In addition to conducting trend-setting research, the college provides testing for companies on a fee-for-service basis. Sophisticated instrumentation is available for analysis, processing, fabrication, and characterization of materials. Testing includes surface and interfacial analysis, experimental mechanics, and composites fabrication and characterization, including chemical, thermal, and physical properties of materials. In addition, biomechanical evaluation, seating and modeling, environmental analysis, and turbulent shear flows testing are available in the college.

A significant effort is made to distinguish testing contracts from research contracts. For more details on testing agreements, see the testing accounts page. Final decisions on testing contract approval lie with the associate dean for research and graduate studies, Dr. Ronald Rosenberg.

For technical questions and quotations, please contact the staff member listed in the testing documentation. For general questions on this program, please contact:

Dr. Peggy Wade
Director, Division of Engineering Research
3428 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
(517)353-9492
wadem@egr.msu.edu


Michael Rich
Composite Materials and Structures Center
Michigan State University
4143 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: 517-353-4696
rich@egr.msu.edu