The Campus

REU students will be housed in Bryan, Harrison or Page Hall. Yes, all are air-conditioned, and it is a short walk from the dorms to the Keck Lab!

The 5,500 sq. ft. Keck Lab includes a wet lab with aquaria for research and demonstration. An analytical lab houses a CHN analyzer, two spectrophotometers, a freeze drier, a fluorometer, an autoclave, a muffle furnace, and assorted balances, drying ovens and other standard lab equipment. A field equipment room includes three different sediment coring apparati, ISCO water samplers, numerous conductivity, oxygen, and pH meters, and gauging equipment for stream discharge measurements. Three Trimble Geo-Explorer GPS units, two digital cameras, a digital video camera and hand-held radios are also available in the equipment room. The 20-seat teaching room in the lab is used for lectures, presentations and demonstrations. The computer room is loaded with Arcview GIS software, and a GIS technician is on staff at the Keck Lab to address student project needs. The administrative wing of the lab houses a large-format poster printer for student presentations and includes a fully electronic seminar room with on-screen Internet access and teleconferencing capabilities. Outside are canoes and john boats for lake/stream research. Located on the shore of Lake Matoaka, the Keck Lab is both spatially and temporally situated to provide logistical support for watershed research.