Introduction

Crosby Laboratory is a multiple use facility under the direction of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maine. The Laboratory is home to both material and thermal science testing facilities. For over seventy-five years Crosby Laboratory has collaborated with industry at the state and national levels. This has allowed the Laboratory to provide quality research, for our industry partners, and a first rate education to our students.

B-52 Bomber
At Crosby Laboratory, UMaine Graduate Students Performed Material Tests on the Outer Shell Composite Panels for the NASA X-38, seen here on the Wing Pylon of a B-52 Bomber.