The FRP Composites Laboratory is a state-of the-art facility for fabricating composite material parts. Professor Lawrence Bank oversees the laboratory which is used for research and teaching in the Composite Structures Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The laboratory is equipped with equipment for hand-layup and vacuum bagging of composite materials using glass, carbon and aramid reinforcing materials and thermosetting resin systems. A dedicated ventilation system provides a well-ventilated environment for polymer resin processing. An automatic Eurovac dust extraction system minimizes composite dust from fabricating operations such as sawing, drilling and sanding. Current projects in the FRP Composites Laboratory include crash worthy composite material highway guardrails, FRP reinforcements for concrete, energy absorption in composite pultruded structures, rapid repair of concrete structures with composites, durability of FRP materials for construction, and fiber architecture optimization.

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