Joe Estano, Lab Supervisor

110 Cummington Street, Rm. ENG B02

The Fabrication Laboratory serves students in most of the engineering design courses of the Department (ENG AM 311 Engineering Design Using CAD, ENG AM 312 Fundamentals of Engineering Design, ENG AM 410, Flight Vehicle Design II, ENG AM 413 Machine Design I, and ENG AM 414 Machine Design II), as well as other courses in the Department with major mechanical design projects (ENG EK 301 Engineering Mechanics I, and ENG EK 305 Mechanics of Materials). The role of laboratory is to give our students space for hands-on experience with fabrication, starting from design drawings, of real physical objects that must perform as designed. Currently, the major machinery in the laboratory consists of 3 Sharp end mills with CNC control systems, two Sharp lathes, a band saw, some older drill presses, a table saw, a grinder and sander, and miscellaneous hand tools. The laboratory occupies 1305 sq. ft. in two adjacent rooms: ENG B02 and ENG B07 of 110 Cummington St. Its operation is under the supervision of the department’s laboratory supervisor and laboratory engineer.