Facilities

EES Department Facilities

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has several state-of the art facilities and equipment for use by faculty, students, and external parties. 

• Hydrogeology Laboratory

  The Hydrogeology Laboratory is composed of a hydraulic properties and sediment size analysis laboratory.

• ICP-MS Laboratory

  The ICP-MS Laboratory is a state-of-the-art Thermo Scientific ICAP Q quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS).

• Lapidary Laboratory

  The Labidary Laboratory includes 12 Buehler polishing wheels, a Buehler thin section machine, a Buehler low-speed precision saw, ultrasonic cleaner, and fume hood access.

• XRF Laboratory

  The XRF Laboratory has a Bruker S4 PIONEER –  a 4 kW wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (WDXRF).

Shared-Use MSU Research Centers and Facilities

EES Department faculty, staff, and students have shared access to facilities and equipment shared across the University. Notable facilities include:

• Center for Advanced Microscopy (CAM)

  The Center for Advanced Microscopy (CAM) provides MSU researchers with formal graduate level instruction and  shared-access facilities including scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes, laser capture microscopes, and confocal laser scanning microscopes. 

• Center for Crystallographic Research

  The Center for Crystallographic Research has resources for Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SCXRD), Powder X-ray Diffraction (PWXRD) and X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF). Shared-use facilities include instrumentation from various sources which include Bruker and a Rigaku SCXRD instruments, a Bruker PWXRD and a Bruker XRF. 

• Composite Materials and Structures Center (CMSC)

  The Composite Materials and Structures Center (CMSC) has expertise in processing, design and optimization, materials science, nanocomposite technology, structural analysis, surface science, failure analysis, and more. Shared use facilities include equipment for measuring mechanichal properties, thermal analysis, microscopy and surface science, nanotechnology, and processing and manufacturing.

• Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER)

  The Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) provides the cyberinfrastructure for many EES faculty, staff, and students to conduct computationally intensive research. The High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) is ICER's primary computational facility.

• Kellogg Biological Station (KBS)

  The W. K. Kellogg Biological Station is one of North America’s premier inland field stations for field experimental research in aquatic and terrestrial ecology that takes advantage of the diverse managed and unmanaged ecosystems. The varied habitats of KBS includes forests, old fields, streams, wetlands, lakes, and agricultural lands. Shared-use facilities include dedicated spaces for microscopes, isotope counting, carbon and nitrogen analysis, and autoclaves as well as environmental chambers and labs dedicated to molecular genomics, GIS, and image analysis. Additional support areas include a computer workroom, wet and dry labs for field sample processing, and rooms for walk-in coolers and drying ovens. Shared-use facilities are specifically designated to support the research of resident and non-resident faculty, and funding opportunities are available for graduate students to develop research and participate in educational programs.

EES Department faculty, staff, and students also have access to a diverse array of Research Centers and Facilities through the College of Natural Sciences.