Geosciences Research Laboratories
GIS and Remote Sensing Research Lab (Room 507)
Professor Wei "Wayne" Ji
The Lab supports research activities of faculty and graduate
students involving geographic focuses on studying GIS/remote sensing-based
methods for ecological assessment and biogeographic studies. The faculty and
students with the Lab also conduct studies in relation to bioinformatics and
urban issues. Recent and current projects have been funded by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. The Lab also supports international research collaboration.
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Laboratory for Climate Analysis and Modeling (Room 506)
Professor Jimmy Adegoke
The Laboratory for Climate Analysis and Modeling (LCAM) is Dr.
Jimmy Adegoke’s research laboratory. Advanced computing resources available at
LCAM include 2 Sun Blade 2000 Unix workstations and a 24-node Linux PC-cluster
running the parallel version of the Colorado State University (CSU) Regional
Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) code. The lab also has a suite of satellite
image processing/GIS software and additional software for model output
analysis/visualization, including GRADS and McIDAS.
Mineral Resources and Fluid Inclusion Laboratory (Room 401)
Professor
Raymond M.Coveney, Jr.
The lab is utilized for research on mineral deposits and for
environmental investigations. Equipment includes a gas-flow hot/cold microscope
stage capable of temperatures between –190 and +700°C. Dr. Coveney, Ph.D.
Michigan, has special interests in the environmental geochemistry of black
shales and associate mineral deposits.
Geotechnical Lab Testing Facilities (Room 402)
Syed E. Hasan
Equipment for graduate student projects on geotechnical testing of materials.
Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geoarcheology (Room 406)
Tina M. Niemi
Resources for studies of active earthquake zones and archeologic
sites under the supervision of Dr. Tina Niemi, Ph.D. Stanford, author of “The
Dead Sea,” Oxford University Press, 1997.
Hydrogeology and Environmental Geophysics Laboratory (Room 111)
Professor Jejung Lee
The laboratory has Linux-based and Window-based
computers for numerical simulation of groundwater and contaminant transport,
hydro-geospatial data analysis, and geophysical modeling to characterize
groundwater contaminant plumes. Groundwater sampling tools and geophysical
exploration equipments such as ground penetrating radar are provided to acquire
field data.
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectography (ICPMS)
Lab(Room
424/426)
Professor James B. Murowchick
A Varian UltraMass 600 ICPMS is
used for minor to trace level elemental analyses of
a wide range of materials, including rocks, soils,
waters, biological materials, and synthetic
substances. A Cetac Ultrasonic nebulizer in
the lab can also be used with the ICPMS for
increased sensitivity. The lab also includes a
Thermo ICAP 61e optical ICP for analysis of elements
of environmental interest at per cent to parts per
million concentrations. The adjoining sample
preparation lab includes a CEM MARS microwave
digestion system, analytical balances, high purity
water, and a full range of standards and supplies.
Paleoclimatology Laboratory (Room 505)
Caroline Davies
The Paleoclimatology Laboratory (PAL) in the Department of
Geosciences features a wide variety of field equipment for the collection of
geologic and botanic samples. It also has a full range of instrumentation
suitable for complete characterization of sediment and biotic specimens in the
analysis and reconstruction of past and present environments.
Equipment: