Computer and E-Learning Services
State-of-the-art computers are available at the Computer and GIS Laboratories of the Urban Forestry Program allowing computer modeling, simulation, data storage and analysis. Computer software such as Arcview GIS, ARG GIS, ERDAS Imagine, SAS, LINDO are available. A specialized laboratory dedicated to the Gulf Coast Forest Ecosystem Study is equipped with a high performance server, ecosystem analysis software, high performance display and map maker and high speed internet access. In addition, the program manages the state-of-the-art Remote Sensing/GIS laboratory of the SU Center for Coastal Zone Assessment and Remote Sensing. The laboratory has 20 high speed workstations, servers, and real time image analysis modeling hardware and software.
Equipment Available for Teaching and Research Training
Portable LICOR Photosynthesis Systems, LICOR Soil CO2 analyzer, CO2, O3, and NOx analyzer, Particle pollutant analyzer, Thermocouple psychrometer, Sap flow-meter, Chlorophyll meter, Growth chambers, Disk infiltrometers, Refractometers, Gas chromatograph and mass spectrometry units, HPLC, UV study apparatus, Picus Sonic Tomography and Tree Resistograph, Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Automated wet chemistry analyzer , Auto-analyzer, Nitrogen and crude protein analyzer, Ankon Fiber Analyzer System, Colorimeter, Infrared spectrophotometer, Keyence Digital Microscope, Hitachi Transmission Electron Microscope, Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope, Critical Point Dryer, Sputter Coater, Fluorescent and field contrast light microscopes, Stereo microscopes, Ultra microtome, Cryo microtome, pH meters, Analytical balances, Autoclaves, Drying ovens, and more.
Facilities at the Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Program
The Urban Forestry Building Complex has six offices for faculty and research staff and project related laboratories such as Gulf Coast Ecosystem Studies, Ecology, Ecophysiology, Computer Laboratory, Growth Chambers, and Integrated Pest Management, Soil, Horticulture, Anatomy and Morphology, and Imaging Analysis. This complex has five greenhouses, an outdoor experimental field, three walk-in cold storage rooms, and a growing media storage and preparation area.
Facilities at Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAREC)
SUAREC provides offices for project faculty, research associates, and graduate students. The Center houses research laboratories such as Ecology, Ecophysiology, Air Quality & Phytoremediation, Plant Physiology and Nutrition, Horticulture, Analytical, Biomass, Hydrology, Soil, Pathology, Tissue Culture, Plant Biosecurity, and GIS/computer lab. The facility also includes two walk-in cold storage units, growing media storage and preparation area, a common-instrument room, a spacious conference room, a studio, an information resource room, a seminar room, and many other laboratories. In the J.S. Fisher Agricultural Building, there are Soil, Agronomy, Horticulture, GIS/RS/Computer, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratories. In addition, SUAREC has an experiment station comprising 385 acres of productive land for the field studies and experiments.