Facility

Following instruments were ready to perform research for process engineering, environmental microbiology and microbial biology.

  • Coy Anaerobic Chamber, Type A, Vinyl

  • Sartorius™ MA37 Moisture Analyzer

  • Brookfield Engineer Labs LVDV2T VISCOMETER

  • 8-Channel Flow Measuring AER-800 Aerobic/Anaerobic Respirometer System with Temp Control between 5-70 °C 

  • QuantStudio® 3D Digital PCR

  • Eppendorf Mastercycler X50s 96-Well Silver Block Thermal Cycler

  • Eppendorf Centrifuge 5425

  • NanoDrop One Microvolume UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

  • Thermo Scientific TSX Series High Performance -20°C Manual Defrost Freezer

  • Labconco Purifier Logic+ Class II A2 Biosafety Cabinets

  • Labconco Benchtop FreeZone Legacy Freeze-Dry Systems

  • HANNA HI901C Automatic Potentiometric Titrator

  • Thermo Scientific Thermolyne Muffle Furnace

  • 1200°C Compact Split Tube Furnace w/ Vacuum Flanges & 2.36″ Tube, 110V – OTF-1200X-S 

  • BioTek Synergy™ H1M microplate reader with top and bottom fluorescence intensity, UV-visible absorbance and luminescence detection, temperature control to 45ºC and shaking.

  • Nikon Eclipse E200 EPI-Fluorescence Microscope

  • Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer HORIBA LA-950

  • Parr series 4600 1000 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1900 psi at up to 225 °C

  • Parr series 4700 22 mL Non-stirred Pressure Vessel rated for 1700 PSI at up to 300 °C

  • Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph system with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)

  • HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph with an autosampler and a Flame Ionization Detector (FID)

  • SHIMADZU  Gas Chromatograph-2014 with a Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) and a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)

  • TurboVap® II Concentration Evaporator Workstation

  • Two (2) Multi-Channel auto-sampling Model 305 Astoria-Pacific (A-P) continuous flow chemical analyzers.

  • VWR Accu Sterilizer AS10NR

  • -86°C Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer, Fisher Scientific, Isotemp 13 CF 115V

  • Refrigirated Thermo Scientific Centrifuge Sorvall Legend X1R with F21-48X2 ml and F15 – 8X50 ml carbon fiber rotors and 15 ml conical adapters

  • Refrigirated Thermo Scientific Sorvall Legend XF Centrifuge with a Fiberlite F15-8 x 50cy Fixed-Angle Rotor and a Fiberlite F21-48 x 2 Fixed-Angle Rotor, as well as adapters for 4X1000 ml and 15mL conical tubes 

  • OI Model 1030 Total Carbon Analyzer equipped with autosampler

  • Flash EA Model 112 Soil C-N Analyzer equipped with autosampler

  • Dionex ICS 1000 Ion Chromatograph equipped with autosampler

  • Turner Designs Model 700 Flourometer

  • DR3900 Spectrophotometer with RFID

  • AutoTrace Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) organics concentration device

  • OFITE Capillary Suction Timer

  • Floor-scale anaerobic digesters

  • Column bioreactors

  • Volute Dewatering Press PWTech model ES-501

  • CF016 Cell Assembly, Forward Osmosis, PTFE (CF016P-FO)

  • 2L Jacketed Glass Reactor Reaction Vessel 100w Digital 0-1200r/min Chemical Lab

  • Two (2) EXO3 Sonde with a Wiped Conductivity/Temperature Sensor, a Turbidity Sensor, a Optical DO Sensor, and a NitraLED UV Nitrate Sensor

  • AmmoLyt Plus Ammonium probe complete w/Reference Electrode and System 282 IQ SensorNet Controller

  • Cambi  5L Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment (THP) System

Environmental Biotechnology & Bioenergy Laboratory (Blacksburg, VA)

Occoquan Laboratory (Manassas, VA)

       Loudoun Water Laboratory (Ashburn, VA)