The machine shop supports student projects, the Manufacturing Processes and Systems course, research, and instruction in hands-on manufacturing. The shop has equipment for welding, machining, sawing, and plastic injection molding components. Students can be found regularly using this facility. Many 
students work on either the Formula SAE race car, senior design projects. semester projects, research projects, or personal projects. Proper safety instruction is required before using the shop. However once instructed, students are allowed to use the shop. Students have work on projects that have ranged from fixing a broken piece of furniture to custom testing fixtures to a completed open wheel style race car. The machine shop has always been the center of the hands-on education that the Mechanical Engineering Department prides itself on delivering to its graduates.
Equipment
- Three 9"x49" vertical mills
- Three 9"lathes
- Horizontal band-saw
- Vertical Dake band-saw
- 3-axis CNC mill
- Morgan Press bench-top plastic injection molding machine
- Three down draft welding tables
- Millermatic 180 MIG welder
- Lincoln Electric 175 Square Wave TIG
- Oxy-acetylene welding and cutting station
- All necessary safety equipment.
- Two drill presses
- Sand blaster
- Sawstop table saw
- Surface plates
- Movable tables
- Vises
- Complete set of hand tools
Resources for Students
The following are a set of resources for students working in the machine shop.