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The Bio-Engineering Center

The Bio-Engineering Center was originally established in 1979 to provide technical support to the research community at the Health Center. Recently, Bio-Engineering has gone through a transition and has been expanded to function as an internal engineering and technical services center. We provide a fee for service to all areas of the institution, with the rate provided below.

Our principal services include the following:

Engineering (Biomedical/Electrical/Mechanical)

  • Consultation
    Grant planning, equipment/device conceptualization, equipment selection.
  • Cooperation
    Grant and/or project participation.
  • Academics
    Assist with identifying graduate engineering student candidates for projects and provide student oversight, etc.

Electrical/Mechanical

  • Repair
    Centrifuges, water baths, stir-plates, etc.
  • Design/fabrication
    Plexiglas chambers, replacement parts, custom devices, etc., from customer’s prints or specifications.
  • Machine shop services
    Fully-equipped machine shop with lathe, milling machine, etc.

Miscellaneous Services

  • Laboratory pipette
    Calibration, repair (Call for pricing!)
  • Stock of commonly used parts
    Bulbs, fuses, cables, adapters, interface cards, etc.
  • Parts/equipment location
    Catalogs, phone search, and internet.

Current Rates

(Please note that this rate is inexpensive when compared to similar outside resources.)

  • Engineering, Technician, Machine Shop
    $90.00 per hour.

Response times vary depending on current work load and we do our best to handle emergencies on the same day.

 

Facility Personnel
Contact
  • 263 Farmington Avenue,
    Farmington, CT 6030-2017

    Phone: 860-679-2965
    Fax: 860-679-1989

  • We are located in the sub-basement underneath Sterilization and the OR.
  
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