Research: Facilities – Descriptions
Research and Teaching Facilities
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is located in the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Center that includes more than 18,000 square feet of Biomedical Engineering office, laboratory, and classroom space.
Our facilities are equipped to study:
Image Analysis
- PC and Macintosh workstations with frame grabbers, scanners, etc.
Physiology Laboratory
- A physiology laboratory is equipped with BIOPAC hardware and software to perform numerous physiology experiments and demonstrations.
Solid Mechanics
- Digitally controlled MTS axial/torsional universal testing system, console-mounted and portable strain gage conditioners, ultrasonic testing apparatus.
Fluid Mechanics
- Brookfield cone-plate viscometer, Cahn surface tension balance, flow visualization analysis system, Electronetics pulsating bubble surfactometer, computational fluid diagnosis software.
Biotransport and Cellular Biomechanics
- Bioflux 200 shear flow assay system, high resolution fluorescence imaging system, dark room, biosafety cabinet, centrifuge, microcentrifuge, CO2 incubator with O2 control, continuous infusion pump/dual pump system.
Experimental and Computational Tissue Mechanics
- Universal Cartilage Testing Device, High Resolution Imaging System, ultrasound indentation probe, biosafety cabinet, centrifuge, microscope, incubator.
Biomaterials
- Organic synthesis apparatus, lypholizer, contact angle meter, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, dynamic mask photolithography system.
Electronics
- National Instruments ELZVIS and LabVIEW, and full suite of in-circuit evaluation tools to support development of PIC and Basic Stamp microcontrollers.
Pulmonary Function
- Spirometers, flow and pressure instrumentation, data acquisition, acoustic measurement systems.
Tissue Engineering
- This facility is fully equipped for cell/tissue culture and a range of cellular, molecular and chemical assays, as well as microscopy techniques. Major equipment includes biosafety cabinets, centrifuges, microscopes, incubators, microplate washer and reader, FTIR, and a real-time PCR machine.
These departmental research facilities are complemented by a machine shop and design studio. In other branches of the university, advanced surface and chemical analytical facilities are available. The Center for Anatomical and Movement Science has both research and teaching facilities. Tulane's nine libraries house more than 2.2 million volumes, 14,000 periodicals, and 1.6 million government documents. Additional research facilities are available through the Department's ties with the LSU Medical School and LSU Dental School, both located in New Orleans.
