| Biotechnology, chemical process operators, and chemistry technology laboratory courses are accommodated in six teaching laboratories. |
Chemistry Laboratory (Room E-210/211)
Open bench space for 40 students is found in this lab. Four fume hoods are used for operations involving volatile and noxious materials. Equipment includes melting point apparatus, spectrophotometers, electrophoresis equipment, pH meters, and ovens. Directly adjacent is a balance room, equipped with electronic and analytical balances and a chemical reference book collection, and a fully equipped stockroom. |
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Bioinformatics/Computer Labs (Room E-213)
The new Bioinformatics/Computer lab houses 20 student workstations and an instructor workstation. Students use these computers for a range of activities including bioinformatics, molecular modeling, manipulation of data from analytical instrumentation, internet research, visualization of human anatomical and other biological specimens.
We have a SGI Stereographic (3D) Visualization System that enables students to see objects in a virtual reality environment.
Funding for this lab is by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Delaware Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN).
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Biotechnology Lab (Rm. E-207)
The new biotechnology lab will be opening for the Spring 2003 semester. The lab will be equipped with incubators, biosafety hoods, small-scale bioreactors, thermocyclers, electrophoresis equipment and a photodocumentation system.
Students will learn techniques used in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing such as cell culture, fermentation, and protein purification.
This lab is partially funded by NSF ATE Project 0101719.
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Chemical Instrumentation Laboratory (Room E-206)
- LKB liquid scintillation counter.
- Hewlett-Packard 8451A diode array ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer.
- Cecil Instruments ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer.
- 4 Hewlett-Packard 5830 gas chromatographs (GC).
- Buck 200 and 210-VGP atomic absorption (AA) spectrophotometers.
- Perkin-Elmer 1600 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometers.
- Perkin-Elmer 1320 grating infrared (IR) spectrophotometer.
- Carl Zeiss polarimeter.
- Bausch and Lomb refractometer.
- Waters Breeze HPLC system.
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Biological Sciences Laboratory (Room C-111)
Twenty bench stations are provided here for anatomy and physiology, biology, and microbiology students. Gross anatomy studies include dissection of vertebrates and invertebrates, sheep, and bovine organs, as well as examination of articulated and disarticulated human and other vertebrate skeletons. Physiology laboratory experiments are performed in spirometry, cardiovascular fitness, and digestive chemistry. A library of over 3000 prepared slides augments histology studies. A survey set of the phyla is available for biology students. The laboratory is equipped with 20 binocular microscopes, two dissecting stereoscopes, and a Bausch and Lomb videoscope. Other equipment includes a water-jacketed, carbon dioxide incubator, an industrial-size autoclave, water baths, and refrigerators. |
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Science Resource Center (Room E-225)
Students can meet comfortably for studying in small groups and use the tutorial software or access the internet for research. The Science Resource Center is open day and evening during normal college hours.
Resources:
- Anatomy and Physiology students (BIO 110, 120, 121): tutorial software is installed on the PCs in the Science Resource Center in the "Anatomy & Physiology" folder.
- General Chemistry students (CHM 100, 110, 111, 150, 151): tutorial software is installed on the PCs in the Science Resource Center in the "Chemistry" folder.
- Organic Chemistry students (CHM 240, 241): tutorial software is installed on the PCs in the Science Resource Center in the "Chemistry" folder
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Computer Process Simulation Laboratory (F-118)
The Computer Process Simulation Laboratory has nine workstations with interactive, real-time process simulators. The dynamic simulators emulate the Distributed Control System used by modern chemical plants to electronically run processes. Nine sets each of 23 standard process models that simulate many of the basic unit operations found in chemical plants and petroleum refineries. A partial listing of the modules include pumps, mix tank, heat exchanger, flash tank, distillation, instrumentation, steam boiler, pH control, and batch reactor. The simulators permit students to start-up, shutdown, and troubleshoot operating problems with the realism of an actual process unit. Primary benefits of the simulator-based training include increased knowledge retention, improved troubleshooting skills, faster response time, and better understanding of plant standard operating procedures. Further, the simulators are a proven method of transferring knowledge and skills that should enable the students to safely operate complex chemical processes.
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