Lab & instruments

Office and Lab Spaces

Student workspace

Each student has their personal workspace and workstation

Sedimentology lab

The lab has a total surface of ~2,000 sqft. The lab is equipped with wireless/wired internet access, 120 linear feet of benches for core and sample processing, a core photography set-up, and extensive shelf and storage space.

Workstations

Hardware

  • 2 Dell Optiplex 7000 Series with dual monitor

  • 4 Dell Precision 7920 Workstations with dual monitors or curved monitors

Software

  • IHS Kingdom Suite

  • Schlumberger Petrel 2021

  • CGG HampsonRussell

  • Schlumberger Petromod

  • BMG Global Mapper / ESRI ArcGIS

  • Agisoft Metashape Professional

Sediment sampling

  • 2 Livingstone sediment corers w/ up to 10 meters extension rods and custom push/pull winch

  • 2 Ogeechee sediment corers

  • Wink Vibracore: This vibracore can penetrate a variety of sedimentary materials up to 45 feet deep (with the current setting ), with the possibility to add more in 5-foot intervals. Coring capability: 45 ft with 2 1/4 inches rods; 5 ft with 1 1/4 inches rod. The ability to drill without any lubricating fluid makes the corer ideal for preventing sample contamination and to be used in cold and regulated environments.

survey

  • Reach RS2 -Multi-band RTK GNSS receivers with centimeter precision - base station and rover

  • DJI Mavic 2

  • Hummingbird Helix 5 navigation system

  • Two 7 ft Zodiac

Laboratory

  • Sediment core splitting and photography

  • Malvern Panalytical Mastersizer 3000 Hydro EV - measures sediment grain size distribution in water solution. The factory operational range is 0.01 - 3500 µm. The Hydro Sight accessory allows real-time pictures of the particles in the laser diffraction measurement flow.

  • Freeze Dryer Labconco FreeZone 2.5