Departmental Facilities and Instrumentation

The Chemistry Department is located in the West wing of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.  The department office and most of the labs and faculty offices are located on the third floor.  General Chemistry labs are located on the first floor, while the Biochemistry facilities are located primarily on the second floor.  There are eight teaching laboratories and two walk-in Environmental Rooms, which allow controlled experimentation between -10 and +60°C. In addition, there are nine research laboratories, which are not only used by the faculty but also by undergraduate students doing independent research projects. A large share of the department's chemicals, equipment, and glassware is stored in the Central Scientific Stores .

The Chemistry Department also maintains its own computer facility, the John A. Carrabine Computer Laboratory . This facility is used at all levels of the undergraduate program and contains 20 desktop computers, a multimedia projection system, and two laser printers. The Carrabine Lab is the only student computer lab on the west wing of Dolan.  Students can use all software available on the campus network, as well as take advantage of chemistry specific molecular drawing and modelling software. The laboratory is routinely used for classes.

The Chemistry Department is well equipped with modern instrumentation, many pieces of which are state-of-the art. One advantage of the Chemistry Program is the ample opportunities that students have to obtain hands-on experience using these instruments. The Department has over $1.5 million in instrumentation in the teaching and research laboratories. This equipment is used by students, from general chemistry to the advanced undergraduate laboratory courses. Students also make extensive use of these instruments during the course of independent research projects.

Instruments in the Chemistry Department

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