The university operates two large timesharing systems as well as microcomputer laboratories. These are available to all students in the university. Departmental computer laboratories house a variety of minicomputers and microcomputers.
Science facilities at SJSU Duncan Hall of Science, MacQuarrie Hall and the Science Building are multi-million dollar research and teaching facilities that have an extensive array of scientific equipment.
Meteorology students utilize a rooftop observation center, upper air sounding equipment, weather analysis and forecasting laboratory and computing facilities, a wind tunnel, and a variety of cloud physics instruments.
The Biological Sciences Department has three electron microscopes, state-of-the-art analytic instrumentation, excellent vertebrate collections, fresh and sea water aquaria, an herbarium and research greenhouses, molecular genetics laboratories, medical microbiological and biotechnology research facilities, and an entomology museum with more than 300,000 specimens.
The Physics Department has academic options in optics, condensed matter and computational physics. The Institute for Modern Optics coordinates optics research and collaboration with local industries. A 4,000-square foot instruction and research facility contains equipment for laser spectroscopy, non-linear optics, Fourier optics, holography, and optical metrology. A successful Laser Applications in Science Education (LASE) program is centered here. The solid state laboratory includes equipment for measuring magnetic susceptibility over a 4-1,000 K temperature range. Computing equipment consists of on-campus workstations and internet access to remote facilities and databases.
The laboratories in Geology are equipped with modern research instruments including student computing facilities, field surveying equipment, an atomic absorption unit, an X-ray diffractometer, DTA apparatus, high PT apparatus for mineral synthesis, a Worden gravimeter, a flame photometer, a hydrophotometer, and equipment for thin-section preparation and photomicroscopy. Large collections of minerals, rocks, fossils, and maps are also available.
Chemistry students use laboratories including such specialized instruments as Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectrometers, plasma emission, Raman-laser and electron spin resonance spectrometers, and gas and liquid chromatographs. Many of these are computerized for both operation and data acquisition.
A 10,000-square foot Nuclear Science Facility is used by all science departments. Equipment includes neutron and gamma irradiators; X-ray fluorescence, magnetic resonance, and Mossbauer spectrometers; and a range of radiation analyzing equipment.
Our membership in Associated Western Universities supports faculty and student research at national laboratories: Lawrence Livermore, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Located in Silicon Valley, we have research and instructional collaborations with many local instrumentation, materials, semiconductor, and optics companies.
The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, located in the fishing community of Moss Landing on Monterey Bay, provides a unique instructional and research resource for undergraduate and graduate students of marine biology, as well as geological, chemical and physical oceanography. Its facilities and equipment, including the ocean-going research vessel, Point Sur, give many opportunities for field and laboratory-oriented studies.
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