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Bioengineering Laboratory - Resources

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.

Equiptment & Technology
Fully networked computer platform running at 100Mbps with 1Gbps backbone powered by Cisco hardware. End user machines consist of 23 Windows Workstations (including 5 high powered graphical workstations), 3 Macintosh Workstations and <a href=#uCT>1 HP Alpha Workstation</a>. Each workstation is equipped with either one or two UltraSharp LCD monitors, as well as 3 Wacom Cintiq 21UX digitizing tablets. The bioengineering lab has two dedicated servers providing 2.5TB of redundant storage that is backed up nightly by the hospital with long term data retention policies. For any printing needs, there is a 1 black and white HP LaserJet 4100n, 1 high resolution color HP LaserJet 4650dn, 1 multi-function high speed copier/ fax/printer/scanner Canon iR2220, and large format printing is available off-site through the Brown Metcalf Copy Center.

Through our collaboration with Brown Computer Science Department, we have access to over 300 networked Windows and Linux workstations with remote access capabilities, as well as a 240 core compute cluster with 480GB of memory and 19TB of local storage.

Software (partial list)
Matlab (Mathworks)
Mimics (Materialize)
ANALYZE AVW (Mayo Foundation)
Open Inventor (SGI and TGS)
Visual Studio (Microsoft)
Geomagic Studio & Qualify (Raindrop Geomagic, Research Triangle Park, NC),
SolidWorks (Concord, MA)
LabView (National Instruments)
SigmaPlot & SigmaStat (Systat Software)
Maya (Autodesk)
AutoCAD (Autodesk)

Facilities
Dedicated necroscopy room with two dissection tables, two fluoroscopes and two complete arthroscopy setups. There is a walk-in freezer for the preservation of tissue.

Test Equipment
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).

Bose ELF 3200 Miniature material testing system

UmRSA Radiostereometry Analysis system

Helmet Drop Tower

High speed digital camera.

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.

SCANCO Medical µCT 40. Volume analysis is performed on a dedicated HP Integrity 64-bit Alpha workstation with 1.2TB of redundant storage.

Two microscopes: an Olympus BH-2 microscope with epifluorescense and photomicroscopy and a WILD Heerbrugg dissecting microscope.

Two analytical balances: a Sartorious CP225D and a Mettler Toledo AB54-S.

Electrical equipment includes: 3 x variable power supplies, digital voltmeters/multimeters, an oscilloscope (Tektronix TDS350) and a variety of strain gauges.

For prototyping and small modifications, the facilities include a drill press, bandsaw, bench grinder and collection of hand tools.

Off-site resources available to the lab include: a GE HighSpeed Advantage CT Scanner (networked to Bioengineering Lab), a Siemens 3T TIM Trio MRI Scanner dedicated to research, and machining and fabrication which are supported by the Brown Division of Engineering Machine Shop.

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residency faculty fellowships research bioengineering research & testing teaching affiliations resources people publications support contact us cell biology molecular biology oncology research meetings photo gallery academic calendar Bioengineering Laboratory - Resources 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. Equiptment & Technology Fully networked computer platform running at 100Mbps with 1Gbps backbone powered by Cisco hardware. End user machines consist of 23 Windows Workstations (including 5 high powered graphical workstations), 3 Macintosh Workstations and <a href=#uCT>1 HP Alpha Workstation</a>. Each workstation is equipped with either one or two UltraSharp LCD monitors, as well as 3 Wacom Cintiq 21UX digitizing tablets. The bioengineering lab has two dedicated servers providing 2.5TB of redundant storage that is backed up nightly by the hospital with long term data retention policies. For any printing needs, there is a 1 black and white HP LaserJet 4100n, 1 high resolution color HP LaserJet 4650dn, 1 multi-function high speed copier/ fax/printer/scanner Canon iR2220, and large format printing is available off-site through the Brown Metcalf Copy Center. Through our collaboration with Brown Computer Science Department, we have access to over 300 networked Windows and Linux workstations with remote access capabilities, as well as a 240 core compute cluster with 480GB of memory and 19TB of local storage. Software (partial list) Matlab (Mathworks) Mimics (Materialize) ANALYZE AVW (Mayo Foundation) Open Inventor (SGI and TGS) Visual Studio (Microsoft) Geomagic Studio & Qualify (Raindrop Geomagic, Research Triangle Park, NC), SolidWorks (Concord, MA) LabView (National Instruments) SigmaPlot & SigmaStat (Systat Software) Maya (Autodesk) AutoCAD (Autodesk) Facilities Dedicated necroscopy room with two dissection tables, two fluoroscopes and two complete arthroscopy setups. There is a walk-in freezer for the preservation of tissue. Test Equipment 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). Bose ELF 3200 Miniature material testing system UmRSA Radiostereometry Analysis system Helmet Drop Tower High speed digital camera. 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. SCANCO Medical µCT 40. Volume analysis is performed on a dedicated HP Integrity 64-bit Alpha workstation with 1.2TB of redundant storage. Two microscopes: an Olympus BH-2 microscope with epifluorescense and photomicroscopy and a WILD Heerbrugg dissecting microscope. Two analytical balances: a Sartorious CP225D and a Mettler Toledo AB54-S. Electrical equipment includes: 3 x variable power supplies, digital voltmeters/multimeters, an oscilloscope (Tektronix TDS350) and a variety of strain gauges. For prototyping and small modifications, the facilities include a drill press, bandsaw, bench grinder and collection of hand tools. Off-site resources available to the lab include: a GE HighSpeed Advantage CT Scanner (networked to Bioengineering Lab), a Siemens 3T TIM Trio MRI Scanner dedicated to research, and machining and fabrication which are supported by the Brown Division of Engineering Machine Shop.