Current instrumentation available for both teaching and research in the Department of Chemistry and Physics.
The emphasis on laboratory work and research has stimulated aggressive efforts to develop and maintain state-of-the-art facilities through priority budgeting and grantsmanship. The science laboratories and computer facilities address both current and future research and technological needs. Students learn modern laboratory skills through training in the use of advanced instrumentation for infra-red, visible, and ultra-violet spectrophotometry, atomic absorption, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, gas chromatography, high-pressure liquid chromatography, magnetic susceptibility measurements, voltametric analysis, polarography and calorimetry. A number of instruments are coupled to data stations, and PC's and terminals connected to the main frame are conveniently located in the laboratories. Early on students learn to capture data by computer, and to use generic computer programs to analyze and interpret data. Chemistry majors learn to access the most sophisticated chemical databases on line such that, in a very real sense, the library gives access to the entire universe of data and information.
The Marist Approach:
Furnish multiple opportunities
to satisfy the varying talents and
goals of each students.
