Facilities in the School of Science and Engineering
Our facilities
![MSI concrete building](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-05/KGM_9745.jpg?itok=XY90GYH4&h=e5aec6c8)
Building
Medical Sciences Institute is home to CAHID and School of Life Sciences
Research facility
The laboratory gives a sterile working environment where you can grow/maintain cells and engineer tissues under the correct physiochemical conditions
Facility
The Concrete Technology Unit has some of the best equipped laboratories in the UK
![Girl working with water tank equipment in fluid mechanics lab.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/sse-marine-wt-0518-019.jpg?itok=XuZ5ZkQt&h=014043a5)
Research facility
We have a range of physical modelling and experimental facilities to support research and teaching in fluid mechanics
Research facility
We maintain a well-equipped geotechnical engineering laboratory for teaching and research support
Research facility
We are architects of world-leading computational models in Civil Engineering
Research facility
Our purpose-built observation lab records human interaction with technology
![Female User Centre participant who uses communication device for speaking in conversation with volunteer during a group session.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-02/IMGP8486.jpg?itok=-d_4PiKN&h=fee4874d)
Facility
The User Centre is a place where groups of computer users and learners of varying skills meet to learn and help each other in a friendly environment
Research facility
The Argument Analysis Wall (ARG-Wall) is a 3.2m x 2.4m touchscreen interface
Facility
Designed primarily to support the gathering of user requirements, especially through the use of drama
![two men using the Applied Laser Technology Laboratory](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/applied-laser-1170x780.jpg?itok=oydqbKIO&h=6b6c6ba8)
Facility
Provides hands-on and basic knowledge of laser systems used in manufacturing
Facility
This laboratory is used for the preparation and examination of engineering materials
Facility
This facility allows you to design, programme and build autonomous robotic devices
![Person in a hazmat suit kneeling on the ground in the woods](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/uod_sls_ug_forensic_0317_011-2400.jpg?itok=W1Z6cMJS&h=c3635fa2)
Facility
All of our forensic anthropology staff are casework active and some have given evidence in court in the UK (Scotland, England Wales). All forensic anthropology and archaeology practitioners are certified with their professional bodies.
![A photograph of a person in uniform working in the Thiel Cadaver Facility](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/thiel.jpg?itok=ZcEundAa&h=b82fc3b6)
Facility
We use the Thiel embalming system, which offers a novel and revolutionary experience of working with human material compared to other preservation methods
![animal bones in a lab with students in the background](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/sls_bioscience_pg_bonelab_03_17_-_14-2400.jpg?itok=Ci_4yJlo&h=c3635fa2)
Facility
The comparative osteological collection is another of our active skeletal repositories which is being continually expanded
![scan images of human skulls of different ages](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/scheuer-1170x780.jpg?itok=RXTmxkGA&h=6b6c6ba8)
Facility
The Scheuer collection is considered the only active repository of juvenile skeletal remains in the world