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Teaching Laboratories
Our teaching laboratories are a very hands-on way to instruct students in the whole spectrum of mechanical engineering. They enhance students understanding of presented classroom material throughout the curriculum.
Institute for Environmental Research
The Institute is an interdisciplinary research center for the study of the thermal interaction of people and their surroundings. It is one of the few centers in the world with the controlled environmental chambers and supporting instrumentation necessary to study the aspect of human comfort. IER research deals with thermal comfort, thermal stress, clothing systems, indoor environmental engineering, and related topics.
National Gas Machinery Laboratory
The National Gas Machinery Laboratory, an Institute of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, is home to the Turbocharger Test and Research Facility, which is capable of full-performance turbocharger testing. The NGML is also recognized for substantial research involving the use of natural gas in the heating and cooling of the built environment and industrial processes.
Research Centers
In addition to the laboratories used exclusively for undergraduates, many of the research laboratories include significant undergraduate involvement.
S.M.A.R.T. Lab
The Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies (S.M.A.R.T.) Laboratory at Kansas State University is a unique facility dedicated to the research and development of new and innovative radiation detector technologies.
Triga Mark II Nuclear Reactor Facility
The KSU TRIGA Mark II research reactor supports academic and education programs, research, industrial service, and outreach. The MNE Nuclear Option program and other disciplines participate in lab exercises and tours emphasizing various aspects of the utilization of nuclear principles in science and industry. The reactor is a radiation source for detector research or material processing, and offers trace element analysis with neutron activation analysis, internal imaging using neutron radiography, and other nuclear analytic techniques. The facility supports the regional nuclear power industry with nuclear testing services and reactor operator training. Non-nuclear industries use nuclear analytic techniques or radioisotopes produced at the reactor. The reactor is showcased in a wide variety of conferences and programs conducted at K-State. Pre-college institutions and programs have the opportunity to learn about nuclear engineering at the facility.
