Materials Characterization
Diagnostic facilities include microscopy, imaging, cameras with frame rates of upto 20 million frames per second and X-ray flash photography. Facilities also include Thermal and dynamic mechanical analyzers as well as a differential scanning calorimeter.
High-Speed Photography
- Hadland Imacon 200
- Capable of 200 million frames per second
Microscopy Facility
- Nikon Optical 50-400x
- Stereo Vision and Photo Capabilities
- Olympus 5-100x
- Stereo Vision and Video Capabilities
- Mitutoyo TM-500
- Two axis digital stage
Flash Radiography
- 150 KV Hewlett-Packard Flash X-Ray
- 450 KV Hewlett-Packard Flash X-Ray
Image Processing
- Matrox Meteor II Image Capture
- Pulnix, 300 fps Asynchronous Video
- Image Pro Plus
- Laser and Fiber-optic Light Sources
Thermal Analysis
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
- TA Instr. 2980; -145°C to 600°C; 0.01 Hz to 200 Hz
- Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
- TA Instr. 2920; -145°C to 600°C
Electromagnetic Characterization
- Frequency Range: 5 to 40 GHz
- Full S-parameter characterization
- Focused Beam
- Free space plane wave
- Anechoic Chamber
Optical Interferometry
- Displacement Interferometry
- Velocity Interferometry
- VISAR
