http://www.calce.umd.edu/TSFA
Facility Location - CALCE Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, 1103 Engineering Lab Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Brief Mission - The Test Services and Failure Analysis Laboratory at CALCE provides the most efficient and cost effective analytical services, failure analysis, design reviews, reliability audits, warranty cost analysis, testing and reliability assessment assistance to all interested parties. The TSFA Lab performs standard and custom tests and failure analysis services, including proprietary services that may range from a day to several years. Services and Technologies Offered -
Real time x-ray
Environmental SEM (ESEM)
Secondary battery test capability
Vibration testing (single axis, 6 DoF, Highly Accelerated Life Test HALT)
Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM or CSAM)
Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Thermo-mechanical Analyzer (TMA)
X-ray Florescence (XRF)
Electro-static Discharge (ESD) simulation
Dynamic Materials Analyzer (DMA)
Equipment Available
Phoenix Real time x-ray system 160 KV
Quanta FEG Environmental SEM (ESEM, hot and cold stage)
Oxford EDS
CADEX 4 channel and ARBIN 16 channel secondary battery testers
Vibration testing single axis ED Shaker
Qualmark Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT)
OKOS Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM or CSAM)
Perkin Elmer Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Perkin Elmer Thermo-mechanical Analyzer (TMA)
Fisherscope X-ray Florescence (XRF)
ETS Electro-static Discharge (ESD) simulation
Hours of Operation - 7am to 5pm, Monday-Friday Pricing - Please feel free to contact the laboratory staff at services@calce.umd.edu or call (301) 405-5323 (or (301) 405-3498) to request a price quotation. Contact – Bhanu Sood | bpsood@calce.umd.edu | 301-405-3498
The Laboratory for Biological Ultrastructure
http://biology.umd.edu/lbu
Facility Location - The Laboratory for Biological Ultrastructure, University of Maryland, Department of Biology, Room 0240, College Park, MD 20740
Brief Mission - The mission of the Laboratory is to provide a high quality, well equipped central biological electron imaging facility containing staff and a full complement of equipment for the successful preparation and imaging of a wide variety of biological sample types.
The Laboratory will also serve as a training venue for faculty, post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students, and outside investigators in the various techniques of biological electron microscopy.
Services and Technologies Offered
Biological specimen preparation through resin embedding for TEM
Biological specimen preparation through critical point drying for SEM
Ultramicrotomy of embedded samples (ultrathin & semi-thin sections for TEM)
Sample coating via sputtering or vacuum evaporation
Transmission electron microscopy (20-100KV)
Scanning electron microscopy (conventional)
Scanning electron microscopy (field emission)
Training in selected techniques
Equipment Available
Zeiss 10 CA and JEOL 100CXII Transmission Electron Microscopes
AMRAY 1820D Scanning Electron Microscope
Hitachi S-4700 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with transmitted electron detector
EDAX Genesis EDS System for elemental microanalysis of samples (on AMRAY 1820D)
Backscattered Electron Detectors on both SEMs
Denton DCP-1 Critical Point Dryer
Pearse-Edwards Tissue Dryer
Reichert (2), LKB (1) and Sorvall ultramicrotomes for conventional thin sectioning
Denton Vacuum Evaporators (2)
Balzers MED 010 Deposition System
Leica AFS Freeze Substitution System
Leica KF80 Cryofixation System
Nikon Diaphot 300 Inverted Microscope
Zeiss Photomicroscope (2) with BF, phase and Nomarski optics
Hours of Operation - The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM.
Pricing
Specimen preparation through microscopy for TEM
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$ 520.00
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Specimen preparation only
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$ 360.00
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Specimen preparation through microscopy for SEM (conv)
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$ 408.00
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Specimen preparation through microscopy for SEM (FE)
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$ 415.00
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Specimen preparation only
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$ 285.00
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Training/Technical assistance
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$ 50.00/hour
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Consumable supplies not included in the above procedures are available and are billed at our cost.
Contact
Tim Maugel | tmaugel@umd.edu | 301-405-6898
The University of Maryland Center for Health Equity http://sph.umd.edu/center/che Facility Location - 3302E SPH Building #255, College Park, MD 20742-2611 Brief Mission - The Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) establishes and sustains a community engaged research enterprise on critical health disparities, raises the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities and promising solutions with Marylanders, and facilitates necessary action for changing the structural determinants of health within the state.
We envision ourselves as a vibrant contributor to the University of Maryland’s reinvigorated land grant mission by including the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities to achieve health equity Services and Technologies Offered - Established in 2010, the University of Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) is a university-wide research initiative dedicated to the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities through community engaged research and increasing the participation of racial and ethnic minority populations in research including clinical trials. We have developed several signature services available to faculty at UMD, UMB and across the University System of Maryland. Services include, but not limited to:
A. The Maryland Community Research Advisory Board (MD-CRAB) is a forum that ensures the results of health science research benefit vulnerable populations, especially African Americans and Latinos who suffer from a greater burden of preventable illness and premature death. Composed of 65 individuals representing community opinion leaders, the MD-CRAB convenes monthly from September to May to review research protocols presented by investigators, provide critical reviews of these protocols, and make vital recommendations for culturally tailoring recruitment and retention materials.
http://www.healthequity.umd.edu/md_crab.asp B. The Public Health Critical Race Institute
The Institute is intended for scholars and researchers interested in learning how to incorporate the principles of Critical Race Theory and Public Health Critical Race Praxis into their research. Participants engage in a variety of interactive and didactic sessions, small group work and a cultural experience that explores race and racism in contemporary America and its impact on the health and welfare of communities of color.
http://www.healthequity.umd.edu/events_2013_august5.asp
C. The Health Equity Leadership Institute is a week-long research boot-camp conducted in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It is designed to support and advance the career development of underrepresented minority faculty and researchers who are interested in targeting the elimination of health disparities.
http://www.healthequity.umd.edu/heli.asp
D. Educational Interventions from Building Trust between Minorities and Researchers: A National Bioethics Research Infrastructure Initiative. This intervention was developed to build capacity for respectful engagement and mutual benefit on both sides of the research endeavor, targeting both researchers and potential study participants. Becoming a Self-Reflective Researcher: Successfully Engaging Minority Communities is designed for investigators and is composed of seven ninety-minute modules. Enhancing Minority Engagement in Research is designed for racial and ethnic minority communities and is composed of five ninety-minute modules. For additional information download brochure at the Link below:
http://www.healthequity.umd.edu/documents/BT%20Brochure_final_11-19-12.pdf
Pricing - Prices available upon request. Contact - Stephen Thomas | sbt@umd.edu | 301-405-8859
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center
http://www.sph.umd.edu/umdprc/
Facility Location - Rm2302 SPH Building #255, College Park, MD 20742-2611 Brief Mission - To reduce health disparities in Maryland along the national capital border. The national capital border area in Prince George's County, Maryland between the "National Capital Beltway", the District of Columbia, and Montgomery County, Maryland is specifically targeted for community health improvement. Services and Technologies Offered - Established in 2009, the University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) facilitates research to develop models of disease prevention and health promotion through Community-Based-Participatory-Research (CBPR). CBPR is research conducted by faculty in partnership with community stakeholders during all phases of the research from research conception to findings dissemination.
A. Evaluation Services for Community Prevention Projects. The UMD-PRC serves as a subcontractor for evaluation services and technical assistance to community partners. Kaiser Permanente’s Port Towns community empowerment program, Strategic Community Services’ project entitled “Substance Abuse and HIV Integrated Prevention Services for African American Women”, Institute for Public Health Innovations’ community health worker outreach projects to link HIV positive persons to medical care are, and Greater Baden Medical Services’ patient centered care and engagement project are all being evaluated by the UMD-PRC.
B. The Prevention Research Community Advisory Committee is a forum open to all interested community members and partners. The CAC reviews community data and feedback, recommends strategic priorities, helps to inform and engage community members, and provides input on UMD-PRC activities.
C. The CREATE Leaders Workshop Series is an on-going series of multi-day intergenerational arts based workshops developed in collaboration with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. It is designed to build community leaders, create awareness about self and community assets and challenges through creative expression and collaborative art-making. The workshops provide training to facilitate leadership for change and address the role of schools, parents, peers, ministries, community partners and other regarding prevention of HIV and other community health issues.
D. Social Determinants of Health Program-“Climbing Up and Reaching Back (CURB)”: Ladder of Support for Research Careers in Biomedical and Behavioral Science. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, CURB seeks to increase representation from minority and underserved communities in the biomedical and behavioral sciences by mentoring high-achieving high school students. Assessment will determine whether the CURB mentoring model affects attitudes and self-efficacy for pursuing biomedical and behavioral research careers.
Hours of Operation - 9:00 am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday Pricing - Prices available upon request. Contact - Bradley O. Boekeloo | boekeloo@umd.edu | 301-405-8546
X-ray Crystallographic Center (XCC)
http://www.chem.umd.edu/crystallography
Facility Location - 91 Chemistry Bldg., Rooms B0112 & B0108, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Brief Mission - X-ray Crystallographic Center provides: services and resources as well as training and education for students and researchers in the theory and practice of X-ray Diffraction, Chemical Crystallography and Materials Characterization.
The XCC offers: state-of-the-Art X-ray Diffraction Facilities; Quality Service and Competitive Rates; Experience & Expertise in field of Crystallography and Diffraction, Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals and other.
The Center performs: characterization of materials using non-destructive X-ray diffraction analysis and crystal structure determination from single crystal and polycrystalline (powder) samples at low, ambient or elevated temperature, in open or inert atmosphere.
Services and Technologies Offered - Chemical Crystallography: provides single crystal structure determination of variety of inorganic, metal-organic, organic and pharmaceutical compounds, minerals and intermetallics, including including absolute structure determination, treatment of mero-and non-merohedral twins, disordered, OD and modulated crystals.
Materials Characterization: provides powder X-ray diffraction analysis and characterization of polycrystalline and nano-crystalline materials and thin films, covering phase identification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, amorphous content determination, micro-diffraction and area mapping, samples of any size and shape, crystallite size and micro-strain determination, ab initio indexing and accurate unit cell refinement, crystal structure refinement using the Rietveld method and ab initio structure determination
Advanced Diffraction: provides X-ray diffraction measurements for reflectivity (XRR) from thin films and (coming soon) small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) from nano and macromolecular materials.
Equipment Available
Bruker Apex2 single crystal diffractometer
(Mo radiation, detector to crystal distance from 4 to 15 cm, temp. range 80 to 400K)
Bruker D8 Advance powder diffractometer
(Cu radiation, 9 position sample changer, 1D position sensitive detector, spinning)
Bruker C2/D8 Discover powder diffractometer
(Cu radiation, XYZ stage, 2D high res. detector, sample of variable size and shape)
PANalytical X'pert Pro MRD diffractometer for reflectivity measurement
(Cu radiation, 4 circle goniometer, parallel beam mirror, low angles > 0.2 deg.)
Xenocs Xeuss system for small angle scattering (coming soon)
Hours of Operation - Mon.-Fri. from 9 am to 5 pm (office hours from 1pm to 3pm)
Pricing - http://www2.chem.umd.edu/facility/xray/XCC_submission.htm
Contact - Peter Zavalij | pzavalif@umd.edu | 301-405-1861
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