Instrumentation

AMSEC possesses a wide array of instrumentation. Internal users can access this at no charge while external users follow our fee list (available on request). We also work with other departments on campus allowing us to have access to many instruments at the university. The current list of instrumentation is shown below with links to their information where available. Please contact the lab manager for more information on testing or other instrumentation we have access to.

Instrument Reservations

Gas Chromatography (GC)
Equipment	Home Department
Varian 3800 GC + 8200 Autosampler-50 spot	Chemistry
Varian 3900 GC + 8400 Autosampler	Chemistry

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Equipment	Home Department
Varian CP3800 GC with Saturn 2000 Ion Trap MS	SciTech
Agilent 6890-5973 GC/MS with 100 spot autosampler	SciTech

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Equipment	Home Department
Agilent 1100 Series pump and autosampler w/ 1260 Infinity series multiple wavelength UV-VIS detector and refractive index detector	SciTech
Varian 240 Prostar w/ programmable UV-VIS detector and Waters 432 conductivity detector	SciTech
Varian 2x210 ProStar HPLC Dual Pump w/330 UV-Vis and 350 refractive index detectors	Chemistry

Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
Equipment	Home Department
Applied Biosystems API 2000 Triple Quadrupole	SciTech

Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
Equipment	Home Department
Malvern CP3800 GC with Low Angle & Right Angle (LALS and RALS) and Refractive Index(RI)	SciTech

Equipment	Home Department
Rigaku MiniFlex 6G XRD with Cu Source, Silicon Strip Detector, and 8-position autosampler	AMSEC
Rigaku XtaLAB Single Crystal XRD with Cu and Mo sources	Chemistry


Equipment	Home Department
Agilent 7 9 00 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)	AMSEC
Applied Spectra Inc. RESOlution-SE 193nm Excimer Laser	AMSEC
Agilent 5800 Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)	SciTech

All equipment in this section belongs to Engineering and Design.

Electrical Engineering

Meters
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
Power Supply
Function Generator
Solderless Breadboard
Programmable Time/Counter
LabVolt Workstations
SCARA Robot Arm
Circuit Board Mill
Spectrum Analyzer

Manufacturing Engineering

Manual Mills
Manual Lathes
CNC Mills
CNC Lathes
Displacement & Force Acquisition Press
Vertical Bandsaws
Abrasive Waterjet
Rotary Head Die Sinker
Radial Drill Press
Oxyacetylene Torches
TIG/MIG/GTAW Arc Welders
Plasma Cutting Torches
Crucible Furnace
Rotary Abrasive Disk Saw

Material Characterization

Hardness Tester
Torque Rheometer
Moisture Analysis Unit
Viscometer
Impact Specimen Notcher
Universal Test Machine
Surface Profilometer

Metrology

Optical Comparators
FARO Arm with Laser Scanning
Coordinate Measuring Machine
Robot Assembly with Machine Vision
Machine Vision System
Tri-Power Supply
Curve Tracers
Resistance Box

Plastics and Composites

Injection Molding
Vacuum Thermoforming
Extruding
Rotational Molding
Blow Molding
Compression Molding
Reaction Injection Molding
Autoclave
Vacuum Ovens
Pneumatic Ski Press
Braider
Filament Winder
Walk-in Freezer
Accelerated Weathering Unit

Equipment	Home Department
Bruker Bioscope Catalyst Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)	AMSEC
Olympus SZX16 Research Stereomicroscope-Optical Microscope	AMSEC
Tescan Vega 3 Thermionic SEM	SciTech
JEOL JSM-7200F Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) w/ Oxford energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), retractable backscatter detector, and Deben HAADF Annular SEM STEM detector	SciTech

Equipment	Home Department
Denton Explorer 14 (High Vacuum Deposition System)	AMSEC
RMC Boeckeler PowerTome PC ultramicrotome	SciTech
Quorum Technologies E3000 Series Critical Point Dryer (CPD)	SciTech
Sorvall RC6T Superspeed Centrifuge	Chemistry
Sorvall Lynx 4000 Super	Chemistry
CEM Discover LabMate Research Scale Microwave Synthesizer with 24 spot autosampler	Chemistry

All equipment in this section belongs to the Chemistry Department.

Bruker Avance III 500 MHz NMR
Thermo iS10 FT-IR with ATR accessory
Thermo 6700 w/ DGTS KBR and MCT-A Detectors
Jasco V670 w/6-cell peltier controller and diffuse reflectance
Thermo Evolution 200 w/ peltier 8-cell controller
OLIS DSM-10 CD Spectrometer w/ titrator, stopped flow, and thermal module
PTI Fluorometer with temperature control

All equipment in this section belong to AMSEC.

Equipment	Home Department
Mettler Toledo RE40 Refractometer	SciTech
Hidex 300 SL Liquid Scintillation Counter	SciTech
Biolin Scientific Attension Theta-Tensiometer, Contact Angle Measurement Instrument	Chemistry
Beckman Coulter DeltaNano HC Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Particle Size Analyzer	Chemistry
Rudolph Digital -Digital Polarimeter	Chemistry
Micrometrics ASAP 2020 Surface Area/Porosimeter/Chemisorption	Chemistry
Pine Wavenow Potentiostat	Chemistry