Facilities
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Computing, engineering and creative industries' labs
Computing, engineering and creative industries occupies two floors of our recently built STEM building and is comprised of 10 specialist labs, covering the full range of our courses.
Engineering lab Equipped with 24 computers, each with Intel core i5 processors and 8GB RAM.
Mechatronics and electronic engineering lab For additive manufacturing - that is, machines that add material to produce a component. The lab is equipped with solder stations and extractors; construction work benches; and wind tunnel.
Mechatronics and physics lab Equipped with eight computers, each with Intel core i5 processors and 8GB RAM. The lab also contains:
- 16 waveform generators
- 16 power supplies
- 16 digital storage oscilloscopes.
Machine workshop and product design lab Also known as a makers' lab, the lab supports traditional subtractive manufacturing - that is, machines that cut material to produce a component, such as lathes, mills, drills and saws - as well as additive manufacturing - machines that add material to produce a component such as 3D printers and welders.
Network engineering rooms Each is equipped with 30 computers that have:
- Intel core i7 processors
- 16GB RAM
- 1TB SSD
- Windows 11.
One lab also contains state-of-the-art Cisco equipment.
Graphical and games development labs听Used for specialist game and graphics teaching. Each room is equipped with 14-20 computers that have:
- Viglen Intel core i7 processors and i9 processors
- Dual HD 238GB and 500GB or 1TB HD.
Telecommunications lab Equipped with听20 - 30 computers, each with:
- Intel core i7 3.60 GHz processors
- 16GB RAM
- 1TB SSD.
This lab is also equipped with four NEC display screens and a lectern with a zoom display facility for exhibiting individual items.
Security and forensics lab Includes specialist forensic software, security penetration testing and specialist forensics hardware.
General teaching labs These range in size from 15 to 71 computers.
The smaller capacity rooms have HP ProOne 23.8鈥 all-in-one desktop computers with 16GB RAM.
The larger capacity rooms have Intel core i7 processor computers.with 16GB RAM.
Additional facilities and resources
You can now use our PCs even when the CECI labs are closed!
We now have eight of our PCs located within the Learning Resources Centre (Library). These can be found on LRC Level 2. These PCs have the same software installation as our generic PCs in the CECI labs.
In addition, all Bedfordshire students in Computer Science, Engineering and Creative Industries are eligible for the following.
- An account on StudentNET, provided by the department, for managing your course work and your online profile or blog.
- Access to downloadable software VMware Workstation; Microsoft developer tools are also available.
- Access to online training courses such as the National Instruments 'self-paced' course.