The Structural Engineering Laboratory was invested and put into operation in 8/2004 to provide a prestigious facility for teaching and studying into engineering structures of both undergraduate and graduate levels. In particular, the laboratory also supports operations of experimental scientific research, production and technology transfer in order to meet urgent demands in the fields of inspection, quality assessment of structural member as well as whole structure.

The laboratory, a steel building covering an area of 16m by 48m, has a 5-ton traveling crane and a set of equipment for testing bending members (beam, truss, slab) including:

-       a testing bay (or frame?) with a clear span of 12m

-       a 50-ton servo hydraulic actuator

-       six LVDTs

-       a portable data logger with 30 channels for obtaining signals of loading, strain and displacement.