanics". It is affiliated with the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering. Research is conducted by graduate students and faculty alike using the 16,000 square feet of research space and 24 different specialized facilities.
  The laboratory is unique in that its location next to Saint Anthony Falls allows it to use the hydraulic head from the waterfall to provide water for many of the experiments.
  The experiments performed at the laboratory are varied, and may include:
  Contract civil and environmental engineering work, such as dam construction and removal
  Understanding river system dynamics
  Work with oil exploration to characterize deposits in deltaic systems
  Work to understand the interactions between fluid flow and the ecology of rivers
  Work to understand cavitation in fluids in order to build better propellers
context_section_description: The Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (former name: Saint Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory), or SAFL, is a research laboratory situated on Hennepin Island in the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Its primary research is in "Engineering, Environmental, Biological, and Geophysical Fluid Mechanics". It is affiliated with the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering. Research is conducted by graduate students and faculty alike using the 16,000 square feet of research space and 24 different specialized facilities.
  The laboratory is unique in that its location next to Saint Anthony Falls allows it to use the hydraulic head from the waterfall to provide water for many of the experiments.
  The experiments performed at the laboratory are varied, and may include:
  Contract civil and environmental engineering work, such as dam construction and removal
  Understanding river system dynamics
  Work with oil exploration to characterize deposits in deltaic systems
  Work to understand the interactions between fluid flow and the ecology of rivers
  Work to understand cavitation in fluids in order to build better propellers
  The Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory is also the headquarters of the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center.
caption: A view of the Lab in downtown Minneapolis by the Saint Anthony Falls. The laboratory is located on Hennepin Island. Behind it is the hydro-power plant operated by Xcel Energy. Next to it is the Outdoor StreamLab field-scale research facility.
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