<p>The University of Illinois’ website describes the two following research facilities for engineering:</p>
<p>Hydrosystems Laboratory: The Hydrosystems Laboratory, which has been in service since 1970, covers an area of approximately 11,000 square feet. The facilities available in the laboratory consist of several flumes, a rainfall generator, a stratified flow tank, and a water tunnel. The largest tilting flume is 161 ft long, 6 ft wide, and 4 ft deep. This flume can be readily adapted to be used as a wave tank and for sediment transport studies. A set of twin volumetric tanks is also available for calibration of flow metering devices. Measuring equipment includes an assortment of current meters, sediment concentration and conductivity probes, a laser-based flow visualization system, a high-speed video camera, and several personal computers and workstations for in-situ data acquisition and analysis. Auxiliary laboratory facilities include access to the College of Engineering machine and electronics shops for construction and maintenance of experimental equipment. Available computational facilities include personal computers and a department-wide network of HP/Apollo workstations. These are connected via a high-speed fiber-optic network to several mainframe machines, including the supercomputers operated by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.</p>
<p>Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory: The Structural Research Laboratory of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois has a long history of excellence in large-scale experimental structural research. Over the years has contributed greatly to the state-of-the-art in civil engineering. Completed in 1967 and extended in 1971, the structural testing area of the laboratory is a versatile area with a three-story clear height that can be used to carry out a wide range of tests of building materials, components, structural assemblies, and models.</p>
<p>The University of Texas’ website describes the following research facility for engineering:</p>
<p>Engineering Science Building: Housing the University’s departments of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and the nuclear branch of the Department of Physics, the Engineering Science Building is actually composed of two structures joined by a one-story section and a covered walkway. Special research facilities in the building, other than the particle accelerators, include a basement pool 19 feet wide and 16 feet deep, used by electrical engineers for sound transmission studies, refrigeration, temperature and humidity chambers for civil engineering research on soils, space for a closed-circuit TV studio, and a 150,000-volt electron microscope. Some of the Computation Center’s major facilities are also available in this building.</p>
<p>My question is…does Ohio State have any cool research facilities similar to these for engineering research?</p>