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Tissue Mechanics Lab @ University of Minnesota

Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
The mission of the Tissue Mechanics Laboratory is to provide specialized instruments and methods to characterize the mechanical properties of soft biological materials, provide quantitative loads to living tissues, foster research in these areas, and provide a resource for the University community and industrial partners.
Instrumentation:

MicroBionix/Tytron low force uniaxial test machine (MTS, Inc.)
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Polymer Characterization Facility @ University of Minnesota

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The Polymer Characterization Facility is maintained by the CEMS Polymer Group, but is available to researchers campus wide, and also to industrial clients (IPRIME Industrial Partners get a significant discount). Assistance or collaboration is available for testing, training, and interpretation of results. For more information, contact David Giles at (612) 625-0880 or giles@cems.umn.edu . The […]

Central Laboratory for Materials Mechanical Properties (CLaMMP) @ Northwestern University

FUNCTION:
The facility provides testing equipment for studying the mechanical behavior of materials. We have the capability of conducting tension, compression, fatigue, creep, stress rupture, impact, and 3- or 4-point bend tests. Specialized equipment is also available to perform tests in controlled atmospheres or vacuum and cover the temperature range of 4.2 K to 77.2 K.
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Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility @ Cornell University

Material specimens of dimensions in the range of 1nm to 5μm are essential for successful studies on structure, property, and functions of many materials and biological systems. The Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility provides instrumentation and technical services to enable and promote scientific research in materials at small dimensions. The facility serves a broad cross-section of […]

Polymer Characterization Facility @ Cornell University

Equipment for evaluating all the important characteristics of polymeric materials is available at the Polymer Characterization Facility.
The laboratory is used extensively by the polymer research community, particularly members of CCMR’s Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Seed projects, by the Polymers Community at Cornell and industrial members of Cornell’s Polymer Outreach Program (POP). The facility participates in […]

Materials Facilities @ Cornell University

The Materials Facility is a multi-function and multi-purpose Research Support Facility providing a wide spectrum of services and apparatus for materials testing, preparation, and characterization.
It is the philosophy of the facility to have close interaction between staff and users. Hands-on involvement of students is stressed at the expense of wear and tear on the equipment […]

Mechanical Tester @ Stanford/ IBM ARC/ UC Davis/ UC Berkeley

An Instron 5844 mechanical tester is available for measuring the mechanical properties of materials. It is currently being used extensively in the testing of artificial cornea hydrogels. BioPulse bath and grip instrumentation is available for testing materials in an aqueous environment.

Metallurgical and Mechanical Characterization @ University of Nebraska

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Mechanical testing facilities include hardness testing equipment such as regular and superficial Rockwell, Knoop, and Vickers testers. Other testing facilities include a MTS 20,000 lb. servo-hydraulic material testing system, an Instron 10,000 lb. tensile testing machine, Satec 100,000 and 400,000 lb. machines, and Tinius-Olson instrumented Charpy impact and torsion testers.

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Shared Facilities :: Mechanical Testing