The Materials Properties Laboratory in the Industrial Engineering Department is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the characterization and testing of engineering materials, supporting both educational and research activities. It features comprehensive specimen preparation equipment, including precision cutters, hot and cold mounting presses, automated grinding and polishing machines, and etching stations, enabling students and researchers to prepare high-quality metallographic samples for detailed analysis. Advanced microscopy capabilities are provided through optical metallurgical microscopes with digital imaging and magnifications up to 1000x, allowing examination of microstructures in metals, alloys, composites, and polymers to correlate material composition with properties.

The laboratory is equipped with specialized tools for evaluating mechanical and thermal properties, including hardness testing stations (Rockwell, Brinell, and Vickers testers) for assessing surface resistance and durability. Universal Testing Machines (UTMs) with capacities up to 100 kN perform tensile, compression, and flexural tests to determine strength, elasticity, and ductility under controlled conditions. Additionally, multiple furnaces and heat treatment setups, such as muffle furnaces and controlled-atmosphere units reaching temperatures over 1400°C, facilitate processes like annealing, normalizing, hardening, and tempering, enabling studies on how thermal treatments influence material behavior and performance in industrial applications.​