Research Facilities
DMSE’s shared laboratory facilities include spaces and equipment for teaching, research, experimentation, and manufacturing and are available to the MIT community.
Browse the shared materials equipment database.
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
MetLab contains MIT’s metallography facilities.
Furnaces and presses
Location: 13-5016
Metallography
Location: 4-421
Tensile testing
Location: 8-241
Contact: Shaymus Hudson
Nanolab has equipment for imaging and testing mechanical and magnetic response at the nanoscale.
Location: 8-114
Contact: Alan Schwartzman
The SEM Lab has an environmental SEM, which permits materials to be imaged without conductive coatings and doesn’t require high-vacuum conditions.
Location: 4-141
Contact: Don Galler
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