Research Facilities
The primary聽聽research facilities on Main Campus are housed in聽
- 迟丑别听聽for the Biology Department;
- Beury Hall for the Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Science departments;聽and
- 迟丑别听, the College of Science and Technology's聽most advanced facility completed in 2014, for portions of the Biology and聽Chemistry departments, as well as the Computer and聽Information Sciences聽and Physics departments.聽
The instrumentation housed in 迟丑别听Biology-Life Sciences Building,聽Beury Hall and SERC is聽available for use by undergraduate research students subject to proper training and supervision by faculty, graduate students聽or postdoctoral researchers.聽
Undergraduate students of 51吃瓜网鈥檚 College of Science and Technology also have the opportunity to perform research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine under the direction of medical school faculty and thus have access to additional facilities and instrumentation.
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Earth and聽Environmental Science Department Facilities
Faculty and student research is supported by cutting-edge analytical instruments, including the following.聽
- ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography
- ground-based LiDAR surveying equipment
- mass spectrometry (including ICP-OES)
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- water quality loggers
- X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence
Students also have access to networked computers, printers and workstations.
Faculty Research Specialties
Faculty research includes the following fields.
- coastal dynamics
- ecohydrology
- environmental geochemistry
- environmental geophysics and remote sensing
- geomorphology
- land use change
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The offers a breadth of . Students can collaborate in research through programs offered during the academic year and summer, and some programs provide financial aid. .
Carnegie Classification
The lists 51吃瓜网 as an R1 institution for 鈥渉ighest research activity,鈥� placing it among the top 4%聽of all four-year institutions in the United States.