Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab

The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab is located in the sixth floor of the Higher Education Complex (HEC) building, room 611.

This computer lab contains 30 Windows and Mac computers, as well as multiple printers. All the computers are connected to the campus network and have full access to the Internet.

This open lab is open to all FAU students, and allows them to complete class assignments, conduct research, and perform any other FAU-related academic work.

Hours of Operation

Monday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m
Friday & Saturday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: CLOSED


Joe Sher

Joe Sher

Computer Lab Manager
Office: HEC-609
Phone: 954-762-5194
email:jsher@fau.edu
Lab Phone: 954-762-5273


WebCam
Computer Lab Layout

   

 
Hardware Available
 

The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab contains 2 scanners, 2 black and white laser printers, 1 color laser printer, 1 inkjet wide-format color printer, and 1 color plotter printer.

Qty.
Maker & Model Operating System
Memory
Hard Drive
Processor
20
Dell
Precision T3400
Windows 7
4 GB
160 GB SATA
2.40 GHz
Quad Core
10
Apple
iMac|Intel
MAC OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
4 GB
320 GB SATA
2.66 GHz Intel
Core 2 Duo
 
Software Available
 
Windows Machines
Mac Machines
MS-Office 2010
(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
MS-Office 2011
(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver)
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver)
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production|4 machines
(Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier,
After Effects, Encore)
Maya 2012
Maya 2012
Nuke & Unity
Browsers: Internet Explorer, Safari & FireFox
Browsers: Safari & FireFox
Archicad 11, 12 & 14
Final Cut Pro 7
AutoCad 2009
 
ArcGIS
 
Sketchup 8
.
Rhinoceros 4
.
SPSS 19
.
Nuke & Unity
.
 

Printing in the Lab

The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab is equipped with a pay-for-print system.
The system requires a valid FAU student ID (Owl card), a faculty ID or a visitor's card. The visitor's card can be purchased within the lab for $1.
Users can add money to their card as needed, using a cash-to-card machine, which is available inside the computer lab.

Type of Printing
Cost
8.5" x 11" - Black & White
$0.05
8.5" x 11" - Color Laser
$0.65
11" x 17" - Black & White
$0.10
13" x 19" - Color (Matte Paper)
$3.00
13" x 19" - Color (Glossy Paper)
$3.00
36" x 24" - Plotter Color
$5.00
36" x 48" - Plotter Color
$10.00
36" x 72" - Plotter Color
$15.00