The Bioengineering Laboratory is just one of the labs located in the newly dedicated (Fall 2002) Julia and Dr. Vincent Zecchino Orthopaedic Research Suite. Situated in a 3,000 sq.ft. portion of the Coro Building, set in the historic Jewelry District of Providence, RI, the Bioengineering lab contains offices, The James and Marilyn Winoker Computer Center, as well as both wet and dry lab space. Adjacently, the Research Suite also houses the Charles A. and Ellen Collis Molecular Biology Laboratory, the David A. and Heidi Kirk Duffy Cell Biology Laboratory, and the Oncology Lab, a gift from friends.
Major lab equipment consists of:
Fully networked computer platforms: Unix (SGI 02, SGI Indigo2 XZ, SGI Indigo2 Impact 10K), Windows (2 x SGI 320 NT, 1 x Dell Precision WorkStation 620, 2 x Dell Precision 530, 1 x Dell Precision 410, 4 x Dell Dimension XPS D233, 2 x Dell Inspiron 7500, 1 x Compaq DeskPro EN Series), Macintosh ( 3 x iMacDV, Power Mac 8100/80, 3 x Power Mac 8600/300 G4).
Software programs: Matlab (Mathworks, Natick, MA), ANALYZE AVW (Mayo Foundation) and Open Inventor (SGI and TGS), C, C++, PASCAL, Geomagic Studio (Raindrop Geomagic, Research Triangle Park, NC), SolidWorks 2001Plus (Concord, MA).
Optotrak 3-D motion analysis system, 3-D electro-magnetic motion tracking system (3 x Flock of Birds, Ascension Technology, Burlington, VT) and controlling software (MotionMonitor, Innovative Sports Training, Chicago. IL).
Enduratec ELF 3200 Miniature material testing system
UmRSA Radiostereometry Analysis system
Two servo-hydraulic materials test systems: an Instron 8521-S bi-axial with one bi-axial load cell (25 kN) and an MTS 810 uni-axial system with two uni-axial load cells (1 kN & 25 kN). A variety of A/D boards are available for use with these machines.
A variety of load cells (ranging in size), accelerometers (uni-axial & tri-axial), velocity gates and custom developed LabView programs are utilized for data acquisition.
Off-site resources available to the lab include: a GE HighSpeed Advantage CT Scanner (networked to Bioengineering Lab), high resolution color printer (Core Research Laboratories, Rhode Island Hospital) and machining and fabrication which are supported by the Brown Division of Engineering Machine Shop.