Facilities

Center for Natural Sciences

Constructed in 1992, it houses the physics, biology, and chemistry departments. It contains facilities for both classes and student research.

The Clinton B. Ford Observatory

Built in 1998, it is used for both undergraduate research and astronomy courses. It houses a CCT-16 16-inch (0.4 m) f/8 Cassegrain telescope.

General Lab

This lab is used by freshman physics majors and students in astronomy courses. It is equipped with six 500 Mhz Pentium IIIs , two 600 Mhz Pentium IIIs, and one 1.8 Ghz Pentium IV. Each machine has a NuDaq PCI-7200 card for use with lab equipment.

Advanced Lab

• speed of light
• particle counting detector and electronics
• grating spectrometer
• X-ray diffraction
• NMR
• measuring e/m, e, G, and h
• interference of light
• holography
• diffraction.

Machine Shop

• milling machine
• lathe
• drill press
• band saw
• sanders and grinders
• sheet metal shear
• tools for precision measurement
• hand and power tools for a wide variety of educational uses.

Faculty Research Equipment

- Dan Briotta's Lab (and Observatory)

• SBIG ST-8XE cooled CCD camera with CFW-8A color filter wheel and Johnson photometric filters.
• SBIG STL-1001E large format cooled CCD camera, also with photometric filters
• SBIG SGS self guiding spectrograph
• SBIG AO-7 adaptive optics system
• SBIG STV digital integrating video camera

- Michael Rogers's Lab

• Geometrics G-868 cesium magnetometer with gradient package
• GSSI Ground-penetrating radar with 400 MHz and 280 MHz antennas
• Sokkia SET-610 Total Station with several tripods, prisms, and rods
• Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop
• G3 Apple Powerbook
• 6-100 m survey tapes, 10-30 m survey tapes
• dozens of plastic survey stakes
• six dead-blow hammers

- Bruce Thompson's Lab

• Tira GmbH model 155 vibrator
• Crown DC300A DC amplifier
• Meade ETX 101 telescope
• Occultation timing equipment
• four Geosource 10 Hz vertical geophones
• two Geosource 4.5 Hz 3-axis geophones
• two Geosource 2.0 Hz vertical geophones
• NASA design 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer

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