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The Department of General Engineering relies on four laboratories, three of which are used for teaching purposes and one which is used for research.
The personnel in charge of the laboratories are:
Claudia Acevedo (MSBIO) - Specialist assigned to BioEngineering Laboratory
Boris Renteria (MSME) - Specialist assigned to Materials Research Laboratory
Luis Rodriguez (Technician) - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Some of the equipment available at the laboratories are:
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AFM [Atomic Force Microscope] provides pictures of atoms on or in surfaces
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XRD [X-Ray power diffraction] is an analytical technique primarily used for phase identification of a crystalline material and can provide information on unit cell dimensions. The analyzed material is finely ground, homogenized, and average bulk composition is determined.
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TGA [Thermogravimetric Analysis] is an analytical technique used to determine a material’s thermal stability and its fraction of volatile components by monitoring the weight change that occurs as a specimen is heated.
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Optical Microscopes
VSM [Vibrating Sample Magnetometer] has become a widely used instrument for determining magnetic properties of a large variety of materials: diamagnetics, paramagnetics, ferromagnetics, ferromagnetics and antiferromagnetics.
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TMA [Thermo Mechanical Analyzer] is a time dependent temperature device used for the study of thermal properties of materials
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DMA [Dynamic Mechanical Analysis] determines changes in sample properties resulting from changes in five experimental variables: temperature, time, frequency, force, and strain.
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Mossbauer Spectrometer Mössbauer Spectrometer
The sharply defined gamma rays of the Mössbauer effect have been used to verify Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and to measure the magnetic fields of atomic nuclei.
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BET Surface Area Analyzer
The most widely used technique for estimating surface area is the so-called BET method (Brunauer, Emmett and Teller, 1938).
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Digital Microhardness Tester
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Fluid Mechanics Laboratories: S-108 , S-111 , S-112
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S-108
S-112
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Engineering Graphics Laboratory I: S-209
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Bioengineering Laboratory: S-106
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Translational
Bioengineering Laboratory
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The
Translational
Bioengineering Laboratory aims to:
- elucidate the cellular and tissue changes associated with specific stages of
carcinogenesis
- to detect genetic modifiers fundamental to cancer
susceptibility and progression
- to define the molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of major human
cancers
- to develop rational approaches for cancer prevention and treatment.
This facility includes the necessary infrastructure for cell culture and analysis at the cellular
and molecular level. We combine this with computational biology tools to gain significant insight into the complex biological mechanisms of cancer. We are currently focusing on bone metastasis of breast cancer and rational drug design in ovarian cancer. To continue reading click here.
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Materials Research Laboratory: S-110 , S-311 , S313 , S314
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Engineering Computer Center: S-210
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