Engineering Laboratories

Students are provided with the opportunity to augment their learning through practical work in the modern laboratories. These labs are fully equipped to undertake high end research in the fields of aerospace, avionics, electronics, mechanical, mechatronics, and telecommunications engineering. Furthermore, these labs are adaptable, reconfigurable and modular, making them ideally suited for research in the wide range of fields.
These laboratories are assisting the students to increase the understanding of fundamental engineering concepts. Lab experiments are designed in coherence with theory.  Hence, students understand the concepts of engineering in reality.

1)         Aerospace Sensors & Systems Laboratory

Aerospace sensors lab aims at providing the research facility for advanced study in aerospace sensors such   as sensors modeling, linearization, sensor failure detection, complimentary filtering, and multiple sensor fusion. This lab uses the modular test and measurement system platform extended in SCXI signal conditioning interfaces that allow programmable filtering and signal conditioning to the sensors signal including activation. This lab when used in conjunction with avionics system integration becomes a unique air craft instrumentation and avionics integration test-bed for research purposes.

2)         Avionics Integration Laboratory

The aim of this lab is to provide state of the art hybrid avionics equipment integration, and systems development platform, supporting multiple busses, multiple platforms and unified operations. Demonstration of implementing multiple gateways is possible through state of the art reconfigurable and programmable H/W. Complete instrumentation ready lab will be the key strength of avionics integration facility. It may be noted that Avionics Integration test-bed aims at the integration of one specific aircraft while research test-bed aims at providing a toolset for simulating environment for any research purpose in the area of avionics integration and aerospace sensors systems.

3)         Control Engineering Laboratory

The Control Engineering Lab at the Electrical Engineering Department is equipped with the latest training modules. The concepts in control engineering are experimentally verified on computer based training systems. The trainers assist in enhancing the concepts starting from simulating a simple transfer function, sensing and measuring various quantities, PID control to as complex as controlling coupled multivariable nonlinear systems such as Magnetic Levitation System, Twin-Rotor MIMO System, Gyro-stable platform and 3-degree-of-freedom Helicopter Model. The trainers offer maneuverings to both analog and digital systems. Moreover, industrial control is introduced using the Siemens Programmable Logic Controllers

4)         Digital Signal and Image Processing Laboratory

Digital signal processors are used for a wide range of applications, from communications and controls to speech and image processing. The general-purpose digital signal processor is dominated by applications in communications (cellular). Applications embedded digital signal processors are dominated by consumer products. They are found in cellular phones, fax/modems, disk drives, radio, printers, hearing aids, MP3 players, high-definition television (HDTV), digital cameras, and so on. These processors have become the products of choice for a number of consumer applications, since they have become very cost-effective.

5)         ECM and RADAR Laboratory

The aim of this lab is to provide complete test facility in the range of the software defined radios, frequency hopping radios and systems, jamming and test bed for jamming facility, Wireless Ad hoc networks, HF, UHF, VHF spectrum monitoring and selective jamming including the concepts of OFDM implementation and testing services.

6)         Electro-optics Laboratory

This lab aims at providing the state of the art thermal imaging, optical and image Processing and tracking, multiple sensors fusion FLIR/CCD, robust image registration techniques, optical measurement and testing using spectrometry, fiber optic sensors calibration, linearization and testing facility. Also included in the scope of this lab are fault diagnostics using multiple vision sensors, laser applications, light source, monochrome and color LEDs testing.                 

7)         Electronic Systems Laboratory

Electronics System Lab is the Advanced Analog and Digital Electronics Lab.  It is equipped with high frequency oscilloscopes, function generators, curve tracers and digital Electronics trainers. Its Function Generators are stable, low distraction and can generate signal in the frequency range up to 10 MHz.  The Curve Tracer is a high performance test instrument. When it is combined with a general purpose scope, characteristic curves of all type of semiconductor can be accurately displayed. Digital Electronics Trainer is aimed at being a teaching and development tool for students.

8)         Embedded Systems Laboratory

The Embedded Systems Lab  is equipped with 27 sets of PC based Microprocessor and Microcontroller Interfacing stations, a variety of Micro Controllers, Micro Controller Kits, 10 FPGA Training Kits with FPGA Cards, all types of tools, accessories,  Digital Multi Meters, Universal Programmer ALL-11, Digital Storage Oscilloscope etc. components, consumables, on bench illumination lights, Computers, Multimedia,  Engineering software, a CD database, set of technical books and manuals. The Embedded Systems Lab is offering practical facilities for all Microprocessor and Micro-controller Basics, Interfacing, Programming, Controlling and Monitoring.

9)         Machine Design Laboratory

It is equipped with centrifugal apparatus, gyroscopic motion, static and dynamics balancing, epicyclical gear train, fly wheel and cam follower apparatus. Students perform experiments on these equipments for machine design course.

10)       Mechanics of Material Laboratory

This lab has basic equipment for mechanics of material like bending in straight beams, curved beam. It also has torsion apparatus and Charpy impact tester. Students perform some basic experiment regarding mechanics of material in this lab.

11)       Mechanical Workshop Laboratory

Workshop contains lathe machines, milling machine, shaper, hand-press drill. It is also equipped with necessary wood tools. Gas and arc welding equipment is also available. Students from all disciplines make small projects in first year of engineering.

12)       Power Electronics and Electrical Machines Laboratory

The Electrical Machines and Power Electronics laboratory is used to carry out practical work for the Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Electromagnetic Waves. It is equipped with software controlled Lab-Volt (Canada) equipment, which is useful to perform experiments related to Single Phase/Three Phase Transformers, A/C Generators/Motors, and D/C Generators/Motors etc.
In order to perform Power Electronics related experiments it has lab Software Controlled Lab-Volt (Canada), Terco (Sweden), and K&H (Taiwan) equipment to perform experiments related to Power Thyristors, MOSFET, A/C Motor Drives, D/C Motor Drives, and Speed Regulation etc.This Laboratory is also equipped with Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Multimeters, and D/C Power Supplies.

13)       RF and Optical Communication Laboratory

RF and optical communication lab is designed with versatile training systems to familiarize students with the practical aspect of microwave and optical phenomenon. Comprehensive lab handouts are designed for all the systems and are provided to the students to facilitate them in the practical work. Students also benefit from planar array antennas constructed using microstrip technology. The digital telephony System including digital switching system, telephony training system, and trunk networks are used to practically demonstrate the concepts of telephone networks.

14)       Robotics Laboratory

It is equipped with Lego Mind Stroms for the beginners to start with robotics project. It has also 5 DOF SCARA Robot, with conveyor belt setup for the joint space and trajectory simulation projects. It has also Alen Bradley PLCs' for the introduction and implementation of industrial automation systems to students.

15)       Thermodynamics Laboratory

Thermodynamics lab is equipped with temperature measurement, pressure measurement, and humidity measurement equipment. It is also equipped with Marcet Boiler to do experiments on steam and calculate its dryness fraction. It has the heat pump trainer and refrigeration trainer. Students perform the thermodynamics experiments on these trainers

16)       Thermo Fluid Laboratory

It has fluid mechanics and heat transfer equipment. Fluid mechanics lab is state of the art lab including all under graduate experiments like flow over weirs, impact of jet, vortex flow, losses in pipes and bends, laminar and turbulent flow visualization etc. Heat transfer lab has also equipped with computer controlled conduction, convection and combined conduction and convection experiments.

17)       The Project laboratory

The Project laboratory is equipped with equipments of multidimensional nature. The purpose of this laboratory is to facilitate students of all semesters from all engineering disciplines in their respective semester projects as well as in final year design projects.
General project related design and testing equipments including personal computers, oscilloscopes, function generators and high wattage power supplies have been made available in ample quantity. Availability of two latest ALL-11 Universal Programmers is another positive, its capability of programming any chip from any vendor be it microcontroller, AVR, PIC, EEPROM, UVROM etc makes it the best programming option in the world available as yet.

Computer Laboratories and Internet Facilities

Air University has six computer labs with around 250 workstations. These are fully equipped with latest available machines and multimedia projectors and are centrally connected on domain based network. These labs provide the facilities of internet, individual email address, individual secure profiles and storage areas.
University has established its own private optical fiber network and a Local Area Network (LAN) to make campus wide uninterrupted connectivity and access for its students possible.
Through the University financed “Laptop for All” scheme, all students and staff of the University can acquire a laptop computer on one to three years installment payment plan, without any interest or markup. All laptops provided under this scheme are connected with this Wireless AU LAN.
“AU Hotspots” have been created to provide the internet access campus wide. Hotspots clouds are available in grounds, cafeteria and in parking lots.

Language Laboratory

AU is committed to improve communication skills of the students. For this purpose a sophisticated language laboratory has been established equipped with language desks through computers. This state-of-the-art equipment with 40 booths for students helps a lot to improve communication skills of students.