Instrumentation

Equipment

Imaging

JEOL JSM Scanning Electron Microscope with 5,000 N tensile stage
Keyence VR‐3200 –high-resolution 3D, non‐contact, surface measurements
Panametrics 300 gallon, 200 MHz 3 ft x 4 ft x 6 ft NDT Immersion System
Two custom C‐Scan Immersion System, 5 ‐ 25 MHz, 1/800^th mm x‐y‐z resolution, 0.01^o resolution in rotation stage with a 160 MHz US‐Ultratek EUT3160 8 channel pulsar/receiver.
Two custom C‐Scan Portable Immersion System, 5 ‐ 25 MHz, 1/800^th mm x‐y resolution with a 160 MHz US‐Ultratek EUT3160 4 channel pulsar/receiver.
Leica binocular/stereo microscope
Two MZ7 Microzoom 10x‐1000x far‐focus microscopes, 10 MP video imaging
Dino‐Lite Polarizing portable microscopes (two at 20x‐220x and one at 600x‐900x)
Non‐contact 3D digitizer/scanner –NextEngine3D
Veeco NanoScope V with a Multimode V AFM Microscope

TA Instruments DMA Q800 –Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
TA Instruments TGA Q50 –ThermogravametricAnalyzer
TA Instruments M/DSC Q20 –Differential Scanning Calorimeter
TA Instruments Q400 TMA –Thermomechanical Analyzer
Thermo Scientific MARS40 Rheometer
Malvern Bohlin Gemini II Rheometer
Instron CEAST 9050 Charpy and Izod Impact Tester
Desktop Instron with 10lb and 450lb cells
MTS Qtest/100, 100kN tensile test load frame
Custom 8-foot drop tower with 1 to 25-pound load tray
MS‐Tech MST four probe ProbeStation
Test Resources 810LE Tensile Stage –15 kN static, 8.5 kN dynamic @ 15Hz
Tinius Olsen Meltflow Indexer –MP600
Film Sense FS‐1 multi‐wavelength ellipsometer
Custom Hall effect station for thin film characterization
Thermo‐scientific Nicolet IS5 FTIR
Two handheld FLIR imaging systems, FLIR E95 high resolution and calibrated and smart‐phone ready FLIR One Pro

More than 20 high-performance workstations (most are Intel i7/i9 or Xeon 16 to 32‐core), each 3 GHz or higher, with 64, 256, or 512 GB of ram
Full access to Baylor’s HPC with 128 nodes of dual Xeon 5355s with 16 GB ram per blade (Baylor resource)

Custom Large Area Manufacturing deposition system for capable of 25 lb/hour deposition rates and pelletized carbon fiber reinforced composites with a 4’ x 4’ by 3’ build area and heated platen
K‐Lab Magnetron sputter system for Thin Film Electronic/Flexible Polymers
Multiple vacuum pump systems (VARTM) for fabricating laminated composites
5 standard fume hoods (2 – 48” width, 2 – 60” width, 1 – 72” width), one highly acidic fume hood with ultrafine (SWNT scale) particle filtration, and one glove box mounted to the fume hood exhaust
CTE M7000 Constant Speed Mixer, API Spec 10
ExOn 8, 12 lb/hr extruder with custom translation system for large volume additive manufacturing
Strangepress, 25 lb/hr extruder with custom translation system for large volume additive manufacturing
Brabender drive with single screw extruder and 60 mL mixer
Ross mixing unit
DSM X‐Plore Injection molding machine
Makerbot Replicator 2, 2x, and 5, and multiple custom 3D Printers
Two Form3 3D SLS 3D printers with UV curing chambers
Grizzly G0796 knee mill with DRO with a build volume of 12” x 29” x 16”
Compression molding 60-ton hot press
CNC with 4 axis capability (dept. resource)
Object and Dimension 3D printers (dept. resource)

Blue M LO‐225 Programmable Oven –Interior Dims. 24” x 20” x 30”
Thermo‐fisher oven – Interior Dims. 18" x 16" x 24"
Carbolitebarrel furnace 3” diameter x 10” cylindrical zone capable of 1400 K with a programmable controller
Programmable box furnace is capable of 2000 degC‐ Interior Dims. 12” x 10” x 8”
Plasma Etch PE50‐HF
Buehler EcoMet Grinder‐Polisher and Buehler IsoMet Low Speed Saw
JEOL Smart Coater
Multiple National Instruments Data Acquisition cards and chassis
Agilent Oscilloscopes and Programmable Power Supplies
Four 5 cu. Ft. environmental chambers (35 degF to 120 degF and 0.5% RH to 95% RH)
One 5 cu ft hot‐wet environmental chamber (ambient to 175 degF 80% RH to 98%RH)
Graphtec GL820 (200 channels) and GL200 (10 channels) data loggers
Ametek NIST tracible thermal calibration block
Multiple National Instruments DAQ Chassis for data collection
Agilent Oscilloscopes (1 GHz) with function generators
Agilent high‐precision (nV) multimeter
Agilent AC‐DC high‐resolution low noise power supplies