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CIEST team members posing for group photo in front of centrifuge
CIEST team members examine the joint of a PVC pipe in an axial load frame
CIEST student employee using a power tool to descale a cast iron pipe removed from service for the REPAIR project
CIEST team members wiring a model structure on the shake table of a centrifuge
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Spacecraft Testing
Control Room during flight
A student works on the top of the centrifuge arm
Deck testing with JR Harris
A group of students next to the 400 g-ton centrifuge
A group shot of Yunping Xi, Mija Hubler and their students in the structures lab.
A student looks at the results of a materials experiment on a computer screen.

The Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST) provides a centrally managed experimental testing facility offering geotechnical centrifuge, structural dynamicsand materials testing. The facility boasts unique large-scale, fast loading rate, gravitationaland environmental control capabilities.

The CIEST lab facility exists to provide publicly accessible facilities and expertise for large-scale structural and materials testing. The center is a group of shared laboratories open to students, facultyand visitors.

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