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Research Facilities and Equipment

Birck Hall of Science is a state-of-the art 70,000-square foot facility dedicated to the natural sciences. The lower level of Birck Hall features high tech classrooms, labs, a large lecture hall, seminar room and student break-out study areas. Equipment such as the NMR spectrometer is housed in its own specifically designed lab space. Chemistry laboratories are designed with state-of-the art equipment while our graduate programs are able to use campus and off-site locations to enhance their learning experiences.

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Master of Science in Clinical Exercise Physiology (MSCEP)

MSCEP equipment 2016

Maximal exercise testing is conducted by the use of a ParvoMedics TrueMax 2400™ Metabolic Measurement System. This system is also used to conduct resting metabolic rate testing. ECG monitoring during exercise testing is conducted with a Motara X-Scribe system that allows tests to be reviewed and sent to physicians for further follow-up.

Visit the Master of Science in Clinical Exercise Physiology website for a list of equipment in our laboratory and the facilities that our students work with while in the program.

Located within Birck Hall are several well-equipped teaching laboratories for our general chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry and inorganic chemistry lab courses. Additionally, each faculty member has his or her own dedicated research lab space in which faculty and students collaborate together on their research projects. There are two instrument labs in the building that house the majority of the instrumentation owned by the department.

Visit the Chemistry Home Page for additional information on our program.

Bruker Avance III 300 MNz NMR Spectrometer	PerkinElmer PE AAnylyst 200 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer	Alltech 550/526 ion Chromatograph

$Benchtop x-ray diffractometer$ Rigaku Miniflex II Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer	Li-Cor 4300L DNA Analyzer	BAS Epsilon E-3 Electrochemical Workstation with BAS RDE-2 Rotating Disk Electrode

Advanced Instruments Micro-osmometer

UV/Vis Spectrometers and Accessories
PE Lambda 2 UV/Vis spectrometer	HP G1103A UV/Vis DAD spectrometer	Unisoku cryostat for HP G11-3A UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Infrared Spectrometers
Thermo Nicolet 380 FTIR	Two Buck Scientific M530 Infrared Spectrometers

Gas Chromatographs
HP 5840A GC	Shimadzu GC2010AF GC equipped with an autosampler and FID detector	Nine Vernier mini-gas chromatographs for teaching labs

High Performance Liquid Chromatographs
Shimadzu LC-20A Prominence HPLC equipped with UV-Detector, degasser and autosampler	Alltech 350 HPLC with Jasco UV/Vis Detector	Alltech 526/0200 HPLC with UV/Vis Detector

Fluorometers
Jasco FP 6500 Spectrofluorometer	Turner Biosystems Modulus TD7000 Fluorometer

MAJOR EQUIPMENT


Parr Hydrogenator	Magnetic Susceptibility Balance MSB 1	FT 2.5 Lyophilizer

ThermoSavant SpeedVac Plus Vacuum System

Inert Atmosphere Equipment
VAC Omni-Lab Inert Glovebox (101965)	VAC Solvent Purification System (ether, THF, DMF)	VAC Glovebox with Solvent Purification System

Calorimeters
Microcal DET3lllM100U Titration Microcalorimeter	Parr Oxygen Bomb Calorimeter

Schlencklines
Portable ChemGlass AF0300 Schlenckline on a cart	Several Schlenklines in Hood

Five Rotary Evaporators
Rotary Evaporators in the organic teaching lab	Several Rotary Evaporators in the research labs

Cooling Baths
Neslab RTE-110 Refrigerated/ Circulated Bath	Thermo Neslab CC100 Immersion Cooler

Yvonne Kumon
Assistant to the Associate Dean
ykumon@ben.edu
(630) 829-6084

Cheryl Mascarenhas, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Science & Health
cmascarenhas@ben.edu
(630) 829-6587

Tonia Rucker
Senior Assistant to the Dean
trucker@ben.edu
(630) 829-6187

Elizabeth Ritt, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, CNE
Dean, Science & Health
eritt@ben.edu
(630) 829-1933

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Master of Science in Clinical Exercise Physiology (MSCEP)