Give
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Facilities

DMSE’s shared laboratory facilities provide specialized spaces, equipment, and technical expertise for teaching, research, experimentation, and manufacturing and are available to the MIT community.

Browse the shared materials equipment database.

The MIT MetLab is a shared metallurgical research and teaching facility supporting heat treating, specimen preparation, polishing, etching, and mechanical testing for metals and many other materials, including polymers, ceramics, electronics, and semiconductors. Used by researchers and students across MIT, the facility provides hands-on training and foundational support for materials science and engineering research.

Together with the MetLab, DMSE’s shared facilities support hands-on research and teaching across a wide range of materials systems. Details for each facility are provided below.

The LEM includes a variety of prototyping and machining equipment for fabrication, sample preparation, and general machining needs.

Location

4-131b, 4-043

Contact

3instructors@mit.edu 

Equipment

MetLab contains MIT’s metallography facilities.

Furnaces/presses

Location

13-5016

Metallography

Location

4-421

Tensile testing

Location

8-241

Contact

Shaymus Hudson

Equipment

The EMCL includes a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and equipment for measuring magnetic and electronic properties.

Location

4-141ba, 13-5027

Contact

Brian Neltner

Equipment

The Thin Film Laboratory has a pulsed laser deposition system for film growth and a rapid thermal annealer.

Location

8-140

Contact

Professor Caroline Ross

Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laboratory (Forge and Foundry)

MIT.nano

MIT Central Machine Shop