Facilities for mechanical property characterization:

• Materials Testing System
• Ultrasonic pulse-echo
• Acoustic emission monitoring
• Data acquisition

Other support equipment includes various optical setups for displacement, strain and stress field determination using coherent gradient sensing and photoelasticity.

Facilities for nanoscale imaging using atomic force microscopy and mechanical characterization using nanoindentation.

• Atomic Force Microscope
  
  

Facilities for pyrolysis at low and high temperatures in various gas environments using both conventional and microwave processing.

• Electric box furnace
• Tube furnace
• High-pressure reactor
• Microwave oven
• Vacuum impregnation unit

Facilities for preparation of polymer and ceramic matrix composites, and nanocomposites.

• Planetary ball mill
• High-speed tile saw
  
  

Facilities for the fabrication of polymer matrix fiber reinforced composites.

• VARTM
• Injection molding machine
  
  

Facilities for physical characterization.

• Analytical balance with density measurement kit
  
  

Facilities for safe handling of pyrophoric and radiotoxic materials and fine powders.

• Inert gas glove box
• Class-D metal fire extinguishers

These are facilities for ageing of polymer and long term degradation of composites.

• UV degrdation chamber