RESEARCH
FACILITIES
Aquatic Research and
Environmental Assessment Center		Contact: J. Marra
AREAC is a 15,000 sq. ft facility dedicated to basic and applied studies of aquatic organisms and the environments they inhabit. The saltwater area (10,000 sq. ft) is a re-circulating seawater system, allowing control of temperature and salinity, and photoperiod. There is also a separate, 3,000 sq. ft. lab for growing and experimentation of freshwater organisms. A 2,000 sq. ft. adjacent lab is equipped for various analyses, including morphology, immunochemistry, molecular biology, and biochemical assays, and water quality.

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Environmental Sciences Analytical CenterContact: Z. Cheng

The Environmental Science Analytical Center at Brooklyn Collegeis equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for environmental research and education, and provides analytical services to a wide range of customers. The Center also has a trace metal lab and a mineral & particulate sampling processing lab. Currently core facilities include:

  1. a Perkin-Elmer Dynamic Reaction Cell Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

  2. an Analytical JEOL 200-kV Transmission Electron Microscope, and

  3. a Philips Multi-Purpose X-Ray Diffractometer.

Imaging Lab Contact: J. Chamberlain

Our imaging lab is used by a diverse group of scientists for research investigations in petrology, paleontology, petrophysics, biology, and physical anthropology. The lab facilities include a:

  1. Hitachi TM-1000 tabletop electron microscope (magnification of up to 10,000x on uncoaated samples) with SwiftED-TM EDS system.

  2. Nikon LV100 polarized light microscope with both transmitted and reflected light capabilities, and an attached digital camera

  3. Research-grade binocular microscope.

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Petrophysics Lab
Contact: C. Cranganu

Our petrophysics lab is currently used in overpressure studies (gas capillary sealing). Recently, new studies regarding the caprock sealing capacity of potential carbon dioxide sequestration reservoirs have been initiated. The lab facilities include:

  1. Micromeritics AutoPore IV 9500 mercury intrusion porosimeter that has the ability to measure pore diameters from 0.003 to 360 µm

  2. a Micromeritics Gemini Series surface-area analyzer which uses the volumetric technique to generate high-speed surface area and porosity data

  3. SediGraph III 5120 Particle Size Analyzer which determines particle size by the highly accurate and reproducible X-ray/sedimentation method, which measures the gravity-induced settling rates of different size particles in a liquid with known properties. Particles with diameters in the range of 300 to 0.1 µm can be measured with the SediGraph™ III 5120.


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