What are the department laboratories like?
The department has two general purpose computing laboratories located in the center of the department office complex on the second floor of Moench Hall. The laboratories are configured with 24″ LCD monitors and docking stations to which students can dock their laptops. They are arranged in such a manner to provide students the opportunity to meet in small groups around one or two workstations and still have table space for papers, books, and their laptops. There is also a public printer available in each lab, one color scanner, as well as two iMacs and one Mac Pro. In one of the labs a new Usability Lab has been sectioned off where students can study software usability issues and do usability testing for their projects. Adjacent to this lab is a Microsoft Surface device, where students can study multi-touch technology and usability.
