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Human Factors     Materials     Computing

Human Factors

Speech Pathology and Audiology

• Research Laboratories
• Fully-equipped language development
• Infant development
• Speech perception and production
• Palatometry
• Neurophysiology
• Pediatric audiology
• Voice science
• Auditory physiology
• Hearing aids/amplification
• Psychoacoustic laboratories
• Swallowing
• Tele health in both speech and audiology
• Five audiological test suites
• Three audiological research suites
• Eight therapy rooms with a digital video/sound system for supervision in addition to the one-way mirrors

Exercise Physiology

• Anthropometric Lab
• Behavioral Science Lab
• Equipped to perform a wide array of measures including, but not limited to; exercise tests, anthropometric measures, and assessments of relative reinforcing (motivating) value
• Biochemistry Lab
• Applied & Environmental Physiology Lab
• Motor Control Lab
• Strength Lab
• Exercise Testing Lab
• Vascular Health Lab
• Rapid prototyping, process improvement, quality and safety management systems, and time-based and lean manufacturing

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Materials

Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments

• NMR Spectroscopy:
• Varian Inova 500
• Bruker DMX 400 with solid state capabilities
• Bruker AMX 300
• Mass Spectroscopy:
• Bruker Esquire ESI/MS/HPLC
• ThermoFinnigan GC/MS (EI/CI)
• Voyager DE MALDI-TOF spectrometer
• Thermal Analysis:
• TGA, TMA, DSC
• Titration Calorimetry
• X-Ray
• Siemens D5000 Powder Diffractometer
• Bruker AXS platform single crystal X-ray diffractometer
• Upgraded with an APEX II CCD detector
• Graphite monochromatized Mo K a radiation (1 = 0.7107 A)
• Equipped with an Oxford 700 Series Cryostream low temperature device (operates at 100 K)
• Lattice determination, data collection, structure refinement, scaling, and data reduction are carried out using Apex2 v1.0-27
• Machine Shop
• Cutting, drilling, milling, and lathing services
• Advanced Recombinant DNA Laboratory
• Centrifuges (Beckman L8-55M, Sorval RC-5B, and a Beckman Airfuge)
• Perkin Elmer GeneAmp 9600 PCR system
• UV Stratalinker 2400
• DNA sequencing system
• Proteomics Core Facility
• Cary 300 Series II Spectrophotometer
• Pre-monochromator – Extends the working range of the Cary 300 past 5 absorbance units by lowering the stray light.
• Sealed optics – prevents exposure to corrosive environments.
• Variable slits – allow optimum control over data resolution. The spectral bandwidth can be set to 0.2 nm.
• Phase locked wavelength drive – prevents peak shifts and peak suppression at high scan speeds.
• Double choppers – ensure that the sample and reference beam strike the detector at the same point.
• The large sample compartment – gives you more flexibility in sample size.
• Centralized accessory control – all accessories are centrally controlled by the Accessory Controller.
• Cary 300 Accessories
• The SPS-5 together with the Routine Sampler Accessory perform high throughput liquid handling. Routine sample analysis is automated, reducing error and analysis time
• Minimum sample volume 320μL
• Flow cell volume 80μL
• Wavelength range – 190-900nm
• Temperature range – 5-~100ºC
• Peltier Temperature Control Accessory unit with provisions for six samples and six reference cuvettes
• Staggered cell positions
• Peltier heating/cooling
• Built-in temperature probe for monitoring cell block temperatures
• Electromagnetic stirring
• Cell lifter
• Ciphergen Protein Biology System IIc SELDI TOF MS
• Beckman Coulter ProteomeLab PF2D
• High loading capacity without band distortion
• Improved detection of low-abundance species
• Membrane or hydrophobic proteins detection
• Enhanced reproducibility
• Contamination-free liquid flow path
• Automation
• Beckman Coulter Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation
• Controlled by a PC using the Windows XP-based BioWorks™ Operating System
• Labconoco CentriVap Concentrator/Cold Trap
• Eppendorf 5415D Centrifuge
• Thermolyne DRI-BATH
• ZOOM IPG Runner System and various gel electrophoresis equipment

Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

• Liquid Crystal Device Prototype Facility
• Glass cleaning: ultrasonic, UV/ozone, plasma
• Photolithography / patterning: pattern generation in positive resist (S1800 series) to 3 microns or less; etching processes for ITO, chrome, aluminum, SiO2, nickel, gold, and others; laser repair
• Wet coatings: spincoating, roller coating (not standard)
• Vacuum deposition: RF and DC sputter coating of SiO2, nickel, and other
• films; e-beam evaporation; ion-assisted e-beam evaporation; thermal evaporation
• Alignment layers: various polyimide materials; SiOx oblique evaporation
• Cell assembly: XY dispenser for gasket seal; wet or dry spacer application; post spacers
• Glass scribing: manual and programmable glass scribers, for single or laminated substrates, with camera alignment
• Cell filling: vacuum filling, end sealing
• Characterization: Spectroscopic ellipsometry for thin film characterization; SEM; profilometry
• Environmental testing: temp and humidity chamber, programmable
• Organic Synthesis Facility
• Provides researchers with liquid crystalline materials that are not commercially available
• Purify impure single liquid crystals
• Formulate mixtures when an exact composition is provided
• Expertise in deuterated materials, esters, cyanobiphenyls, ferroelectrics, diacetylenes, lipid salts, etc
• Characterization Facility
• Determine material properties of bulk liquid crystals, properties of the liquid crystal/substrate interface, and properties of the substrate
• Measurements that can be obtained by this facility
• Bulk Material Properties
• Dielectric Properties
• Frank Elastic Constants
• Indices of Refraction
• Diamagnetic Anisotropy
• Liquid Crystal/Substrate Properties
• Pretilt Angle
• Polar Anchoring Coefficient
• Substrate Properties
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
• Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility
• Available techniques:
• Traditional TEM, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), scanning TEM (STEM), cryo-TEM, electron diffraction techniques, energy-filtered TEM (EFTEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
• Instruments:
• 200 kV microscope (Tecnai G2 F20), manufactured by FEI, provides superb performance of a 0.24 nm point-to-point resolution and a 0.15 nm information limit for TEM mode and a 0.2 nm spot size for STEM mode
• Microscope features:
• Advanced digitally controlled operating system
• Schottky field emission gun
• Integrated scanning TEM (STEM) system
• Integrated low-dose mode
• Attachments and accessories:
• Twin-blade anti-contaminator
• 4k*4k UltraScan CCD camera
• FEI Vitrobot
• Cryo holder
• Integrated Gatan Tridiem imaging filter
• EDAX SUTW (super ultra-thin window) x-ray spectrometer
• Radiation effects on solar cells and semiconductor materials
• Study of metallic and ceramic materials using x-ray photo-electron spectroscopy and Auger electron microscopy

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Computing and Simulation

Department Labs

• Internet Engineering and Teaching Laboratory (IETL)
• Distributed Steering, Computation and Visualization Laboratory (DiSCoV)
• The Software Development Laboratory (SDML)
• Source-Code Analysis, Transformation, and Differencing
• Software Traceability
• Reverse Engineering and Reengineering
• Program Comprehension and Understanding
• Emprical Software Engineering and Mining Software Repositories
• Software Visualization to Support Understanding of Large Software Systems
• Networking and Media Communication Research (MediaNet) Laboratory
• VLSI Design Laboratory
• Bioinformatics and BioComputing Laboratory
• Parallel and Associative Computing Lab

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