The CESE laboratories occupy the 4th floor of Link Hall, which is centrally located
on the Syracuse University campus. The accommodations are newly constructed and comprise of
22,000 square feet, including core laboratories and individual faculty laboratories. The core laboratories include a microbiology,
soil, 3 analytical, water, acid wash, trace metals and state of the art Class 10,000 clean room. In addition, there
is a radioactive isotope laboratory, dark room, 3 constant temperature rooms, cold room, computer lab for students
equipped with personal computers and printers, and a teaching laboratory. The facilities have been designed with
versatility required for interdisciplinary research.
CESE laboratories are furnished with sophisticated equipment required to succeed in environmental research. In
addition to standard equipment associated with environmental laboratories (for example refrigerators, freezers,
-80 freezer, shakers, centrifuges, autoclave, water purification system) major CESE equipment includes the following:
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- atomic absorption spectrometer with graphite furnace
- ion chromatographs
- autoanalyzers
- dissolved inorganic/organic carbon analyzers
- automatic titrators
- gas chromatographs (flame ionization, electron capture and thermal conductivity detectors)
- high pressure liquid chromatography (UV and thermal conductivity conductors)
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- soil CN analyzer is used for solid phase soil measurements
- cold vapor atomic absorption and fluorescence spectrometers are available for the determination of trace
levels of mercury fermentors (with oxygen, pH, antifoam control)
- bench-scale activated sludge waste treatment system
- luminometer
- UV/visible spectrophotometers
- electrophoresis apparatus
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| In addition to the well equipped laboratories dedicated to CESE, Syracuse University
has excellent support facilities. The library system, which includes Bird Library, the Science and Technology Library,
and the Moon Library at SUNY-ESF, houses nearly 6.2 million volumes and 16,000 current periodicals and serials.
Since computers are an integral part of graduate student life, the University provides the students with over 700
personal computers and work stations on the campus. High-speed computers are available through the Computer Applications
and Software Engineering Center and through the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center. |
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