Instrument Center

The University Instrument Center (UIC) is a multi-user facility equipped with a variety of analytical instrumentation, specializing in chromatography and mass spectrometry. UIC staff are available to assist with classroom and laboratory demonstrations, run class samples, and provide new researcher training. Staff will analyze your samples for you, or train you or your students to operate instrumentation on your own. All instrumentation and services are free of charge to WWU users, except for consumables.

For general inquiries, contact Laura Hope (360-650-3511). Registered users can schedule instrument time directly using the FOM system.

To get started, contact the person indicated below:

Instrument	Contact
GC-MS, -FID, & -FPD	Charles Wandler
HPLC, GPC, HPIC	Sarina Kiesser
Electron Microscopy	Michael Kraft
Liquid scintillation counter	Sarina Kiesser
FAAS, GFAAS, UV-VIS	Charles Wandler
Mass Spectrometry

A cream colored boxy scientific instrument on a desk in a lab

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Varian SpectrAA 220Z w/GTA 110Z and PSD

Varian SpectrAA 220FS w/ SPS-5 and SIPS auto sampling

Liquid Chromatography

LC: Agilent 1100 Series pump and autosampler w/ 1260 Infinity series multiple wavelength UV-VIS detector and refractive index detector, Waters 432 conductivity detector

GPC: Malvern GPCMax with low angle & right angle light scattering (LALS & RALS) and Refractive Index (RI) detectors.

GPC: Malvern Viscotek with multi-angle light scattering (MALS), RI, and viscometer detectors.

See a list of available chromatography columns.