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Lab Facilities

Physical Security

Due to the value of research equipment and the sensitive nature of some of the work that we may do, all team members must take precautions to ensure the security of our facilities and equipment. Most of the measures that team members should take are fairly common sense.

  • Do not leave keys lying around or let friends borrow keys to the lab.
  • Do not prop doors open unless you are in the space and able to monitor the entry.
  • If you are the last to leave, turn off the lights and ensure doors and windows are locked. Ensure equipment is switched off.
  • Do not let anyone who is not a team member into MItHRIL facilities without prior authorization from Prof. Matthew Pan. Visitors should never be left unaccompanied.
  • Do not let unknown visitors or people into Ingenuity Labs without asking who they are and who they are looking for. Visitors to Ingenuity Labs must sign in and be accompanied for the duration of their visit by a host, only during working hours (8 am - 5 pm). If you see someone you do not recognize, ask who they are and who they are working for. Ask Kate or Ramzi for assistance if you spot someone who is not supposed to be here.

Facilities

Walter Light Hall Rooms 704 and 706

Our primary lab space is on the top floor of Walter Light Hall in rooms 704 and 706. This lab space is shared with Ali Etemad's AiiM Lab. Space for student desks, experimental setups, and prototyping are located here. This space is designed to be flexible; e.g., all desks and cabinets are on wheels to allow for reconfiguration, which allows for easy ad hoc setup and interactions with your colleagues, as well as convenient access to your research equipment. Research space becomes increasingly limited at the university. It is everyone's responsibility to help maintain and maximize the utilization of our space.

Sharing Space with AiiM

We share WLH 704/706 with the Ambient Intelligence and Interactive Machines (AiiM) Laboratory headed by Dr. Ali Etemad. Since both MItHRIL and AiiM have some shared research interests in human sensing and machine learning projects, sharing the space helps create opportunities to share knowledge and resources among members of the two labs. Students are also encouraged to socialize and build a friendly community within the common space. There is a loose boundary between the two labs: in WLH 704, MItHRIL takes the south half of the room (closest to the door), while AiiM is located in the north half of the room (closest to the windows). In WLH 706, it is reversed: MItHRIL inhabits the north side of the room, whereas AiiM has the south side of the room where their driving simulator is located. Please be respectful of our neighbours when working in the space.

Walter Light Hall Graduate Desks

ECE graduate students can request desks within Walter Light Hall that are situated within cubicle bullpens on most floors. These desks can serve as quiet places to work. Please ask ECE Graduate Program Assistant Debie Fraser (fraser.d@queensu.ca) for more information on how to obtain a desk. Note that if you decide to request a desk in the bullpens, you must use your desk at least 50% of the time (two to three days per week or every morning/afternoon). Otherwise, the department may reassign the desk to someone else. Space in WLH is at a premium; the ECE department wants to ensure that desks are filled with people working, as FEAS may decide to assign space in WLH to other departments in the future.

Mitchell 395 (Ingenuity Labs)

MItHRIL is affiliated with the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, which has over 12,000 sq. ft. of collaborative research space in Mitchell Hall, room 395. This space is meant to house equipment, experimental setups, tools, robots, and more for the use of all members. Students working on a project under Ingenuity Labs (you will be told whether you are or not) will be allocated a touchdown desk on the 2nd level. Generally, lab meetings, as well as joint meetings with other robotics labs, will be held at this facility.

Walter Light Hall Room 702 (Matt's Office)

Matt's office is adjacent to MItHRIL lab space in Room 702. Come to say hi, or crash on the couch if he's around.