Capacity 30 People 

$40 covers cost of Transportation 

The tour will include visits to two labs that support transportation-related research projects at the University of Minnesota. The labs are part of the College of Science and Engineering and are home to engineering experts who bring an interdisciplinary approach to solving today’s problems.  

The facility provides a powerful tool for investigating the effects of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other extreme events on large structural components up to several stories tall. The tour will begin at the Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) Laboratory, the largest test system of its kind in the world.  The tour will conclude at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), located on the banks of the Mississippi River, a unique and world-class research space for all things water… and then some. The lab addresses major societal challenges associated with fluid flow problems in the natural environment and in renewable energy applications.