Undergraduate students
Undergraduate laboratories
Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory
This laboratory is located on the fourth floor in Room 413.
Classes using this lab:
- EGRC 320 Chemical, Biochemical and Transport Systems Lab II (INSTRUMENTATION)
- ENGR 402, 403 Senior Design
Equipment
- HP 6890 Gas Chromatography with HP 5973 Mass Spectrometer
- HP 1100 Series High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Perkin Elmer Lambda 40 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- Perkin Elmer Pyris 1 Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer and Differential Scanning Calorimeter with Cryofill system
- Nicolet Magna 760 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer with Nicolet Magna 760 Raman Attachment
- Precision Reciprocal Shaker Bath
- Yamato Sterilizer SM300 Convection Oven and Model 605 Freezer
- Nicolet Nicplan IR Microscope
Unit Processes Laboratory
The Unit Processes Laboratory comprises a unique working microplant designed to produce guaifenisen, a pharmacologically active ingredient used in cough medicines. The laboratory is a working chemical production facility. The microplant has a jacketed reactor, a crystallizer, a filtration system and vacuum dryers. With the addition of a high-temperature water supply and various support equipment, the microplant is equipped with four different types of heat exchangers, five different kinds of pumps, several sets of control valves, and multiple temperature, pressure and flow sensors. A Delta V computer system is dedicated to the operation and control of the facility. The microplant can be operated as an integrated facility or it can be subdivided into more than 18 different student-operated experiments designed to address a wide variety of chemical engineering science, process and safety fundamentals.