EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
| Research Equipment: |
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| Geochemistry: |
| Thermo-Nicolet Magna FTIR Spectrometer with microscope attachment |
| Varian AA240 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer |
| Dionex Ion Chromatograph DX 120 |
| Smart 2 Colorimeter |
| Field pH and Specific Conductivity Meters |
| Geophysics: |
| 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 |
| Worden Standard Gravity Meter |
| Hydrology: |
| ISCO Automatic Water Sampler |
| 3 Water flow meters |
| Pressure transducer with data logger |
| Meteorology: |
| Wireless Vantage Pro2Plus Weather Station |
| Mineralogy: |
| Philips Theta-2Theta X-ray Diffractometer |
| Panalytical Theta-Theta X-ray Diffractometer |
| Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer: Oxford Instrument, Inca software |
| Delta-Nu Portable Raman Spectrometer |
| Scanning Electron Microscope - Leo 1430VP |
| Soils: |
| Humboldt HM3000 Digital Master Loader |
| Humboldt CBR and Triaxial Testing Apparatus |
| Lachat QuickChem 8500 Series FIA Nutrient Analyzer |
| Table Model Direct Shear Apparatus |
| Thermo Scientific CL40 Centrifuge |
| Microscopes: |
| 20 Leica DM750P polarizing petrographic microscopes |
| 15 Leitz polarizing petrographic microscopes |
| 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, Media, and Teaching: |
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| Field Equipment: |
| Spectra Precision Focus 10 Total Station |
| Spectra Precision Epoch 25 Survey Grade RTK GPS |
| 13 Xplore Rugged Tablet PCs with GPS |
| 8 Trimble Geoxm GPS units |
| 14 Garmin 60CSX handheld GPS units |
| 50 Brunton compasses |
| Transportation: |
| One 2012 Suburban 4x4 |
| Three 12 Passenger Vans |
| Media: |
| HP Designjet Z5200 42 inch color plotter |
| Canon Rebel 450 Digital Camera |
| Three Canon SX230 Digital Cameras w/GPS |
| 2 Sony HD Video Cameras |
| Classrooms: |
| Three 24-seat multimedia classrooms (7110, 7115, and 7320 Memorial Hall) |
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One 24-seat teaching laboratory (7335 Memorial Hall) |
| One 24-seat instructional computer lab (7315 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. |
