ChE and CBE Research Equipment and Facilties
The CBE department and SDSM&T offer a variety of state-of-the-art instruments and laboratories for instruction and research.
Microscopy Laboratory
- Scanning Electron Microscope with energy dispersive X-ray and image analyzer (SEM / EDX)
- Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
- Interfacial Force Microscope (IFM)
Mechanical and Thermal Testing Laboratory
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
- MTS Mechanical Tester
- Thermogravimetric Analyzer
Process Design and System Analysis Computer Laboratory
- AspenTech Suite (chemical steady state process simulator, dynamic process simulator, and properties)
Composites and Polymer Engineering Laboratory
- Polymer Processing and Characterization
- Visit http://cape.sdsmt.edu
Process Control Laboratory
- Opto 22 Controller and Data Acquisition System
Analytical Laboratory
- FT-IR spectrometer with microscope and Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) system
- Laser-Raman spectrometer
- HP 6890 gas chromatograph
- Others (UV-Vis spectrometer, AA, ICP, Ion chromatograph)
Reaction and Separation Engineering Laboratory
- Combustion synthesis reactor
- Centrifugal combustion synthesis reactor
- SHS reactor
- Supercritical extractror and Supercritical reactor
- Supercritcal equilibrium and variable volume veiw cell
Energy Laboratory
- Thermochemical water-splitting reactor
- Solar simulator and quantum efficiency set-up
- Semiconductor parametric analyzer
- High temperatur, high pressure reactors
- Thin-film deposition systems
