Office and Computer Facilities
| CFDRC has well-equipped office and laboratory facilities
in Cummings Research Park, Huntsville. CFDRC is across from the University
of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and within a few minutes drive from
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, U.S. Army (Redstone Arsenal), and most of the prime
contractors, and large companies. |
| The company's computer facilities include numerous
high-performance personal computers (PCs) and all commonly used workstation/server
platforms. For parallel computing needs, CFDRC maintains several PC
clusters ranging in size up to over 100 processors. The company also
maintains high-speed internet and intranet communication facilities. |
Linux Cluster
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Laboratory Facilities
CFDRC has Biofluidics and Engineering Laboratories and personnel skilled
in designing and conducting experiments for validation of computation
models and for development and testing of prototypes. When needed, CFDRC
also contracts with Universities, businesses, and government labs to obtain
specialized test services
Biofluidics Laboratory
| CFDRC's Biofluidics Laboratory is set up in compliance
with FDA-mandated GLP and is used primarily for microfluidics, biodiagnostics,
and medical-device design. |
The lab is equipped with a video-microscopy system, a state-of-the-art
high-speed (5000fps) color CCD camera, Flow VIS_PIV software for image
acquisition and particle image velocimetry (PIV) analysis, multiple
syringe pumps, peristaltic pump, differential pressure transducers/gauges,
a hemoglobinometer, centrifuge, programmable viscometers, incubator,
ultrasonic flow monitoring system, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, laminar
flow hood, filtering fume hood, an Andersen Cascade impactor and a
surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor system. |
Biofluidics
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Engineering Laboratory
CFDRC's Engineering Laboratory comprises multiple facilities
for testing, prototyping, and final assembly of deliverables. In-house
test equipment includes a high speed video camera, a laser/plasma
diagnostics, a fully automated 11 cu. ft. vacuum chamber used for
research on advanced plasma switching technology, plasma diagnostics
development, and a cold flow test rig for diesel and gas turbine fuel
injector development. Laser diagnostic activities include planar laser
induced fluorescence, PIV, and laser ignition studies.
Research on
Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) rocket engines, hot fire of gas turbine
injectors, and spray visualization is carried out at CFDRC's remote
test facility. |
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A full range of electronics from an 80,000 V high voltage power supply
to a gigasample oscilloscope is available. Both the laboratory and remote
test facility feature LabVIEW-based control and data acquisition systems.
CFDRC's prototyping facilities include a machine shop featuring fully
digital endmill and lathe for the manufacture and assembly of test hardware.
These facilities contain a complete array of tools and equipment sufficient
for the majority of development activities. This ensures timely results
at competitive costs.
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