Swanson School of Engineering 2016 statistical summary

Energy Systems Laboratory The purpose of the Energy Systems Lab at the University of Pittsburgh is to investigate the multi-scale thermal-fluid behavior encountered during the conversion and use of energy. The laboratory includes a National Instruments DAQPad-6020E multifunction I/O device for USB connected to an SCXI system with multiple thermocouple, voltage, and current terminal blocks, an Omega Engineering OMB-DAQ-55 data acquisition module, fine-gauge thermocouples with low noise connectors and electric ice points, Omega FP-5070 mini-flow sensors, millivolt pressure transducers with full bridge design, heat flux sensors, digital meters, high accuracy rotameters, a Sony DCR-TRV900 3 CCD digital video camera with frame-grabbing and streaming video cards, a Leitz Epivert modular inverted microscope with swappable high-precision objectives, and a number of computer workstations.

The Environmental Engineering Laboratory The Environmental Engineering Laboratory provides research and analytical capabilities in environmental science and engineering for wastewater treatment, water resource protection and development, industrial waste, toxic and hazardous waste management, and environmental impact assessment remedial action. The facility consists of about 10,000 square feet of space, divided into individual laboratories which contain equipment for standard chemical, microbiological and instrumental analyses including: Agilent 5100 inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES); Agilent 7820 Gas Chromatograph with 5977E mass spectrometric detector and 7693A autoinjector; Hewlett Packard 5890 Series-II Gas Chromatograph interfaced with Electron Capture and Flame Ionization Detectors; Dionex ICS-1100 Ion Chromatography System with Conductivity Detector, Ion Suppessors and AS-DV autoinjector; Agilent 1200 series HPLC with degasser, quaternary pump, autoinjector, 1290 thermostatically controlled column compartment, VWD detector and 1260 refractive index detector; Stanford Research System QMS-100 Mass Spectrometer; Perkin Elmer 4100-ZL Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer; Perkin Elmer 1100B Direct Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer; CEM MARSXpress Microwave Digester; TA Instruments Q5000 IR Thermogravimentic Analyzer; Anton Paar Litesizer 500; PINE Wavedriver 20 Bipotentiostat with rotating ring-disk electrode; Genesys 10S UV-visible spectrophotometer; Microtrac S3500 Laser Particle sizer; Parr 1266 Bomb Calorimeter; Azur Microtox-500 Bioassay Analyzer; Hach 2100-A Turbidimeter; Millipore Synery-R water ultrapurification system; Sorvall Legend X1R refrigerated centrifuge; Fisher Accuspin 400 centrifuge; Thermo Accuspin Micro17 Microcentrifuge; Thermo Accuspin Micro 17R refrigerated Microcentrifuge; Synergy HT Microplate Reader; BioTek Synergy HTX Multimode Reader; EVOS FL Imaging System; BioRad CFX Connect Real Time PCR System; Thermo Arktik Thermocycler; Thermo EC300 Horizontal Gel Electrophoresis Systems; MarketForge Sterilmatic SteamE Autoclave; UVP Transilluminator; Baker BioChemGard laminar flow hoods; Baker SterilGard laminar flow hoods; Fisher Vortex Genie-2 Mixer; Fisher Micromaster Phase-Contrast Microscopes; Quebec Colony Counter; Bausch & Lomb 20 Spectrophotometers; Hach COD Digesters; Ion-Analyzers; Mettler XPE 26 micro-analytical balance in a LabConco XPert Nano weigh enclosure; pH-meters; Dissolved Oxygen Probes; Branson Ultrasonics Sonifier S-450 Digital Ultrasonic Cell Disruptor/Homogenizer with soundproof enclosure; Thermo MaxQ Incubator-Shakers; Incubators; Isotemp CO2 Incubator with IR Temperature Control and Hepa Filtration; Countess II Automated Cell Counter; Water-baths; Magnetic Stirrers; Ovens; Barnstead Thermolyne 1100C Laboratory Furnace; Revco 30 CF -20C Freezer; VWR 13 CF Ultra Low Temperature -86C Freezer; Hot-plates; Mettler AE-163 and AE-50 Analytical Balances; Research grade glassware and supplies; Extensive chemical library of over 700 reagents.