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.
Registered users can schedule instrument time directly using the FOM system.
To get started, please message the instrument contact indicated below:

Instrument | Contact |
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GC-MS, -FID, & -FPD | Cassi King |
HPLC, GPC, HPIC | Alyssa Tsukada |
Electron Microscopy | Michael Kraft |
Liquid scintillation counter | Sarina Kiesser |
FAAS | Cassi King |
Mass Spectrometry | Sarina Kiesser |
Raman Microscopy | Cassi King |
Fluorescence Microscopy | Alyssa Tsukada |

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.

Gas Chromatography
GC-MS: Varian CP3800 GC with Saturn 2000 Ion Trap MS. Autosampler and SPME support.
GC-FID: Varian CP3800 GC with FID.
GC-FPD: Agilent 6890 GC with FID and FPD.
See list of available chromatography columns.

NEW! - Mass Spectrometers
MALDI-TOF-MS: Bruker autoflex maX MALDI-TOF/TOF
LC-ESI-QTOF-MS: Agilent 6545XT AdvanceBio LC/QTOF

Other Instrumentation
Liquid scintillation counter: Hidex 300 SL
Critical point dryer: Quorum Technologies E3000 Series
Refractometer: Mettler Toledo RE40
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer: Hewlett-Packard 8452