1. Microcomputed Tomography:

The source used on OSU system is a Hamamatsu L10711-19 that has been customized specifically for micro-CT application through a development process.  Professors  Dorthe Wildenschild and Brian Bay are directors of this laboratory. 

http://microct.oregonstate.edu/

2. Corrosion Experiment Facilities:

The School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University has a state-of-the-art Infrastructure Materials Laboratory (OSU-IML) on its campus. Professor Burkan Isgor is the director of this laboratory. 

  • VersaStat 4 Potentistat/Galvanostat and FRA (AC impedance capability)
  • Gamry Potentistat/Galvanostat and FRA (AC impedance capability)
  • Q-Fog Cyclic corrosion test chamber
  • Digital precision multichannel mulimeter(s)
  • Electrochemical quartz crystal nanobalance system (EQCN)
  • PAR Model 370 Scanning Electrochemical Workstation (in acquisition)
  • X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) System
  • Auto-tiltrotor machine with 20-saple charger and pH monitoring capability
  • Two reverse Osmosis water systems with 30 L storage reservoir
  • Cole Parmer Flame Photometer (alkali ion concentration determination)
  • Pore solution extraction device (paste, mortar and concrete)
  • Benchtop pH meters
  • Struers SEM sample preparation equipment 

3. Other Shared Equipment in other Schools/Departments at OSU:

  • X-ray CT scanner using a Hamamatsu 160kV transmission source that generates a polychromatic X-ray beam via bremsstrahlung (20–160 kV, 0-200 mA, with 250 nm spot size) (CBEE)
  • Computer cluster with Avizo Fire for x-ray CT data processing, (CBEE)
  • ICP-OES – Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering (School of CBEE)
  • DSC/TGA/DTA – (School of CBEE and School of MIME)
  • Neutron Radiography (Shared with Civil and Nuclear Engineering programs)
  • Bruker 700 MHz Avance III NMR Spectrometer with carbon-optimized cryoprobe (Chemistry)
  • Two Bruker 400 MHz DPX-400 NMR Spectrometers (Chemistry)
  • Carbolite 1550 °C Tube Furnaces (3" OD / 2.75" ID, 17.75” heated length) (School of MIME)
  • FTIR and Laser Raman spectrometry (Chemistry)