Facilities
The School of Engineering, Computing & Weapons is supported by an array of sophisticated laboratory facilities, with state of the art equipment not available in many undergraduate or even graduate academic institutions.
A complete Fluids Laboratory (divided into the High-Speed and Low-Speed Aeronautics Laboratories), including a supersonic wind tunnel capable of Mach 4.2, large open and closed circuit wind tunnels, small open and closed circuit wind tunnels, a full-size helicopter rotor test cell and a propulsion cell supporting turbine, reciprocating and rocket engines.
A Hydromechanics Laboratory including a 380 foot towing tank, several smaller towing tanks, and a circulating water channel to test propeller and rudder design.
Four Computer Lab Classrooms comprising approximately 90 workstations loaded with Solidworks, AutoCAD, StaadPro, MaxSurf, Ricardo WAVE, STK, MDSolids, EES, Visual Analysis, Rhino3D, COMSOL, MATLAB, Mathematica, RPA, GHS, Heat Transfer Tools, and Google SketchUp.
A Space Systems Engineering Lab (SSEL) capable of communicating with orbiting spacecraft, including the International Space Station.
The Mechanics, Materials and Structures Laboratory is comprised of facilities for the design, manufacture, testing and characterization of materials and structures.
Specialized Electrical Engineering Laboratories supporting studies in signal processing, fiber optics, biometrics, microfabrication and communications.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Research and Facilities
A Surface and Underwater Robotics Facility (SURF) supporting experimentation of unmanned autonomous and remotely operated underwater and surface vehicles.
The primary purpose of the laboratories is to support the education of midshipmen. A secondary use of the laboratory facilities is to support ongoing faculty research. This research enables the faculty to stay current in their fields, and often provides an opportunity for some of the more advanced students to assist faculty members (analogous to graduate assistants in civilian universities).
