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Facilities
The laboratory is first and foremost an undergraduate facility, available for use in undergraduate courses and research projects. These facilities may also be used for outreach to the community, or for graduate courses and research, pending availability.
There are three main areas in the laboratory, each housing different types of equipment. The main room contains several characterization tools, as well as a computer laboratory with the latest materials research related software. The Furnace Room contains equipment for heat treating materials, as fabrication tools as such casting and extrusion tools. The Electronic Magnetic and Optical (EMO) laboratory contains equipment for the characterization and processing of electronic materials.
Primary laboratory equipment
- Philips Scanning Electron Microscope (XL30)
- Anatech Sputter Coater (Hummer VI)
- Instron Universal Testing Machine (4502) with TestWorks
- 2 Perkin Elmer Differential Scanning Calorimeters (DSC 6)
- Rigaku Miniflex XRD w/ JADE analysis software
- 3 Nikon Optiphot Microscopes
- 2 Nikon Optiphot Microscopes with Nikon digital sight Camera(DS-L,DS-5m)
- Nikon Optiphot Microscope with Cohu high performance CCD Camera
- Stereo Microscope with Cohu high performance CCD Camera & Fiber lite S80 Illuminator
- Rockwell Hardness Tester
- Buehler Micromet II Digital Microhardness Tester
- Jasco FT/IR 4100
- Olympus BH2-UMA Microscope
Computer laboratory
The laboratory also houses over 30 personal computers loaded with the following software:
- AutoCAD
- LabView
- Mathematica
- Kaleidagraph
- FEMLab
- MatLAB
- Adobe Photoshop Element w/ Image Processing Toolkit
- MoldFlow
- Materials Studio
- CMS/CES
- SolidWorks
- ChemDraw
- MS Office
- Adobe Acrobat
Materials Processing Room (HH Dow 2231)
- 2 LECO PR-15 Mounting Presses
- KerrLab Auto Electro Melt Caster
- Vulcan 3-550 Furnace
- 3 Leco Spectrum System 1000 Grinder/Polishers
- Brabender Plasti-Corder with Extruder and Mixer Attachment
- Mooney Viscometer ST1
- Thropp Two Roll Mill
- BPE Extruder
- BPE Blown Film Tower
- BPE Blown Molding Rig
- Gottfert Capillary Rheometer
- Instron Capillary Rheometer
- Sonntag Universal Impact Machine
- 3 Lindberg/BlueM Furnaces (1200)
- Lindberg/BlueM Furnace (1700,5000W)
- Lindberg/BlueM Furnace (1700,3500W)
- Carbolite Furnace (750)
- Carver Hydraulic Unit Model #3912
- Smithy Drill Press/Lathe
- Fisher Scientific FS30 Ultrainsonic Cleaner
EMO Lab (HH Dow 2219)
- 2 Edwards Auto 306 Evaporators
- Wesco Stereo Microscope UV 3000 Series
- HP 4156 Precision semiconductor Parameter Analyzer with 16442A Test Fixture
- K&S 4524 Wire Bonder
- HP 4192 LF Impedance Analyzer 5Hz-13Hz
- Trek High Voltage Amplifier 609D-6
- HP 33120A 15MHz Function/Arbitary Waveform Generator
- HP 54603B Oscilloscope 60M
- Varian 50Bio UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
- MMR Technologies Inc. MPS-50 Programmable manget Power Supply and Benchtop Magnet
- Bio-Rad RC-2400 Alloying Furnace
- LakeShore 321 Autotuning Temperature Controller
- Burleigh AFM/STM
- Keithley 224 Programmable Current Source
- HP 34420A Nano Volt/Micro OHM meter
- Lindberg/BlueM Tube Furnace (TF55035A)
- Cryomech CP510 Compressor System
- HP 34970 Data Acquisition/Switch Unit
- HP 34401A Multimeter
- HP 6614C 1-100V/0-0.5A DC Power Supply
- HP 6286A 0-20V 0-10A DC Power Supply
- Keithley 480 Picoammeter
- HP 6035A System Power Supply 0-500V/0-5A, 1000W
- HP 6626A System DC Power Supply