The Structures and Materials Laboratories in METUWIND focuses on mechanical testing, characterization and computational modeling of structural components and materials used in the Aerospace and Wind Energy industries.

The Structures and Materials Laboratories consist of three specific testing facilities:

• Composite Materials Characterization Laboratory
• Structural Mechanics and Materials Testing Laboratory
• Structural Dynamics Laboratory

Composite Materials Characterization Lab

There are three main focus areas of the "Composite Material Characterization Laboratory": Composite material characterization; Composite material manufacturing; and Design, analysis, and optimization of structures composed of composite materials.

Structural Mechanics and Materials Testing Lab

The “Structural Mechanics and Materials Laboratory” focuses on mechanical testing and computational modeling of structural components and materials used in the Aerospace and Wind Energy industries.

Structural Dynamics Lab

“The Structural Dynamics Laboratory”, which is part of the Structures and Materials Laboratory, is the main test and analysis facility of METUWIND – Center for Wing Energy for characterizing the vibration and/or structural dynamic behavior of aerospace/mechanical/civil engineering structures.