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Center Facilities

The NSF ERC/RMS has established one of the largest academic manufacturing R&D testbeds in the United States. This 12,000 sq. ft. facility houses all of our hardware and equipment, our research and administrative staff, students and some faculty offices.


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"The testbed...probably has the most comprehensive capabilities of any such facility in the US,[and] rivals similar facilities in Europe, and is a valuable resource for other academic and industrial researchers (in Michigan and elsewhere in the US) to validate research"- NSF Site Visit Report, 2007 

 

       

"The physical facilities that include student space, the lab and testbed facility are first class; one of the best in North America for graduate education and research in manufacturing." - NSF Site Visit Report, 2002 

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Student Work Area 

 MBIM
Penetrating Cylindrical Surface Finish Inspection Probe 

RFT
Reconfigurable Factory Testbed 

RMT
 The Arch-type RMT 



RIM
Reconfigurable Inspection Machine with Porosity Vision Sub-Assembly