Machine Shop
Staff
Peter Glaude, Machine Shop Engineer
Phone: (860) 486-4381
Room: FLC 126r
E-mail: glaude@engr.uconn.edu
Serge Doyon, Senior Machine Shop Engineer
Phone: (860) 486-4381
Room: FLC 126
E-mail: serged@engr.uconn.edu
Work Request
Please fill out our Work Request Form. You will then be contacted by a member of our staff, and be able to track your request through this web site.
Address
Engineering Machine Shop
School of Engineering
Castleman Building
University of Connecticut
261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2037
Storrs, CT 06269-2037
Services
The Machine Shop labs, occupying 6,000 sq. ft. on the first floor of Castleman Building, are equipped with state-of-the-art metal, plastic and woodworking machinery valued in excess of $1 million. Many machines are computerized or CNC-controlled and boast CAD/CAM interfaces.
The labs provide academic support to all School of Engineering departments and research groups and provide R&D support for any project requiring consulting and fabrication of unique apparatus. The Machine Shop offers instructional support to a variety of courses, including qualifying courses for equipment usage, metal cutting principles, introduction to engineering, industrial hygiene and engineering management. The Shop also consults to students, staff and faculty on fabrication and material-working.
The Machine Shop labs are open to undergraduate students for fabrication and development of individual or group projects of an academic nature. Students who have been prequalified by Shop personnel may work on capstan projects required for graduation. In addition, Shop personnel support prequalified graduate students and faculty who elect to use the facilities. Machine Shop personnel will develop and fabricate any project requested by engineering researchers.
Unique Resources
- University's largest lathe (20" x 80")
- University's sole computer-controlled lathe (17" x 60")
- CNC Milling machines up to 4 axis (30" x 16" x 20")
- CNC Router for wood or plastic (4'x 8'x 6")
- Plasma cutting machine (50 amp)
- TIG and MIG welding capabilites
- Welding platen surface (10' x 10')
- Sheet metal working tools
- Two three-ton cranes
