Facilities and Labs

RMCOEH is proud to have state-of-the-art facilities that help students make the most of their time at the center.

Headquarters

In 2021, RMCOEH moved from the University of Utah’s main campus to a brand new facility in downtown Salt Lake City. Our modern headquarters is designed to jointly serve the University of Utah and Weber State University components of the center and foster interdisciplinary collaboration among all of our programs.

The location, which was renovated with the help of a $1.15 million donation from WCF Insurance, is equipped with everything from offices and touchdown space for faculty, students, and staff to a kitchen and dining area. But the standout features are three classrooms — with respective capacities of 80, 30, and 15 people — equipped with technology for hybrid courses, laboratories outfitted with research equipment, space for our research teams, and multiple medical examination rooms.

Laboratories

RMCOEH’s programs boast labs that provide our students with hands-on training and allow our faculty and students to perform research that is charting new territory in occupational and environmental health and safety. Some labs are located at our headquarters, while others are housed on the University of Utah main campus and at Weber State University.

Lower Extremity Biomechanics lab

The 1,500-square-foot Lower Extremity Biomechanics lab, located at RMCOEH's headquarters, includes equipment that is used by trainees in our Ergonomics and Safety, Occupational Injury Prevention, Occupational Medicine, and Targeted Research Training programs. The lab is also used to promote research objectives in Functional Capacity Evaluations, Human Factors Biomechanics, and other musculoskeletal domains.

Center for Meeting Effectiveness

The Center for Meeting Effectiveness lab includes two fully equipped executive conference rooms, as well as a control room that allows researchers to observe meetings involving study participants. This 1,400-square-foot lab, located at RMCOEH’s headquarters, is utilized by our Center for Meeting Effectiveness for research related to the science of meetings, including efforts to improve employee engagement, well-being, and safety.

Two Industrial Hygiene wet labs

RMCOEH has two Industrial Hygiene wet labs — one equipped for laboratory-based teaching and an office for three students, and the other equipped for research and configured for experiments.

Industrial Hygiene wind tunnel lab

The Industrial Hygiene wind tunnel lab represents a novel design combining the principles and modes of operation of both a conventional wind tunnel and a calm air chamber.

HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering

The HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering, totaling 1,900 square feet, facilitates research related to wearable bionic devices and robotics aimed at helping people with disabilities or other physical limitations retain movement capabilities.

HGN Treadmill Lab

The 550-square-foot HGN Treadmill Lab is designed explicitly for treadmill-based motion analysis studies and is utilized by students in RMCOEH's Ergonomics and Safety program.

Ergonomics and Safety lab

The Ergonomics and Safety lab facilitates research on several topics related to ergonomics and safety, including human gait, biomechanics, rehabilitative robotics.

Motion Capture lab

The Motion Capture lab houses equipment that enables researchers to study the coordination of movement and postural control through a range of measurements.

Skeletal Fracture and Fatigue lab

The Skeletal Fracture and Fatigue lab facilitates the study of skeletal tissues, including their structure, fracture mechanisms, and dynamics.

Head Injury & Vessel Biomechanics

Researchers at the Head Injury and Vessel Biomechanics lab examine how blood vessels respond to deformation with the goal of predicting injury and dysfunction.

Utah Head Trauma Lab

Researchers at the Utah Head Trauma Lab examine the structure of the head and eye as they change with age, utilizing engineering principles to characterize how the head and eye respond to injury and disease.

Weber State Annie Taylor Dee Simulation Center

The Annie Taylor Dee Simulation Center features five clinical simulation exam rooms, multifunctional flex spaces, a practice lab, and two debriefing rooms.