Facilities and Other Resources

DESCRIPTION

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The Vascular Biomechanics and Biofluids Laboratory (VBBL) is a 1500 square foot facility hosted by the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UT San Antonio. It consists of an experimental bench-top system and various computer workstations and servers. VBBL provides local computing facilities for model development and simulation, a mechanical testing apparatus for soft tissue specimens and small animal blood vessels, and a flow-loop system for the experimental validation of computational results and testing of synthetic artery models, which consists of constant and pulsatile flow rate pumps, pressure transducers, flow meters, and silicone tubing. 

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COMPUTING FACILITIES

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VBBL contains Intel Linux and Windows workstations with CPU- and GPU-enabled nodes. The UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design's infrastructure consists of a heterogeneous network of over 3000 high-end workstations for state-of-the-art computing, graphics and animation. Computer backups, maintenance, and user consulting are provided by the Office of Information Technology (Tech Cafe). All computers are connected to the local campus network, to UTY San Antonio's high performance computing cluster (ARC), and to outside facilities, providing access to the Texas Advanced Supercomputing Center (TACC). ​​