Agricultural Systems and Engineering (ASE) Laboratory caters to researchers, who address sustainability in agricultural production. The facilities are capable for implementing excellent agronomic and engineering researches on soils, water and plant, such as, plant growth, soil fertility and management, integrated pest management, plant water requirement, etc. Facilities to conduct researches on terramechanics, ergonomics and tillage are also available. The engineering aspects of agricultural production are dealt with through innovations and development of machines and equipment to enhance productivity and reduce human drudgery. These innovations are constructed at the ASE workshop.

Aquaculture Laboratory serves the academic and research programs of aquaculture and aquatic resources management (AARM) field of study. It is equipped with modern equipment to analyze water quality, nutrients in food and feedstuffs, and soil classification and their problems identification.

Bioprocess Technology (BPT) Laboratory is well equipped to provide services to a broad spectrum of modern biotechnologies, namely, the analysis of biological components, application of bacteria and fungi, systems for bioprocessing and bioconversion, application of unit operations and bioreactor operation. It is also capable of conducting studies on the growth, application and analysis of microorganism and enzymes and their products. It has many state of the art equipment, such as highpressure liquid chromatography, gas liquid chromatography, UV-vis computerized spectrophotometer, rapid visco-analyzer, microprocessor controlled bioreactors, solid state fermentation unit, refrigerated centrifuges, vacuum dryer, cyclic incubators, electrophoresis apparatus, gel filtration unit, PCR machine, pilot facilities for biowaste
treatment and chitin/chitosan production.

Energy Laboratory serves as a facility for conducting experiments, research, testing and hands-on training in the Energy Field of Study. Laboratory functions are focused mainly on solar thermal energy, photovoltaics, biomass energy, energy management, thermodynamics and heat transfer, and electrical measurement and analysis. The laboratory facilities include two indoor laboratories, an energy park and a meteorological station. The indoor laboratories are equipped with experiment setups, testing apparatus and measuring equipment for thermal and electrical management studies, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and electrical power supply management. Energy Park covers 3980-m 2 outdoor research and demonstration facility equipped with photovoltaic systems, solar thermal (air and water) systems, biomass research and daylighting setups. The meteorological station measures and records different solar radiation and other meteorological data. Energy laboratory continues to carry out testing services such as fuel quality tests, gas composition tests, tests for heating value of fuels, solar thermal collector performance tests, solar water heater system
performance tests and stove efficiency tests. For details, please visit

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The Environmental Engineering (EE) Laboratory is housed with facilities to handle a wide range of knowledge and skills in problem solving for industrial needs and analytical works for physical, chemical, microbiological, and environmental parameters such as water and wastewater quality, solid waste, air pollutants and noise level. For teaching, training and research purposes, the EE laboratory is categorized into four sub-laboratories namely, research, ambient, environmental research station and a mobile laboratory. The research laboratory is equipped with many sophisticated instruments such as GC-IRD-MSD, UV-Vis spectrophomters, an atomic absorption analyzer with flame, graphite and cold vapor operations, and gas and liquid chromatographs. For lab and pilot scale testing purposes, the ambient laboratory has furnished with facility to conduct experiments for treating sludge, sewage and industrial wastes. It is also housed with advanced water and wastewater treatment units such different membrane bioreactors, and high rate anaerobic treatment processes with methane gas recovery. The Environmental research station consists of pilot scale aerobic and anaerobic biological wastewater treatment units, constructed wetlands, waste stabilization ponds and a hazardous wastewater treatment plant. In addition, a flexible mobile laboratory is developed with facilities to accommodate all kinds of portable laboratory equipment necessary for on-site water and wastewater sampling and analysis.

Food Processing Laboratory deals with both durable and perishable food products and the development of small-scale food processing technologies. It emphasizes on the determination of material properties; design and development of new processes and related equipment; computer modeling of food processing operations; thermal processing; biotechnology for added-value processing; and employing emerging technologies, namely, image processing, electronic-nose applications, and acoustic testing for food quality evaluations. The laboratory is equipped with instruments such as food texture analyzer, color meter, whiteness meter, viscometer and a variety of other instrument including drying equipment, temperature and relative humidity sensors and computer assisted data logging systems. Equipments are also available for graining and starch processing, fruits and vegetables handling and storage technology, juice processing and oil extraction. The laboratory is open to cater industry needs for food quality evaluation and testing. The performance evaluation of commercial processing equipment may be undertaken along with development of food processing equipment as well as small-scale food processing
technologies.

The Pulp and Paper Laboratory was established to provide the need for research and high level education for this specific field. The laboratory is equipped with all basic facilities for teaching and research purposes in the field of pulp and paper technology. Several sophisticated equipment have been constantly furnished to extend the services for advance research and special studies likewise. The facilities are provided for activities in pulping, paper testing, printing and coating, as well as for wood component analysis. The equipment is standardized according to ISO, TAPPI, and Scandinavian Standards. The programmable six-vessel autoclave digester makes cooking study in research level possible in the most convenient setting. Other major equipment in Pulp and Paper Laboratory include the single batch digester, bleaching reactor, sheet formers, fiber length analyzer, formation tester, de-inking flotation cell, and spectrophotometer with ERIC option. In addition to provide assistance and research facilities needs for students, faculty, the laboratory also provides professional services for pulp and paper industry internationally.