Forensic Science

Laboratories

Student research and laboratory coursework are performed in a variety of laboratories available to students in the forensic science program. In January 2005, two brand new state-of-art laboratories were opened. In addition to existing crime scene reconstruction and forensic science research laboratories, students in the forensic science program have more than adequate laboratory space for coursework and research.

Equipment 

A student using a polarizing light microscope.

Students in the forensic science concentration can expect to learn about and use a great deal of the instrumentation applicable to forensic analysis. Among the instruments that students will use during coursework or research include:

A student setting up capillary electrophoresis for DNA typing.

Agilent Technologies 6890N Network Gas Chromatograph System/5973 Network Mass Selective Detector

Applied Biosystems 310 Capillary Electrophoresis Genetic Analyzer

Applied Biosystems 377 Gel Electrophoresis DNA Sequencer

Beckman Coulter DU 800 Spectrophotometer

BioRad ImmunoWash Model 1575

BioRad Microplate Reader Model 680

Buck Scientific ACCUSYS 211 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

Buck Scientific BLC-20 High Performance Liquid Chromatograph

Buck Scientific 310 Gas Chromatograph

CDS Pyroprobe 5000

Corbett Rotor-Gene 6000 Real-Time Rotary Analyzer

Cecil 2041 UV/Vis Spectrophotometer Unicam Helios Alpha UV/Vis Spectrophotometer

Fisher Scientific Stereomaster Microscopes

Hewlett Packard 5890A Gas Chromatograph

Hewlett Packard 5995A Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer

Leica DMEP Polarizing Light Microscopes

Leica DM1000 Fluorescent Light Microscope

Nicolet Impact 410 FTIR

Perkin Elmer 480 DNA Thermal Cycler

Perkin Elmer 1600 Series FTIR

Perkin Elmer 2700 DNA Thermal Cycler

SensIR IlluminatIR(micro-FTIR)

Sirchie Electrostatic Dust Print Lifter

Turner Quantech Digital Filter Fluorometer

Varian EM-390, 90-mHz, CW Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

A student using the micro FTIR to work on her research project.