1 - Utep - University of Texas at El Paso
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FACILITIES AND SERVICES135<br />
Although administered by the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>El</strong>ectrical Engineer-<br />
Ing, the programs <strong>of</strong> SRL are interdisciplinary in n<strong>at</strong>ure and regularly<br />
involve faculty and students throughout the Univers~ty Funds from the<br />
trust are also used to support the Schellenger Research Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship<br />
in <strong>El</strong>ectrical Eng~neering.<br />
SRL has specialized in <strong>at</strong>mospheric and acoustic research and<br />
Instrument<strong>at</strong>ion, and has investig<strong>at</strong>ed virtually every parameter 01 the<br />
<strong>at</strong>mosphere and has developed instruments for measuring and tesling<br />
these parameters. SRL has also conducted studies in the lite<br />
sciences including cardiac. dental. and orlhopedic research. Recent<br />
activities include research in appltc<strong>at</strong>~ons <strong>of</strong> artificial intelligence. computer<br />
vislon and optical fiber communic<strong>at</strong>ions, <strong>at</strong>mospheric pollution<br />
and advanced sensor development.<br />
The Labor<strong>at</strong>ory tor Environmental Biology was established as<br />
the major research and teaching support unlt for the lield-oriented<br />
b~ological sciences. The Resource Collections division 1s a major<br />
regional center for collections <strong>of</strong> plants, modern vertebr<strong>at</strong>es, modern<br />
mollusks. and l<strong>at</strong>e Cenozoic lossil vertebr<strong>at</strong>es and mollusks ol the<br />
Southwest and Mexico. These collections. initi<strong>at</strong>ed in 1965, lorm an<br />
inlernalionally recognized base for teaching and research in system<strong>at</strong>ics,<br />
ecology, biogeography, and paleontology, with some 80.000<br />
cur<strong>at</strong>ed speclmens. Other labor<strong>at</strong>ory facilities include specialized<br />
equipment and collections <strong>of</strong> research liter<strong>at</strong>ure in selected fields. The<br />
university is a member ol the Associ<strong>at</strong>ion ol System<strong>at</strong>ics C~lle~tl~nS<br />
and the mammal collection meets the criter~a <strong>of</strong> the American Socletv<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mammaloa~sts.<br />
he J. W. Milkr Memorial Geophysical Labor<strong>at</strong>ory s a ma.or<br />
fi researcn arm <strong>of</strong> tne Deoartmenl ol Geo oo ca Sc ences Tn s lac tv<br />
- Includes comouter inierfaced labor<strong>at</strong>or; aooar<strong>at</strong>us and a well.<br />
equjpped computer graphics labor<strong>at</strong>ory. A broad range <strong>of</strong> geophysi.<br />
cal research projects wh~ch involve many students are supported<br />
through this facility. I The John W. Kidd Memorlal Seismic Observ<strong>at</strong>ory is in con!lnuous<br />
year-round oper<strong>at</strong>ion and 1s part <strong>of</strong> the World-W~de Standard~zed<br />
Seismograph Network. The st<strong>at</strong>ion is equipped w~th<br />
I seismographs<br />
gram, Inc, and (4) B~lingualIB~cultural Educ<strong>at</strong>~on Symposia project<br />
fonrfpd - -.- bv -, the Excellence Fund<br />
Recent , tne Center nas ,noeCa
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