From Engineering Exposition

Many of the labs across campus are open for viewing by those attending E-Expo.

As part of E-Expo, the various labs on campus will be open to the public so they can learn about the Engineering research that is being done at The University of Louisville.

Register an Open Lab

If you would like your lab to be open during E-Expo, fill out the Open Lab Registration form.

To guarantee that your lab is listed in the even program, you must register before February 27, 2010.

Open Labs for E-Expo 2010

Lab	Department	Location and Time	Description
Viusalization and Intensive Graphics Lab	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 236 11:30am to 4:00pm	Visualization and Intensive Graphics Lab. in Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science is focusing on the 3D visualization, 3D graphics, 3D gaming, and High-Performance computation with multi-core devices. We will demonstrate the stereoscopic 3D visualization, 3D modeling, and 3D gaming. You can also play the 3D games!
Cybersecurity Lab	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 239 2:00 to 4:00PM	Members of the Cybersecurity Lab conducts research on a multitude of topics related to security of Cyberinfrastructure. Lab’s strengths include work in behavioral biometrics, game security, artimetrics (robot authentication), forensics, passwords and cryptography.
MobilInformation Network and Distributed Systems Lab (MINDS)	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 242 9:00am to 1:00pm	Mobile Computing Related Research Projects
Knowledge Discovery and Web Mining Lab	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 236 1:00am to 4:00pm	We conduct research to advance state of the art in the area of Knowledge Discovery in Data sets (KDD), with an emphasis on Data Mining, and in particular Web Mining and Stream Data Mining. Our daily activities consist of learning, investigation, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation of efficient algorithms and techniques to solve challenging problems in support of a variety of applications, such as: Web analytics & Web personalization for e-commerce and information retrieval Mining evolving data streams with an emphasis on evolving Web clickstreams Scalable and/or personalized information retrieval in data such as text and astronomical data sets
Mircocomputer Systems Design Laboratory	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 121 11:30am to 4:00pm
Innovative and Emerging Technologies	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 237 10:00am to 3:00pm	Members of the Innovative and Emerging Technologies Lab conducts research on topics such as resilience metrics, medical imaging, e-Health, authentication, and interactive media.
Multimedia Research Lab	Computer Engineering and Computer Science	Duthie Center of Engineering Room 234 2:00pm to 4:00pm	Image indexing, retrieval, labeling. Video processing, browsing, and summarization. Landmine detection. Demo of video and image retrieval system. Landmine detection posters.
Fundamentals of Autonomous Robots Laboratory	Electrical & Computer Engineering	WS Speed Room 226 1:00pm to 4:00pm	The Fundamentals of Autonomous Robots Laboratory occupies 226 W.S. Speed Hall, a 250 square foot facility. It is a new teaching laboratory created in Spring 2005 dedicated to undergraduate and graduate instruction in designing and building autonomous robots, using LEGO Mindstorm Robotic Invention kits, sensors, applying robotic paradigms and controller design. Visitors will see a demo of LEGO autonomous robots performing "Robotic Egg-Hunt Competition". These robots were designed as part of a final robotic competition held at the end of Fall semesters.
Communication and Modulation	Electrical & Computer Engineering	WS Speed Room 214 9:30am to 11:00am 1:00pm to 4:00 pm	There will be two types of stations set up for attendees to view and interact with tools used in communications technology. One station will be a Matlab simulator demonstrating audio signal modulation and demodulation. The attendees will be able to choose various types of modulation (Amplitude Modulation [AM], Frequency Modulation [FM], etc) and hear the signal in different stages of modulation (original, modulated, demodulated) The other station will display a complete modulation/demodulation circuit. This circuit will demonstrate the use of electronic test equipment (resistors, potentiometers, an oscilloscope, a frequency generator, and more)
Logic Design Demonstration	Electrical & Computer Engineering	WS 210 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Visit the ECE Digital Systems Lab and measure how fast you can double click, as would might do with a mouse. The measuring device is made with TTL chips and LED displays that we use in our introductory course. The aim of this demonstration will be to measure and display on LED outputs the time interval between two consecutive button pushes.
Arduino Projects	Electrical & Computer Engineering	WS204 1:00pm to 4:00pm	Projects using Arduino microcontroller boards will be on hand. If you attended the previous week's Freeduino workshop or are interested in future workshops, or want to know what this is all about, stop by WS204 (front row of benches) to see what people are doing with Arduinos.
Biodiesel From Waste Cooking Oil	Chemical Engineering	Ernst Hall 100 1:00pm to 4:00pm	Spent cooking oil from the campus cafeterias is converted into biodiesel that is then used to run one of the diesel powered campus shuttle buses. The fuel product undergoes stringent testing to ensure it meets ASTM standards using modern analytical equipment. The project is run by undergraduate chemical engineering students.
Unit Ops Lab	Chemical Engineering	Ernst Hall, 1st floor 12:30pm to 4pm	The Chemical Engineering Department's Unit Ops lab is utilized for course laboratory experiments as well as some research. The distillation column and packed bed column will be continuously running for observations and questions. Undergraduate and graduate students with Unit Ops experience will be available.
Rapid Prototyping Center		Vogt Building, Room 104 12:00pm to 4:00pm	The Rapid Prototyping Center is a leading center for Additive Manufacturing that allow one to go directly from a computer model to a part in hand using lasers and powdered polymers and metals. Come by and see some of the latest technologies for additive manufacturing as well as our Haas Technical Education Center with state of the art NC machining capabilities.
Computational Intelligence Lab	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Lutz Hall Room 408 9:30am to 11:00am	The Computational Intelligence (CI) Laboratory at the University of Louisville is focused on the research and application of various tools in CI theory. Some of our current research involves X-Ray image analysis to detect and diagnose breast cancer, predicting drug doses for anemia patients, and building an online virtual community for CI researchers across the globe. For Eexpo we will have students available in our lab to discuss our work, answer any questions, and present some computer demonstrations of CI tools (such as Neural Networks). All are welcome!
Computer Vision and Image Processing Lab ( CVIP Lab)	Electrical & Computer Engineering	Lutz Hall, Rm # 6 (basement) 10:00am to 3:00pm	Demo of Vascular structure extraction from thermo images for facial recognition. Capture visitor's face for facial recognition. Let visitors use Finger Print and Iris Scan equipment. Let visitors navigate tools we are developing for Virtual Colonoscopies. Let visitors operate Robotic arm, as well introduce them to our ATRV robots. Create a 3D scanner image of visitor’s face and head. Discuss other areas of the lab’s research: Early Detection of Lung cancer, Detection of Kidney Rejection, 3D modeling of the Human Jaw, Brain Shift during Surgery, Remote Sensing, Vital Signs extraction from thermal images.
Medical Imaging Laboratory	Electrical & Computer Engineering	308 Lutz Hall 1:00 to 3:30	The efforts of our lab are focused on medical imaging and medical image computing and we offer courses on fundamental physics and engineering of medical image formation, image processing, and biomedical image analysis. Areas of general interest include physiologic imaging and image analysis: primarily the task of extracting information from medical images acquired from X-ray projection and CT devices, MR imagers, nuclear medicine scanners, and ultrasound in an automated and reproducible way. Areas of particular interest include development of new techniques for quantification of the heart motion from cardiac MRI and its application to determination of mechanical strain. In the area of vascular imaging we are interested are in developing techniques to determine intravascular pressures, shear stress, and other mechanical indices of function from phase-contrast MR images. We are also developing and using novel techniques for imaging blood flow with optical imaging and magnetic resonance.
Center for Ergonomics	Industrial Engineering	Lutz Hall, Room 303 12:00 to 4:00	The Center for Ergonomics is a lab where we evaluate how effectively humans perform given the environment. We Test both the physical capabilities as well as cognitive processing. We recreate accidents and analyze system for human error. Our goals are to increase a person's efficiency, safety and job satisfaction.
Wireless and IC Design Lab	Electrical & Computer Engineering	John Shumaker Research Bldg. Room 223 10:00am to 4:00pm	The wireless and IC design lab will show three exhibits. Exhibit one is a wireless implant for measuring intraocular pressure. Exhibit two is a sample of development kits for microcontrollers and programmable logic. These low cost kits are suitable for hobbyist and professional use. Exhibit three showcases electronic design tools and equipment for designing analog and digital circuits, integrated circuits, and radio frequency circuits.