Supporting Faculty and Student Research
The Environmental Sciences Program has state-of-the-art research facilities. The major analytical instruments include:
![Agilent 6460 Triple Quad LC/MS](img/Agilent 6460 Triple Quad LCMS.jpg)
![Agilent 7890A GC/MS](img/Agilent 7890A GCMS.jpg)
![Agilent 7890A GC/ECD](img/Agilent 7890A GCECD.jpg)
![Agilent 1200 Infinity HPLC](img/Agilent 1200 Infinity HPLC.jpg)
![Agilent 7500cx ICP/MS](img/Agilent 7500cx ICPMS.jpg)
![Agilent 200 AAS/VGA 77](img/Agilent 200 AASVGA 77.jpg)
![Agilent Cary 60 UV-Vis](img/Agilent Cary 60 UV-Vis-copy.jpg)
![Dionex ICS-2000](img/Dionex ICS-2000.jpg)
![Thermo Scientific Flash 2000 Organic Elemental Analyzer (CNS)](img/Thermo Scientific Flash 2000 Organic Elemental Analyzer.jpg)
![Nanoparticle Analysis System (NanoSight)](img/Nanoparticle Analysis System.jpg)
![Bio-safety Hood](img/Bio-safety Hood.jpg)
![environmental chamber](img/environmental chamber.jpg)
![real-time PCR](img/A real-time PCR.jpg)
![Photosynthesis analyzer (LI-COR 6400)](img/photosynthesis analyzer.jpg)
![Malvern Zetasizer-nano](img/Malvern Zetasizer-nano-copy.jpg)
A cold-frame greenhouse on a 1-acre field research site
Individual faculty research laboratories provide students with hand-on research experience in different disciplines, ranging from molecular toxicology to GIS spatial analysis.
Individual Department Labs also have a suite of portable instruments for quantifying personal exposure and identifying hazardous locations for environmental pollutants. These resources include the following:
A Bruker TRACER 5i handheld XRF spectrometer, which can determine trace elements in soils, pipes, surfaces, consumer products, and other environmental materials.
A Hach DR1900 portable water spectrophotometer, for analysis of drinking water, waste water, and surface water contaminants and constituents
A TSI SidePak AM520 personal aerosol monitor, for analysis of dusts, mists, and other fine airborne particles
Two Dylos air quality monitors for counting airborne fine and coarse particles
Digi-Sense and Extech SL400 portable data-logging noise meters for characterizing environmental and personal noise exposures
Various survey and GPS equipment
Facilities for sediment size distribution analysis