Facilities & Instrumentation

The Department of Earth and Chemical Sciences is housed in the Mike and Patti Hennessy Science and Technology Center. This building was renovated to provide state-of-the-art spaces for both teaching and research laboratories.  Each of the teaching laboratories is designed to hold a maximum of 16 students, ensuring that laboratory sections are small.  The building also has two full computer labs for use by all science students and additional computer access points throughout the building.  The general chemistry and physics laboratories are further equipped with computers and instrumental interfaces so that experimental data can be collected digitally to allow students greater ability in data analysis.

Each of the chemistry and biochemistry faculty members also has their own separate research laboratory equipped with specialty glassware, equipment and chemicals necessary for their individual research programs. The faculty further shares the following departmental instruments and resources: