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MIRDC Welcomes Guests for the Open House


By: Jim Patrick S.D. Erispe

June 13, 2022 – Day 1 of the celebration of the 2022 Metals and Engineering (M&E) Week.  The first day of the M&E Week was marked by one of its major activities – the Open House where the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) showcased the different facilities of the Center.

The goal of the Open House activity is to raise the stakeholders’ awareness of MIRDC's various technologies that assist the metals, engineering, and allied industries.  Faculty members, students, and industry representatives are among those who have been invited.

Guests visited the different facilities of MIRDC.  The following facilities are available for the open house event:

  1. Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCEN)
  2. Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation Laboratory (AMERIAL)
  3. Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory (NDT)
  4. Corrosion Laboratory
  5. Auto-Parts Laboratory
  6. Physical Metallurgy Laboratory
  7. Heat Treatment
  8. Surface Engineering
  9. Machine Shop

The open house activity will give participants a better understanding of the service and capabilities of MIRDC.

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Open House participants attentively listen to an MIRDC expert at Non-Destructive Laboratory during the first day of Metals and Engineering Week 2022.