Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering (LABEM)
The Laboratories of the Program, with the exception of the Motors Laboratory, with its own building, are located in the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering (LABEM), where the specific laboratories for the undergraduate, the professors rooms, the administrative office, the sector library and the classrooms from the program. At the end of 2012, a complete reform of LABEM was completed, a building with more than 30 years, where the works included the structural reinforcement, complete replacement of the roof, complete exchange of the whole electrical and logic network; modernization of the substation; expansion and structural adjustment of all rooms and laboratories, painting and finishing of floors and accesses. In addition, a new building of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, located in front of LABEM, was completed, which will house most of the professors, opening space for the expansion of the Program's laboratories. For this new building was dislocated the auditorium of the Laboratory and two classrooms support.
The activities of this Postgraduate Program are developed in the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering (LABEM) of this institution, which consists of 13 sub-laboratories, listed below, that support the various teaching and research activities of the Program:
- Combustion of Biomass
Coordinated by the Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), it develops research projects and support for undergraduate classes in the disciplines: Applied Thermodynamics, Steam Systems and Systems and Thermal Measurement Techniques. This Laboratory has office facilities to accommodate ten students.
- Casting and Solidification
Coordinated by Prof. Antonio Luciano Seabra, has an office infrastructure to support six students.
- Gasification and Characterization of Biomass and Gases
Coordinated by the Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), this Laboratory is used for research and completion work. It has office facilities to accommodate twelve students.
- Composite Materials Laboratory
Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Roberto Tetsuo Fujiyama, this laboratory produces research involving the use of natural and renewable resources of the North and Amazon region. In this Laboratory there are currently the following undergraduate and postgraduate students: eight master's students developing a dissertation, 23 students developing a Course Completion Work, six students of Scientific Initiation and two PhD students.
- Laboratory of Computational Mechanics
Coordinated by Professors Erb Lins and Jerson Vaz, this Laboratory aims to provide computational structure for teaching activities in undergraduate and postgraduate, research and extension that involves engineering simulation of computer systems. The installed capacity allows the development of jobs related to high-performance computing, through servers with high storage and processing capabilities. A set of commercial and free applications are available, as well as specific package development tools.
- Motors Laboratory
Coordinated by the Energy, Biomass and Environment Group (EBMA), this Laboratory is used for research and completion work. It has office facilities to accommodate twelve students. It allows the quantification of the thermal performance of the generator sets and the characterization of their emissions, operating with biofuels and their mixtures. Computer programs: AVL Boost and Fire.
- Fluid Mechanics
The Laboratory works in harmony with the researches of the EBMA and Fluids groups, in addition to being used by undergraduate courses and Scientific Initiation activities. This lab has office facilities to accommodate eight students. Main software: LabVlEW: employee for acquisition and control of signals; and Fluent: for computational simulation.
- Metallography and Thermal Treatment
Coordinated by the Research Group on Materials Engineering (GPEMAT), this Laboratory is used for both research activities and to support undergraduate courses. It has an office infrastructure to support six students.
- Processing and Characterization of Polymeric Materials
Coordinated by Professor Carmen Gilda Tavares Dias, it has an office infrastructure to support four postgraduate students.
- Refrigeration
He works in the areas of air conditioning engineering, thermal comfort and air quality in the built environment, in undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Mechanical Engineering. In addition, this Laboratory acts in simulation of the integrated dynamic behavior of buildings and air conditioning systems, analysis of heat transfer rates and reduction of energy consumption in ventilation and air conditioning systems, thermal analysis of buildings, evaluation of comfort and salubrity in the built environment and development of computer programs in related areas. It has an office infrastructure to support three students. Main software: computational programs for calculation of thermal load and network design air ducts in air conditioning systems, calculation of PMV-PPD indexes for thermal comfort evaluation and calculation of psychrometric properties.
- Welding
Coordinated by the Group of Studies in Welding Technology, GETSOLDA, this Laboratory is used for both research and extension activities, as well as to support undergraduate courses. It has an office infrastructure to support ten students.
- Pneumatic Transport
This Laboratory is coordinated by Professor André Luiz Amarante Mesquita and works on the determination of operating parameters of pipelines to transport ore with two-phase flow (air-solid). The Laboratory has an office infrastructure for twelve students. Revitalized, with resources of research projects with Vale, will now be denominated as Laboratory of Technology in Granular and Particulate Materials.
- Vibrations and Acoustics
Coordinated by the Group of Vibrations and Acoustics (GVA), the Laboratory of Vibrations and Acoustics is used for research and extension activities as well as to support undergraduate courses, mainly Mechanical Engineering, Naval Engineering and Architecture and Urbanism courses. GVA has an office infrastructure to support 20 students, with workstations for high-performance software applications.