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School of CEEES | Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Research Equipment

Our laboratories are equipped with research analyzers for environmental research. These instruments are accessible to the EEES faculty, students and researchers on a need basis. The great majority of the analyzers are computer-controlled and equipped with autosamplers. EEES has a variety of field equipment that can be used for geophysical and hydrogeological studies. The equipment is stored at various locations in the department and elsewhere on campus.

The L. G. Rich Laboratory has a Type I distilled deionized water production system (Super-Q Plus, Millipore).

In addition to the research infrastructure, EEES has two teaching laboratories equipped to conduct Unit Operation Laboratories and additional wet chemistry laboratory courses.

  • Dispersion Number and Residence Time Distribution
  • Microbial Growth on Alternative Substrates
  • Coagulation and Flocculation
  • Energy Balance in Microbial Systems, Precipitation, Sedimentation, Gas Transfer, etc.

Chemical Inventory

Chemical Inventories for each faculty member are available through BioRAFT. For information about the availability of chemicals throughout the department, contact the EEES Lab Manager.

Fillable case used in Rich Laboratory

Analytical Chemistry Equipment

  • Gas Chromatography Systems
    • Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph with dual µ-ECD
    • Agilent 8860 Gas Chromatograph with µ-ECD
    • Agilent 7890A Gas Chromatograph with µ-ECD
    • HP 6890 Series II Gas Chromatograph with FID and NPD
    • Agilent 6850 Gas Chromatograph with µ-ECD
    • Agilent 6890A Gas Chromatograph with µ-ECD
  • Liquid Chromatography Systems
    • Dionex Ultimate 3000 HPLC with Fluorescence, UV-Vis and RI detectors, fraction detectors, autosampler (2 systems)
    • Agilent 1100 HPLC with UV-Vis detector
  • Ion Exchange Chromatography System
    • Dionex ICS2100 ion chromatography system, autosampler
    • Thermo Aquion ion chlormatgraphy system, autosampler
    • Thermo Integrion ion chlormatgraphy system, autosampler
  • Mass Spectroscopy Systems
    • Agilent 1290 Infinity II HPLC with 6470 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
    • Agilent 1290 Infinity II HPLC with 6495 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
    • Agilent 7890 B GC system with 7000 C triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
    • Thermo Trace 1310 Gas Chromatograph with ISQ single quadrupole mass spectrometer
    • Thermo iCAP 7400 Duo inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICPOES)
    • Thermo DeltaQ Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer
  • UV-Vis Spectrometers
    • Varian Cary 50 UV-Vis Spectrometer
    • HACH DR 6000 UV-Vis Spectrometer
    • Shimadzu RF-6000 Spectrofluorophotometer
  • Labeled Compound/ Radiochemical Analysis
    • Eight High-Purity Germanium Gamma-Ray Spectrometers (one portable and one low energy)
    • One low-energy high-resolution X-ray spectrometer (HPGe, Be window)
    • Three NaI(Tl) spectrometers (5” x 5”,3” x 3”, and 2” x 2”)
    • Four alpha/beta discriminating Liquid Scintillation Counters
    • Three Flow Cell Radiation Detectors (one digital, one pulse shape discriminating)
    • 38 Alpha Spectrometers
    • 18 Gas Flow Proportional Counters
    • Miscellaneous gas-filled and scintillation detectors
    • Neutron dosimetry instruments
    • Portable health physics instrumentation
    • Geophex GEM2 EM induction sensor
  • Organic Carbon Nitrogen Analyzers
    • Shimadzu Model TOC-V Total Organic Carbon/Total Nitrogen Analyzer
    • Shimadzu Model TOC-L Total Organic Carbon/Total Nitrogen Analyzer
    • Thermo Model EA1112 Combustion CHNS-O Analyzer
  • Other Analyzers
    • Analytik Jena MultiX2500 adsorbable organic carbon (AOX) analyzer with APU2 adsorption module
    • BioRad Gel DocXR
    • Brookhaven Instruments 90Plus particle analyzer with ZetaPALS and ZetaPlus; auto titrator
    • Micromeritics ASAP2010 and ASAP 2020 physisorption (surface area and pore size distribution determinations) analyzers with chemisorption capabilities
    • Model MP401 Electronic Field Gas Permeameter
    • Thales ProMark III differential GPS receivers
    • Thermo ICP-Mass Spectrometer X Series II
    • Thermo Nicolet FTIR spectrometer
    • Virtis Benchtop 6K Freeze Dryer
    • Zeiss Model AXIOSKOP 2 Research Fluorescence Microscope

Field Equipment

  • Geophysical Instruments
    • Ground Penetrating Radar: Pulse Ekko 100 and 1000 (50,100, 225, 450, 900MHz surface and 100MHz borehole antennas)
    • Electrical Resistivity: IRIS Syscal R1+ Switch 48 imaging system
    • EM Induction: Geophex GEM-2
    • EM Induction: Geonics EM-34
    • Gamma: GR-110 Exploranium portable gamma-ray
    • GPS: Thales ProMark III differential GPS (rover + base station)
    • Leica TPS1200+ robotic total station
    • Geonics EM38-MK2 EM induction sensor
  • Drilling Rig
    • Geoprobe 6011DT
    • Augers (4” solid stem)
    • Geoprobe Hydraulic hammer
    • Geoprobe sampling equipment with 3-4” auger
  • Well Pumping Test Equipment
    • 5 Parascientific precision transducers
    • 15 kW Kubota generator
    • 25, 7.5, 5, 3, and 1/3 Hp submersible pumps
    • 2 Campbell Scientific CR10X data acquisition systems
  • Vadose Zone Equipment
    • Portable mini-permeameter
    • 2 Guelph permeameters
    • 7502B time domain reflectometry soil moisture device
  • Stream Gauging
    • Pygmy meter
  • Borehole Geophysics/Water Chemistry

    Borehole Geophysics - Logging instruments with caliper tool and capabilities for measuring single-point resistance Gamma-ray Temperature.

    Water Chemistry - Water quality portable field meters (pH, DO, conductivity, turbidity, temperature, ORP).

  • Aquifer Characterization

    Aquifer Characterization Equipment - The lab contains a suite of flexible wall permeameters for measuring saturated permeability. In addition, the lab includes a Hassler cell for making permeability measurements under confining pressure and a Boyle’s Law helium porosimeter. A capillary pressure vessel is also available.