John Carroll University  -  Department of Chemistry

Departmental Facilities and Instrumentation

The Chemistry Department is located in the West wing of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.  The department office and most of the labs and faculty offices are located on the third floor.  General Chemistry labs are located on the first floor, while the Biochemistry facilities are located primarily on the second floor.  There are eight teaching laboratories and two walk-in Environmental Rooms, which allow controlled experimentation between -10 and +60°C. In addition, there are nine research laboratories, which are not only used by the faculty, but also by undergraduate students doing independent research projects. The Chemistry Department also maintains a large stockroom, administered by a full-time manager, where a large share of the department's chemicals, equipment, and glassware is stored.

The Chemistry Department also maintains its own computer facility, the John A. Carrabine Computer Laboratory. This facility is used at all levels of the undergraduate program and contains 21 Pentium-IV PC computers, multimedia projection system, as well as  laser and color printers. These computers are used to manipulate data, analyze and view molecular structure using organic, inorganic, and biomolecular modelling software, including some residing at the Ohio Supercomputer Center, learn and review various chemical topics using multimedia tutorial programs, and perform chemical literature searches using the Internet and World Wide Web. 

The Chemistry Department is well equipped with modern instrumentation, many pieces of which are state-of-the art. One advantage of the Chemistry Program is the ample opportunities that students have to obtain hands-on experience using this modern instrumentation. The Department has over $1.5 million in instrumentation in the teaching and research laboratories. This equipment is used by students, from general chemistry to the advanced undergraduate laboratory courses. Students also make extensive use of these instruments during the course of independent research projects.

Instruments in the Chemistry Department

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