Laboratory facilities help enrich instruction and promote faculty and student research projects. Departmental laboratories which augment instruction and in which special assignments or senior projects are conducted include Solid State Electronics, Energy Systems Network, Electronics, Energy Conversion and Digital Systems Laboratories.

Electrical Laboratory

An introductory laboratory, designed to introduce students to basic electronic instrumentation and text equipment and to basic measurement techniques using the equipment and to familiarize the students with verifying the fundamental concepts associated with electrical engineering such as Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's laws, superposition and filters. Pre-lab work, correct data collection procedures, documentation and report writing are emphasized.

Solid State Electronics Laboratory

The laboratory unit consists of facilities for device fabrication, materials growth and materials and device characterization.

Device Fabrication Laboratory

The lab is equipped with two headway research spinners for uniform coating of various films. Device metalizations are performed with any one of three different high-vacuum and an ion sputtering machine. Devices can also be metalized with the aid of an electroplating setup. The laboratory contains fabrication equipment such as annealing and alloying furnaces, semiconductor polishing machines, ion-beam and plasma etching equipment and bonding machines.

Electronics Laboratory

This laboratory is equipped with a wide variety of test and measurement devices including wideband oscilloscopes (both sampling and storage), function generators, multimeters, counters and semiconductor devices, an assortment of integrated circuits, breadboards and hardware. An ample supply of small components (resistors, capacitors, transformers, inductors, light devices, switches, potentiometers, PC boards and solid state accessories) are also available in this facility. Audio and video aids on selected topics are also provided in this laboratory. Other reference materials including data books, catalogues and technical publications are housed in this facility.

Digital Systems Laboratory

The Digital Systems Laboratory is equipped high-speed Intel-based PCs, printers and software for design and simulation of digital systems, microprocessor systems development and programming tools for design and simulation/emulation of microprocessor based systems and write programs, and UNIX workstations dedicated to HDL-based digital systems design projects. Students utilize this laboratory for projects in courses such as Digital Systems Design (311/412) and Microprocessor-based Systems Design (416/417).

The laboratory is set up with ETHERNET with capability to access other research centers and laboratories within the university.

Energy Conversion Laboratory

The Energy Conversion Laboratory augments the theoretical foundation or concepts covered in the Energy Conversion course. Studies in the laboratory include power system and its individual components and provide carious control strategies to prevent localized faults or complete system failure. Experiments conducted in this laboratory entail the design and application of medium size rotational devices (DC generators/motors, synchronous machines, induction machines power transformers and power measurements) using single and multiphase watt and var meters. The design components of this laboratory deals specifically with small bench-top machines and the use of digital computers and microprocessors for modeling and analysis. Laboratory experiments are aimed at preparing students in the techniques of power generation, energy conversion, system control, good system design and fault analysis.

Early Bird New Design Laboratory

The Early Bird New Design Laboratory is the latest addition to existing EE teaching laboratories. The laboratory was put together in the summer of 1995 and funded by grants from Howard University and Engineering Coalition of Scholarship Excellence in Learning (ECSEL). The laboratory supports all design-based courses such as: EE 101, Introduction to Engineering I (Freshman); EE 102, Introduction to Engineering II (Freshman); EE 401, Fundamentals of Design and Applications (Senior); and EE 404, Senior Design Thesis (Seniors). Students and faculty with design projects on in all courses and laboratories use the facility to create their design process from analysis, synthesis, simulation, prototyping, testing and validation.

In addition to the department's facilities, students have a access to a variety of laboratories and computer facilities. A list of the College's resources is available of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences' web site.