Facilities
The laboratories and facilities of the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (EEES) at Clemson University are located at two different locations: (1) in a state-of-the-art 42,000 square foot building located in the Advanced Materials Center (AMC) formerly known as Clemson Research Park, which is approximately eight miles from the main campus, and (2) in the Brackett Hall on the main campus.
The AMC laboratories of EEES are located next to the Clemson University’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory (AMRL) building. In addition to individual laboratories for materials-based research, the AMRL building houses the Center for Optical materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET) and the University’s Electron Microscope (EM) Facility. The EM Facility is a state of the art, Multiuser facility with a wide range of equipment,including SEMs (Hitachi S3500N, Hitachi S-3400N, Hitachi S4800), a Hitachi HD2000 STEM, a Hitachi H7600T TEM, a Hitachi FB2000A Focused Ion Beam, a KRATOS AXIS 165 XPS, and a Scintag XDS 2000XRD. Other equipment available in the AMRL building includes an array of instruments for materials characterization (e.g., gas and liquid chromatography; UV, vis, NIR and IR spectroscopies; NMR; particle size/zeta analyzer and PCS; and TGA, DSC and TMA).
EEES laboratories are equipped with a number of research analyzers for different types of environmental research. The Equipment page lists the analytical equipment available in the EEES laboratories. This equipment is accessible to EEES faculty, students, and researchers on a need basis. The great majority of the analyzers are computer controlled and equipped with autosamplers.
Advanced Materials Center (Rich Laboratory)
At AMC, laboratory space available for conducting sponsored research includes a total of 24 laboratories ranging in size from 300 to over 900 square feet. There are also several dedicated purpose laboratories, including an instrument room, a low-level counting laboratory, a radiochemical separations laboratory, an organic separations laboratory, a biotechnology laboratory, a laminar-flow clean room, and a two-story open-bay laboratory, in addition to numerous general purpose laboratories. Also included are research support areas, including a darkroom, an autoclave and media preparations room, and a gas cylinder storage area. A loading dock for receiving supplies and environmental samples is conveniently located adjacent to the various storage rooms. The Department has also a machine, fabrication and electronics shop with a full time staff member.The AMC laboratories of EEES are located next to the Clemson University’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory (AMRL) building. In addition to individual laboratories for materials-based research, the AMRL building houses the Center for Optical materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET) and the University’s Electron Microscope (EM) Facility. The EM Facility is a state of the art, Multiuser facility with a wide range of equipment,including SEMs (Hitachi S3500N, Hitachi S-3400N, Hitachi S4800), a Hitachi HD2000 STEM, a Hitachi H7600T TEM, a Hitachi FB2000A Focused Ion Beam, a KRATOS AXIS 165 XPS, and a Scintag XDS 2000XRD. Other equipment available in the AMRL building includes an array of instruments for materials characterization (e.g., gas and liquid chromatography; UV, vis, NIR and IR spectroscopies; NMR; particle size/zeta analyzer and PCS; and TGA, DSC and TMA).
Clemson Main Campus (Brackett Hall)
Several EEES labs for conducting research are also available in Brackett Hall. The Aquifer Characterization Lab is set up to measure hydraulic properties of outcrop and subsurface samples from aquifers and oil reservoirs. The lab contains a suite of flexible wall permeameters for measuring saturated permeability. In addition, the lab contains a Hassler cell for making permeability measurements under confining pressure and a Boyle’s Law helium porosimeter. A capillary pressure vessel is also available. The Thin Section Lab contains several rock saws, a trim saw, a thin-section cutoff saw, and a thin-section grinder. These instruments allow the complete preparation of standard thin sections for petrographic study, or polished sections for microprobe analysis. The lab also contains two sieve shakers and associated sieve pans for grain-size distribution analyses. The Petrography Lab includes several petrographic microscopes. An automated Swift Model F point-counting stage is available for obtaining modal analyses. The Hydrogeophysics laboratory (B03 Brackett) has several equipment packages from National Instruments available for performing real-time imaging and complex conductivity experiments using assorted columns and tanks. The Undergraduate Field Research Lab has a suite of instruments and data loggers available for watershed monitoring including water level loggers, soil moisture probes, rain gauges, and a weather station. EEES laboratories are equipped with a number of research analyzers for different types of environmental research. The Equipment page lists the analytical equipment available in the EEES laboratories. This equipment is accessible to EEES faculty, students, and researchers on a need basis. The great majority of the analyzers are computer controlled and equipped with autosamplers.