Shiley School of Engineering

Computing

The University campus is equipped with the latest computer equipment allowing ample access for all students. Shiley Hall has a 40-seat open computer lab and two 35-seat computer classrooms. The building also has two conference rooms, one with video-conferencing capability. All classrooms are now interactive --- classrooms equipped with audiovisual systems capable of displaying web pages, computer images, and a number of other audiovisual media types. 

Student study areas

Engineering and computer science students have the two-story Vollum Study Room set aside solely for them to interact and study. Both floors of the Vollum Study Center are equipped with wireless capability. The room is accessed from the new atrium with seating for socializing and studying, and a view of Forest Park, across the Willamette River.

Laboratories

Shiley Hall has 17,000 square feet dedicated to labs to support classroom education as well as individual student work whether it is fabrication or research. Listed below are the various labs in the building.

Environmental Engineering  Thermodynamics Fluid Dynamics  Robotics  Computer Science Circuits and Electronics Optics Metallography  Computer Vision

Surveying Communications and Electrical Fields Geotechnical Engineering Materials Testing Automated Manufacturing Power and Control Systems Digital Systems Experimental Mechanics Mobile Robotics

Shop

Shiley Hall has extensive shop facilities overseen by technicians. Facilities include: a wood shop with drill presses, planer, band saw, table saw, sanders, etc.; a welding shop including metal inert gas, tungsten inert gas, and stick- or oxy-acetylene; and a precision-machining capable metal shop with a milling machine, drill presses, saws, bead blaster, solvent tank and sander.