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Labs & Facilities

Don Myers Technology and
Innovation Building

DMTI is home to the departments of physics, mathematics and statistics, and computer science, as well as the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Game Lab, the Kogod Center for Innovation, the Design and Build Lab, and more. DMTI features student collaboration and study spaces and fosters a community among CS, Physics, and Math-Stat students and faculty on campus.

Design and Build Lab

DMTI 101
Director: Gustavo Abbott; contact: dabl@american.edu
The Design and Build Lab (DaBL) is a digital fabrication / rapid prototyping / experimentation space located in the Don Myers Technology Building. DaBL is designed to empower and inspire students, staff, and faculty to create things to solve problems. Members of DaBL gain hands-on experience using both 21st and 20th century technology. Anyone with an active Â鶹ÊÓƵID can become part of the community; membership is free. Learn more about DaBL.

Data Science Lab

DMTI 212A
Director: Nathalie Japkowicz
The department of computer science's Data Science Lab develops and applies machine learning techniques to a variety of domains. Current areas of interest include: data stream mining, anomaly detection, concept drift, class imbalances, one-class learning. Current domains of application include: cyber-security, mobile traffic classification, and genomics.

Game Center

DMTI 113
Director: Andrew Phelps
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Game Center serves as a hub for experiential education, persuasive play research, and innovative production in the fields of games for change and purposeful play. Game Center students work side-by-side with faculty on Game Studio projects and participate in the world's leading games events. Learn more about the Game Center.

Xiao Lab: Computational Material Perception Laboratory

DMTI 204
Director: Bei Xiao
The Xiao Lab, also known as the Computational Material Perception Laboratory, focuses on research in human and computer vision, specifically, how to apply principles of human perception to improve machine perception and reasoning of physical properties of objects in complex and dynamic scenes through a combination of human psychophysics, crowd-sourcing, image synthesis and analysis, computer vision and VR techniques.

Lab for the study of Sensation, Perception,
Reality, and Illusion

DMTI 202
Director: Arthur Shapiro
The SPRI Lab focuses on the areas of visual perception and neuroscience, and topics related to color perception, motion, visual camouflage, and low-light-level vision.

District of Columbia NASA Space Grant Consortium

DMTI 206G
Director: Nate Harshman
Hosted by the Physics Department and administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Our mission is to support NASA’s goals by contributing to STEM workforce development in the District of Columbia, utilizing the unique resources of our diverse affiliate institutions through programs in internships/fellowships/scholarships, research infrastructure, higher education, precollege, and informal education, to increase public knowledge, support educators, and attract and retain students to pursue STEM advanced degrees and careers.

Center for Innovation

DMTI 219-221
Â鶹ÊÓƵCI helps current Â鶹ÊÓƵ students from all across campus to gain a full understanding of the real world of business and markets by confronting, embracing, and creating opportunities—with the goal of achieving the highest levels of human flourishing and self–actualization. Â鶹ÊÓƵCI brings together prospective student entrepreneurs, educators, and experienced entrepreneurs to develop entrepreneurial mindsets, identify opportunities, refine business models, and launch new ventures. Learn more about the Center for Innovation.