The Carleton Laboratory is focusing on the testing of civil engineering scale structures as well as the multiscale characterization of materials ranging from soft matter to metals. The structures testing laboratory is equipped for research in all types of engineering materials and structural elements including fracture, fatigue, vibrations, health monitoring, and damage detection. The Carleton Lab also provides its users an array of multiscale characterization tools: Keyence optical microscope, Keyence optical comparator and surface analyzer, Haake Mars rheometer, LECO hydrogen analyzer, SPECTRO spark optical emissions spectrometer (OES), Orton Dilatometer, and Wilson/Rockwell Hardness tester.