Instrumentation Center
The chemistry department has a noteworthy array of modern
instruments, all for student use. Laboratory facilities include
a Cary 50Bio UV-VIS obtained in 2002, a Varian CP
3800 GC with an autoinjector with a Saturn 2000 Ion
Trap MS (2002), a Thermo Matson Satellite FT-IR
(2000), an Anasazi 90-MHz FT-NMR (1999), a
GC-8610 from SRI (2000), a Varian ProStar HPLC
(2004), a Buck 210 VGP Atomic Absorption (2005),
and a Brinkman Titrator (2000). Recently we purchased
a Shimatzu Fluorescence spectrophotometer and a
professional version of Spartan molecular modeling
software. Also available to the project is the equipment
maintained by the biology department, including autoactive sterilizers, tissue processors, luminometers, biophotometer, fotodyne gel documentation systems, plate reader, micro centrifuges, CO incubator, inverted microscope with fluorescence and digital camera, electrode puller, electrode polisher, electrophoresis equipment, vibratome for sectioning, microtome for sectioning, micropipettes, and a scanning electron microscope.
All courses are held in the $10.2 million Lied Science and Mathematics Building (completed in 1999):
- Five chemistry labs feature state-of-the-art equipment
- Students have hands-on access to high-tech instruments such as a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer
- Students do extensive group work
- Individualized experiments challenge students to think on their own and provide the opportunity to learn from others at the same time.