To ensure that end users receive the best personal protective equipment that science and technology can offer, Med-Eng conducts comprehensive and extensive equipment evaluation and fundamental research, including:

• Full-scale blast testing—This includes blast tests with instrumented anthropomorphic mannequins equipped with protective equipment facing high explosives, anti-personnel mines, improvised explosive devices (e.g., pipe bombs), and grenades.
  
  
• Ballistic testing—Usually referred to as “V50” testing, ballistic testing is carried out to determine the efficacy of various materials and combinations of materials to stop fragmentation. Med-Eng is a pioneer in performing V50 testing against a range of fragment simulating projectiles (2, 4, 16, 64 grain Right Circular Cylinders; 17 grain chisel shaped) for EOD and demining applications.
  
  
• Drop tower testing—Med-Eng has its own state-of-the-art drop tower, which is used to perform impact tests of helmets, back protectors in EOD ensembles, and other protective components.   Material performance tests are also carried out.
  
  
• Ergonomic/biomechanical testing—In conjunction with academic, government, and industrial partners, Med-Eng carries out ergonomic assessments of its protective equipment. This has included range-of-motion testing with a force dynamometer.
  
  
• Thermal mannequin testing—This provides a carefully controlled, standardized, and objective method of evaluating the efficiency and capacity of personal cooling systems. For this purpose, Med-Eng has developed its own dry thermal mannequin (torso and arms) linked to a computerized data acquisition system. Moreover, it can be operated in the Med-Eng environmental chamber, which allows testing in environmental temperatures ranging from winter to desert-like temperature and humidity settings.
  
  
• Human physiological testing—Tests with human subjects (in conjunction with different types of personal protective equipment) are performed to validate microclimate cooling products, while subjects perform typical working tasks in various environmental conditions.