Impact Lab

This instructional and research laboratory houses industrial printing, materials science, and process control equipment central to the hands-on experience of Department of Graphic Media Science and Technology students. A six-station Mark Andy flexographic printing press, a six-station screen printing press, ink proofing and analysis equipment for both liquid and paste inks, and quality control instruments form the core of the equipment that students use to output and analyze graphic projects. It is not unusual for student to see their own work from concept to completion come to fruition in this output-based laboratory. Innovative research on materials and printing processes, such as thermochromic and conductive inks, is also conducted in this space.