Saint Anthony Falls Lab (SAFL) Free Tour

Description

ACEC/MN Emerging Professionals invite you to attend a FREE tour of Saint Anthony Falls Lab (SAFL). 

About SAFL:
The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is an interdisciplinary fluid mechanics research center and education facility under the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Built in 1938, SAFL takes advantage of its unique position near St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River to gravitationally divert and direct river water through the building for use in experiments and research. While initially constructed for hydraulic engineering research, SAFL has expanded its research into fields such as river/stream restoration, fluvial geomorphology and landscape dynamics, renewable energy systems (biofuels, marine hydrokinetic energy, wind energy), cavitation and bubbly flows, and biochemical processes in aquatic ecosystems.

Dress wisely. SAFL is a fluid mechanics lab, and you may get dusty, wet, or muddy, and you will definitely be walking a great deal. Please wear closed‐toed shoes – no flip flops or sandals permitted.

Parking is reserved for SAFL personnel only. If you require handicap accessible parking, there is a spot available near the front door. Otherwise, we ask that you park off‐site at one of these locations:

• Garage: 212 SE 2nd Ave
• Lot: 200 University Ave SE
• Metered street parking is available along SE Main St, portions of SE 3rd Ave, and 2nd St SE