Larry and Gwen Stephens Undergraduate Research Laboratory

Stephens Lab with Students

 

The Larry and Gwen Stephens Undergraduate Research Lab provides state-of-the-art facilities including the latest computer hardware and software designed for industrial engineering projects. 
The lab provides individual work space for up to 15 undergraduate students. To be eligible for a space in this lab, a student must be engaged in research with an Industrial Engineering faculty member. In addition to a workspace, 24 students assigned to the lab are provided with a laptop computer.

Computers and Other Hardware

19 Dell Latitude E6420 wireless laptop computers with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit Bit 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 870 Quad Core processors, 8.0GB of RAM, and solid state hard drives 1 HP Color LaserJet 4700 network color laser printer 1 HP LaserJet 2430 network laser printer.

Photo of Larry and Gwen StephensThe software package on each computer includes:

Autodesk AutoCAD 2012
Eclipse
IBM ILOG AMPL and CPLEX
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2010
Minitab
NetBeans
Palisade DecisionTools
R Software
Reliasoft Suite
Rockwell Arena 14.0
SSH Secure Shell Client
Symantec Endpoint Protection
The MathWorks MatLab 2011a
Visual Studio 2010
Wolfram Mathematica 8

Generous funding for this laboratory was provided by Larry and Gwen Stephens. Larry Stephens is a 1958 BSIE graduate from the University of Arkansas, Department of Industrial Engineering and President of Mid-South Engineering. As one of the charter members, Larry was the driving force that organized the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering and became its first president in 1986.