Located in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC San Diego, this large facility is home to both research and educational efforts. A graduate-level course on Instrument Design and Fabrication is taught within this space, utilizing National Instruments ELVIS II prototyping systems for electronics experiments and project testing. The Fabrication Facility is also capable of supporting the development of major research instrumentation, including a full machine shop with computerized numerical control (CNC) mill and lathe, wire-cutting electrical discharge machine (EDM), and much more. The Fabrication Facility is staffed by a full-time expert mechanic.

The Hydraulics Laboratory contains two air-sea interaction facilities. The centerpiece of CAICE activities, a 33 m linear glass wave channel with a depth of 0.5 m has been utilized in understanding the properties of nascent sea spray through spontaneous breaking of wave packets. With generous support from the Scripps Inst. of Oceanography Director’s Office, this channel has been fully replaced in 2015 with updated electric drive for the wave-making paddle, allowing this system to be cleaner and more precise. The Wind Wave Channel, at 44.5 m long and a water depth of 2 m, allows for large-scale production of waves and aerosol. It is affixed with a wind generator allowing for the production of sea spray by wind shearing, and could be retrofitted for detailed sea spray composition studies in the future.

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The Hydraulics Laboratory contains two air-sea interaction facilities. The centerpiece of CAICE activities, a 33 m linear glass wave channel with a depth of 0.5 m has been utilized in understanding the properties of nascent sea spray through spontaneous breaking of wave packets. With generous support from the Scripps Inst. of Oceanography Director’s Office, this channel has been fully replaced in 2015 with updated electric drive for the wave-making paddle, allowing this system to be cleaner and more precise. The Wind Wave Channel, at 44.5 m long and a water depth of 2 m, allows for large-scale production of waves and aerosol. It is affixed with a wind generator allowing for the production of sea spray by wind shearing, and could be retrofitted for detailed sea spray composition studies in the future.