Chemistry & Mathematics Facilities
See where curiosity becomes real work, real skills, and real discovery.
In SEMO's Department of Chemistry and Mathematics, your learning is not confined to a lecture hall. You step into labs, research spaces, and specialized facilities designed to help you test ideas, analyze results, and build the kind of confidence that comes from doing the work firsthand. From your first courses to advanced research and capstone projects, these spaces support the work that helps you grow from student to expert.Department of Chemistry & Mathematics Spaces
SEMO's multimillion-dollar science quad gives you a front-row seat to discovery, with dozens of specialized labs dedicated to chemistry, physics, forensic science, and materials analysis. Across these spaces, you will find teaching labs designed for hands-on courses, research labs focused on faculty–student projects, and instrument rooms housing advanced tools you would typically expect to see only in graduate or industry settings. It is a concentrated hub of spaces built to help you test ideas, work with real equipment, and start thinking like a professional from the moment you arrive.
- Shimadzu GC-2010PLUS gas chromatograph with thermal conductivity and UV-visible detectors
- Shimadzu IRPrestige FTIR Spectrophotometer with Pike uMax FTIR Microscope
- Shimadzu IRPrestige FTIR Spectrophotometer with Quest ATR Diamond Accessory
- Maxwell 16 forensic instrument system
- Tri-Tech Forensics model CAR-6105-2 DFO/Ninhydrin fingerprint development chamber
- Crimescope model CS-16-500 forensic light source
- Tri-Tech Forensics model ASFC-30 filtered fuming chamber
- Life Technologies Veriti 96W thermal cyclers
- Life Technologies 7500 real time PCR system with notebook
- Life Technologies 310 genetic analyzer
- Life Technologies GeneMapper ID-X version 1.3
- Sunrise microplate absorbance reader
- SciAps Handheld Raman Analyzer
- Labconco Purifier Logic Class II biological safety cabinet 3
- Labconco Purifier Logic Class II biological safety cabinet 4
- Shimadzu LCMS-8030 liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer with triple quadrupole detector
- Pike uMax FTIR microscope
- Leica model DM750P comparison microscope system
- Leica model DM750P polarized light microscopes
- Leica model S6E stereozoom microscopes
- Leica Microscope Cameras with software
- Fryer Unitron Comparison Microscope w/video interface
- Sartorius CPA225D semi-micro balances
- Sartorius 1102-1S precision balance
- Cubis MSE623P-100-DE Precision Balance
- Mettler Toledo Excellence XA Precision Balance
- Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph
- Varian 3900 gas chromatograph with Saturn 2100T mass spectrometer (GCMS)
- Perkin-Elmer Optima 8000 inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES)
- Thermo Scientific ICE3300AA atomic absorption spectrophotometer
- Agilent Cary 60 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
- Beckman DU7400 ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer
- Shimadzu LC-20 high performance liquid chromatograph Spectrophotometers:
- Thermo-Nicolet Nexus 670 FTIR ESP Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer w/ Smart Orbit attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory
- PerkinElmer FTIR spectrophotometer with FTIR imaging system
- CRAIC Technologies microspectrophotometer
- PerkinElmer Clarus Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
- Genesys 30 Visible Spectrophotometers
- Genesys 20 Visible Spectrophotometers
- pH meters
- Mettler AE163 analytical balance
- Mettler AE100 analytical balance
- Ohaus Analytical plus analytical balances
- Sartorius Analytic A120S analytical balance
- Nicolet IS5 Mid IR Spectrometer
- Thermo Scientific PicoSpin 80 Series II Benchtop NMR Spectrometer
- 2 Buchi Pure C-810 Flash Chromatography Systems
- 2 Bruker Alpha II Platinum FTIR Spectrometers
- 4 Rotary Evaporators
- Parr Model 6050EA compensated jacket oxygen combustion calorimeter
- Parr Model 6755EA Solution Calorimeter
- Mark I Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
- CH Instruments Model 620E Electrochemistry Analyzer
- CH Instruments Model 630A Electrochemistry Analyzer
- Bruker D8 Quest ECO X-ray Diffractometer
- Fischer Scientific Accu 124 analytical balance
- Corning LSE 49L Shaking Incubator
- EBU-204 Mini-Electrophoretic Blotting Systems CE and Power Supplies
- Milestone Ethos Plus microwave laboratory station
- Thermo-Electron Forma 1L HPR centrifuge
- MakerBot 3D printer
- Bruker Avance III HD 300MHz digital nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR)
- Modern 4 x 8 foot optical table that is vibration isolated with an instrumentation rack above it
- Computers for data acquisition and analysis
- 500 MHz bandwidth digital oscilloscope
- 8 GHz bandwidth spectrum analyzer
- Used in the study of various magnetic materials
- Measures the electrical resistivity of materials at very low temperatures in order to help ascertain their electrical and magnetic properties
- Four-point resistivity probe
- AC susceptibility coil
- Low temperature cryostat for measurements down to 4.2K
- Rigaku SmartLab SE Powder X-ray Diffractometer
- Vollink Family Observatory
- A permanent ground-based astronomical observatory equipped with a research-grade 16-inch reflector telescope
- Mobile Astronomical Observatory
- Telescopes
- Meade LX200 Telescope
- Cassegrain Optics Celestro Telescope
- Meade LX-200 12” Telescope
- Meade LX-200 10” Telescope
- Meade LX-200 GPS-SMT 14” Telescope
- Meade LX200 ACF 16” Telescope
The Special Projects Lab is used for the Capstone course projects.
- Provides facilities for model rocketry and reflective and cylindrical holography
Contact Us
Location
Office
Rhodes Hall 306
Johnson Hall 201
Mailing Address
One University Plaza, MS 0000
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701