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Research facilities

Aero/hydrodynamics and acoustics

Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel

Cavitation Laboratory
VTSS, Room 150

Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics (CMAR)
Torgersen Hall, Room 3015

Experimental Aeroacoustics Laboratory
VTSS, Room 158
Facilities:
Anechoic Wall-Jet Wind Tunnel
Anechoic Open Jet Tunnel

Hydro-Elasticity Laboratory
5 Norris Hall
Facilities: Wedge Drop Facility (Water Tank)

Towing Tank
5 Norris Hall
Facilities: Drag-Reduction Test Facility, Water Tunnel

Vortical Flow and Diagnostics Laboratory
CRC Research Building 2, Room 101
Facilities: Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel

Structures and materials

Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory
Surge Building, Room 118E
CRC RB2, Room 100
VTSS, Room 235

Materials for High-Temperature and Corrosive Environment Laboratory
CRC RB2, Room 100

Dynamics, control and estimation

Assured Vehicle Autonomy Laboratory
VTSS, Room 133

Autonomous Aerospace Systems (A2Sys) Lab
VTSS, Room 237

Data-driven Dynamics Lab
Norris 310

Kentland Experimental Aerial Systems Laboratory (KEAS)
Facilities:
2-Bay UAS Hangar
2100 sf paved UAS Runway

Nonlinear Systems Laboratory
1991 Kraft Drive Room 2008-C

UAV Motion Tracking Lab
VTSS, Room 245

Space engineering

Center for Space Science and Engineering Research (Space@VT)

GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Laboratory
Whittemore Hall
Facilities: Space Constellation Navigation and Timing Simulators

Small Satellite Payload Lab (SSPL)
VTSS, Room 239

Starbelt Cyber-Physical Systems Lab
VTSS, Room 239

Propulsion

Advanced Propulsion and Power Laboratory (APPL)
CRC, 1670 Innovation Drive
Facilities:
Hypersonic Tunnel
Vortical Flow and Diagnostics Laboratory

Airport Turbomachinery Lab

Propulsion & Energetics Lab (PropEL)
CRC Research Building 2, Room 100
CRC, 1670 Innovation Drive
Prices Fork Research Center

Computational mechanics

VT Advanced Research Computing

Graduate Computational Laboratory

Intelligent Design Optimization (IDOpt) Lab
VTSS, Room 145

Design, fabrication, and rapid prototyping support

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Machine Shop
501 Industrial Park Rd

AOE 3D Print Lab
Goodwin Hall, Room 140

Model Building Center
VTSS, Room 235

Teaching Laboratories

AOE Studio for Design Innovation
Surge Building, Room 118C

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) / Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (AOE) Teaching and Research Laboratory
Goodwin Hall, Room 140
Facilities: Open-Circuit Wind Tunnel, Smoke Tunnel, High Speed PIV System

AOE Electronics Educational Center and Laboratory
Surge Building, Room 118A

Drone Park
2143 Oak Ln

Design Team Maker Space

Ware Advanced Engineering Laboratory

Aerospace Engineering Design Laboratory
501 Industrial Park Road

 Lab support and safety