CMEC Facilities
The Composite Materials and Engineering Center maintains and operates labs in two facilities: The PACCAR building and the off-campus Research and Technology Park (RTP). These facilities house a large range of equipment and process capabilities from material processing and analysis to large-scale manufacturing to structural testing.
PACCAR Labs
The PACCAR building is 35,000 sq.ft. of:
- Large-scale structural testing
- Universal test machines
- Plastic extrusion
- Physical and chemical property analyses
- Materials and structural testing
- Nondestructive evaluation
- Rheology
- Computer-based modeling and analysis
CMEC maintains and operates unique structural labs that are ISO 17025 accredited through ICC and can perform various testing and evaluation for industry. Our high-bay lab has over 2,300 sq. ft. of strong-floor lab space, an 18 ft. tall strong-wall, and houses hydraulic actuators ranging from 7 to 300 kips, all dedicated to large-scale structural testing. We also have four universal test machines with capacities ranging from 2 to 65 kips for smaller projects and material analysis. We have a total of eight conditioning rooms that maintain temperature and humidity which allows for stable conditions while preparing and testing wood products. We provide nondestructive evaluation, engineering and fabrication of test fixtures, specimen preparation, mechanical property assessment, evaluation of structural system performance, engineering consulting, data analysis, and technical report writing.
RTP Labs
The Research Technology Park is a 28,000 sq.ft. facility that accommodates:
- Furnish generation
- Sorting, drying, blending, and forming
- Consolidation
- Hot panel pressing
- Materials and structural testing
- Nondestructive evaluation
- Computer-based modeling and analysis
- Cross-Laminated Timber pressing
CMEC maintains and operates unique structural labs that are ISO 17025 accredited through ICC and can perform various testing and evaluation for industry. Our high-bay lab has over 2,300 sq. ft. of strong-floor lab space, an 18 ft. tall strong-wall, and houses hydraulic actuators ranging from 7 to 300 kips, all dedicated to large-scale structural testing. We also have four universal test machines with capacities ranging from 2 to 65 kips for smaller projects and material analysis. We have a total of eight conditioning rooms that maintain temperature and humidity which allows for stable conditions while preparing and testing wood products. We provide nondestructive evaluation, engineering and fabrication of test fixtures, specimen preparation, mechanical property assessment, evaluation of structural system performance, engineering consulting, data analysis, and technical report writing.
Contact us at cmec@wsu.edu for more information