Introductory Labs
These labs consist of a mechanics laboratory with several computerized experiments and an electricity and magnetism laboratory for the second semester of introductory physics. One lab has new 1.7 GHz computers at each station and the other lab has new eMacs at each station.
Electronics Lab
This laboratory has several signal generators, power supplies, oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters, and op amps, as well as several diodes and transistors that are used in our electronics course. We also have facilities for several digital electronics experiments.
Optics Laboratory
This lab has equipment to make and observe holograms, to determine the velocity of light, and to produce prism and grating spectra.
Computational Lab
This Linux facility is used to introduce numerical computation. Students learn to write programs in C to model physical phenomena such as projectile motion, chaotic behavior, planetary motion, and static electric and magnetic fields.
Nuclear Spectroscopy Laboratory
This laboratory has equipment for low temperature (4K) Mossbauer studies as well as a high resolution Ge detector for gamma ray spectroscopy. We also have access to the University at Buffalo cyclotron to produce radioactive isotopes.
High Performance Computer Laboratory (HIPERC)
This brand new lab has two clusters of parallel computers. It is used not only for fast computations but also for teaching students about parallel clusters and several hands on aspects of computers.
