College Research Facilities
William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel Microscopy Facility
The William C. and Ruth Ann Dewel Microscopy Facility serves undergraduate, graduate students and faculty at Appalachian State University offering a wide variety of services in light and electron microscopy and image analysis. The CAS Microscopy Facility supports both research and teaching, and provides instruction and assistance on the use of state of the art imaging equipment.
College of Arts and Sciences Vivarium
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to providing the Appalachian academic community with a safe, clean, humane, and efficient Animal Resource Facility. For information on the scope of activities, please consult the Vivarium Facility User Manual (268 KB, PDF).
Computation and Visualization Lab
The Computation and Visualization Lab is an interdisciplinary computer lab which provides high-end processing and graphic rendering capabilities in support of education, research and outreach activities. The lab is located on the second floor of Rankin Science West.
Dark Sky Observatory
The Dark Sky Observatory is the research facility used by faculty and their students to conduct observational research in astrophysics. It is equipped with four telescopes, each used regularly for CCD imaging and photometry, with spectrographic instrumentation also available at the 32-inch.
Rankin Observatory
The Rankin Observatory is the instructional facility on the main App State campus and is used for teaching advanced undergraduate astronomy courses in observational techniques. The Rankin Observatory is next to the rooftop GoTo Lab Facility, used in Introductory Astronomy courses.
I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium
The Herbarium at App State contains approximately 29,000 specimens. The three main functions of the facility are teaching, maintenance of vouchers and development of a research herbarium with a focus on the flora of the Southern Appalachians.
Greenhouse
The Department of Biology maintains the Greenhouse, which supports a wide variety of outreach, teaching, basic and applied research efforts and holds more than 800 species across more than 100 families in plant inventory.
Other Research Labs
In addition, members of the science faculty maintain their own individual labs for research, usually involving both graduate and undergraduate students.