BME Research Equipment and Facilities
- Biorad-Digilab FTS-6000 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
- Rheometric Inc. Minimat Materials Tester
- Jeol JSM-840A Scanning Electron Microscope
- Renishaw 100 micro-Raman Spectrometer
- GE QE Plus 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer
- LECO 2000 Image Analyzer
- Rame-Hart Contact Angle Goniometer
- MTS Universal Testing Machine
- Digital Instruments Nanoscope IIIa Multi-Mode Atomic Force Microscope/Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- Siemens-Nicolet Transmission Diffractometer, and a Philips Bragg-Brentano Diffractometer.
- BET Surface Area Analyzer
- Zeta Meter-surface charge analyzer
- High frequency Sonicator
- Hitachi H-7000 FA Transmission Electron Microscope
- Hysitron Inc. Nanoindenter
- Hewlett-Packard 5423A.Structural Dynamics Analyzer
- DiCam-Pro, Intensified CCD Imaging System
- Microtrac 3100, Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer
- TA Instruments, Q100 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- TA Instruments, Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
- Union/Szegvari Inc., Attrition Mill.
- Surface Tensiometer and Viscometer
- Gel Phase Chromatograph with Triple Detector
- ThermoHaake 600p High Shear Mixer
- ThermoHaake Single Screw Extruder
- Ometron SPATE 4000 Scanning Infrared Radiometer
- Ometron VPI 4000 Scanning Laser-Doppler Vibrometer
- Infrared Polymer Modulator-Manning Applied Spectroscopy
- Nima, Langmuir Blodgett Film Balance
- LECO, Interstitial Analyzer
- LECO, Carbon/Sulfur Determinator
- LECO, Oxygen/Hydrogen/Nitrogen Determinator
- Finn, Rolling Mill
- High-Velocity Impact Tester (custom built)
- TA Instruments, Q400EM Thermal Mechanical Analyzer
- Instron Dynatup POE2000e Pendulum Impact Tester
- MTS intelligent laser processing system (3 KW Nd: YAG laser, a Fanuc M16i robot, a gantry robot, and two feed systems)
- MTS 3D friction stir processing equipment provides the capability to join large, curvilinear structures in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys directly from CAD/CAM files
- EG&G PARC model 273A potentiostat/galvanostat
- FADAL VMC 40 vertical machining center
- Romi CNC Turning Center
- Stratasys FDM 3000 Rapid Prototyping System
- Sharpe Vertical Milling machine
- Circuit Board Prototyping System
- Computational software including SolidWorks, FEMAP, ALGOR, ADINA, ABAQUS, DELMIA, IDEAS, TENSION6, Mastercam, Cosmos, Fluent
- MTS Nano XP Nanoindenter
- Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
- Veeco NT1100 Optical Profiler with DMEMS
- Aramis Speckle Pattern Strain Measurement System
- Optomec Mesoscale Maskless Material Deposition (M3D) Direct Write System
- Zyvex nanomanipulator system
Additional facilities for polymer and composites processing exist in the new School of Mines Polymer Technology and Composites Lab.
The new School of Mines Computational Mechanics Lab contains 30 research work stations and 1 mid-range server and software.
