Projects

A close-up view of a metallic industrial machine with a large glass window and multiple bolts, showing internal components through the glass.

Projects

Our shop can turn a concept into a design and manufacture the parts to complete the project. We work from hand drawn sketches, prints or just an idea in your head. We can also reverse engineer your existing parts with any alterations you request. Here are a few examples of our past projects.

Our projects include:

Project: Water Tunnel

Researcher: Ben Davis

Description:  The water tunnel will help researchers develop new methods of generating electricity and more efficient space and marine vehicles like rockets and drones.

Project: Wood Sample Polisher

A precision laboratory device with metal rails, gauges, and control knobs is mounted on a black table against a white brick wall.
Close-up, black-and-white image showing a pattern of small, regularly spaced circular holes with a few larger dark spots distributed throughout.

Researcher:  Joe Dahlen

Description: This Polisher is used to polish wood samples so that they can be imaged under a microscope. As part of that project, this polisher was used on samples from 210 trees, and over 24,000 images were collected from the polished samples.

Project: 3D Root Phenotyping Device

3D visualization of a plant root system model, with labels for the Computational Plant Science Lab and University of Georgia logos in the corners.
A semi-circular camera rig is positioned around a wooden root structure, with lights illuminating the object against a dark background.

Researcher:  Alex Bucksch

Description: The 3D root scanner utilizes 10 industrial cameras mounted on a rotating curved frame to capture images from all sides of the maize root.

Project: Rhizotron Boxes

Two metal trays with clear dividers sit on a wooden workbench in a workshop, surrounded by various tools and equipment.
A clear acrylic box with open sides placed on a wooden workbench in an industrial workshop setting.

Researcher:  Anny Chung

Description: These Rhizoboxes quantify the belowground development of roots and mycorrhizal colonization in real-time. These Rhizoboxes allow a window into the belowground interactions of plants in a controlled space which would not be possible otherwise.

Project: Vet Med Horse Stocks

A metal restraint bed with overhead bars is positioned in the center of a sterile room with medical equipment and stainless steel counters along the walls.
A metal gate with wavy edges and a horizontal locking bar is installed on a gray floor inside a room with white walls.

Researcher:  Dr. Gary Baxter

Description:  These horse stocks are used to aide in a variety of medical procedures administered to horses at UGA’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.