Geology & Environmental Science - Equipment and Facilities
Geochemistry
- Isoprime 100 Isotope Ratioing Mass Spectrometer with PyroCube and Multiflow Module
- Thermo-Nicolet Magna FTIR Spectrometer with microscope attachment
- Varian AA240 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- Bruker Tracer III X-Ray Fluorescent Spectrometer
- DeWitt Systems MCS-1000E Core Scanner System
- Dionex Ion Chromatograph DX 120
- Smart 2 Colorimeter
- Field pH and Specific Conductivity Meters
Geophysics
- AGI Supersting Electrical Resistivity System
- Geonics G-TEM Electromagnetic System
- Geometrix G858 Cesium Vapor Magnetometer
- Scintrex Proton Precession Magnetometer
- GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar - 200, 400, & 900 MHz Antenna
- Mala Ground Penetrating Radar - 250 & 800 MHz Antenna
- Geometrix ES3000 12 channel portable seismic unit
Hydrology
- ISCO Automated Water Sampler
- 3 Water flow meters
- Solinst levelogger
Meteorology
- Wireless Vantage Pro2Plus Weather Station
Mineralogy
- Philips PW1729 X-ray Diffractometer
- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer: Oxford Instrument, Inca software
- Delta-Nu Portable Raman Spectrometer
- IDRaman MICRO 532 Raman Microscope
- Scanning Electron Microscope - Leo 1430VP
- Scanning Electron Microscope - Phenom XL desktop
- Radiation Solutions RS-230 Scintillometer/Gamma Ray Spectrometer
Soils/Engineering
- Beckman-Coulter LS 13 320 Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer
- Humboldt HM3000 Digital Master Loader
- Humboldt CBR and Triaxial Testing Apparatus
- Humboldt HM2750A Direct Residual Shear Apparatus
- GCTS PLT-100 Point Load Tester for Rock
- Thermo Scientific CL40 Centrifuge
- Soil sampling and testing devices
Microscopes
- 31 Leica DM750P polarizing petrographic microscopes with Leica WiFi cameras
- 15 Leitz polarizing petrographic microscopes
- Leica M125 High Resolution Trinocular Stereo Zoom Microscope System with digital HD camera
- Leica DM2000 LED-equipped for reflected light flourescence with digital HD camera
- Two Nikon (trinocular), Leitz and Olympus (Transmitted and Reflected light capability)
- Two Meiji Techno RZ binocular microscopes
- Meiji MX9300 Trinocular polarizing microscope
- Nikon Ecliplse 50I polarizing trinocular microscope
- Olympus SZ60 zoom binocular photographic microscope
- 28 student stereo zoom binocular microscopes
Sample Preparation
- Spex Industries Ball Mill
- Braun Chipmunk Rock Crusher
- Two Hydraulic Rock Splitters
- Diamond Rock Saws
- 8-inch Buehler diamond polishing unit
- Gold sputter coater and graphite evaporator
- Buehler Minimet sample polisher for SEM/EDS
- Isodynamic Magnetic Separator
- Large Centrifuge
- Sonic Dismembrator
- 2 Muffle Furnaces
Field Equipment
- Leica Zeno 20 Survey Grade RTK GPS
- Spectra Precision Focus 10 Total Station
- 15 iPads & 15 iPad minis
- 8 Trimble Geoxm GPS units
- 14 Garmin 60CSX handheld GPS units
- 50 Brunton compasses
Transportation
- One 2012 Suburban 4x4
- Four 12-passenger vans
Media
- HP Designjet Z5200 42 inch color plotter
- Canon Rebel 450 Digital Camera
- Three Canon SX230 Digital Cameras w/GPS
- Sony HD Video Camera
Classrooms
- Two 24-seat multimedia classrooms (7110 and 7115 Memorial Hall)
- One 24-seat teaching laboratory (7120 Memorial Hall)
- One 24-seat instructional computer lab (7105 Memorial Hall)
- One 24-seat computer lab for student use (6129 Memorial Hall)
- One 48-seat multimedia classroom (7370 Memorial Hall)
- One 112-seat classroom (6110 Memorial Hall)
- Note: The Soils/Hydro/Engineering lab (7130 Memorial), Geochemistry Lab (7140 Memorial) and other research equipment are also used in teaching.
