The
Engineering
and Mining Experiment Station (EMES)
at South
Dakota Mines has begun
overseeing the operation and maintenance of instrumentation within the Shimadzu Environmental Research
Laboratory (SERL).
The
EMES was founded on the Mines campus in 1903 with a mission to serve mining
industry research. Today the mission has expanded to include a much broader
range of academic and industry needs with a wide array of scientific equipment
that is utilized by industry professionals and university researchers across
the region. The EMES has seen equipment investments by the South Dakota Board
of Regents and the National Science Foundation totaling more than $2.8 million
since 2011. The EMES website lists the range of scientific equipment
available for academic research and industry use including the Shimadzu
instrumentation.
The
SERL was established in 2015 in partnership with Shimadzu Scientific
Instruments by Lisa Kunza. Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Chemistry
Biology and Health Sciences at Mines. The SERL is a multidisciplinary research
facility that contains a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation with a focus
on environmental applications. SERL instruments enable the chemical
characterization of a wide range of sample types including natural waters,
biological materials, roc...