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The three-story Shuford Science Building includes classrooms, laboratories, and faculty offices for Biology and Chemistry instruction. The building is capped by Montgomery Observatory, which contains a 15-inch Cassegrainian telescope covered by a 14-foot motor-driven dome.
The Science Building is named in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian L. Shuford, Sr. of Conover, N.C. The Observatory is named in memory of H.M. and Addie V. Montgomery.
BIOLOGY FACILITIES:
- Epifluorescence Microscope
- Light and Electron Microscopes
- Computer Laboratory
- Visible and Infrared Imaging Systems
- Geographic Information Systems
- Herbarium
- Greenhouse
- Molecular Genetics Lab
- Adjacent Catawba College Ecological Preserve
CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENTS:
- Anasazi 60 MHz FT-NMR with Proton, Carbon-13 and Multielement Capability
- Agilent Technologies GC/MS (6890 GC with 5973N MSD)
- Unicam 929 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- Perkin-Elmer Optima 2000 ICP
- Thermo-Nicolet Avatar 360 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotomieter with Diamond ATR Accessory
- Two Perkin-Elmer Lambda 35 Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer
- Perkin-Elmer LS55 Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
- Hitachi D7000 High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with a UV/Vis Detector
- Hewlett-Packard 1050 High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with a UV/Vis Detector
- Two HP 5890 Gas Chromatographs with FID
- Gow-Mac 69-350 Gas Chromatograph
- Brinkman Titrino 751 Auto-Titrator
- Automated Data Collection Through CBL and LabPro Systems
- Eight Milton Roy Spectronic 20D Spectrometers
RELATED LINKS:
Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science & Studies
Pre-Med