Facilities and Equipment

• Abstract:
  The laboratory is a recent addition to the Electrical Engineering department's research and project infrastructure. The laboratory was established in 1999 with state of Maine and the University of Maine System research and development funds and in part with existing Department of Electrical Engineering resources.
  
  
• Contact:
  Mariusz Jankowski
  
  
• Location:
  John Mitchell Center, Gorham Campus
  
  
• Major Equipment:
  Workstations: Compaq Deskpro (2x), Compaq 5100 Professional (1x), and Dell Precision 410 (1x)
  Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
  Applications: Mathematica (Wolfram Research), Matlab (Mathworks), PVWave (Visual Numerics), Sherlock (Imaging Technology), ImagePro (Media Cybernetics)
  Imaging Hardware: reflected light microscope (Nikon), PCVision frame grabber (Imaging Technology), CM-V1 mega resolution CCD camera (JAI)

• Abstract:
  USM has a well-equipped and fully-staffed GIS facility. This is comprised of a teaching lab in Gorham, a graduate lab in Portland, and a research space at the John Roberts Road Research Campus. These spaces are variously equipped with computers, standard GIS peripherals, such as large-format color plotters, scanners and digitizing tablets, and a digital data library. The lab software includes the full suite of ESRI GIS products, for which the university holds a site license. Recently the lab’s responsibilities have expanded to include GPS and Total Station surveying capabilities. The lab, the hardware, the software, and the GIS staff are available to USM faculty, researchers, and staff for both teaching and research projects. The lab is supported with funds from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Muskie School of Public Service, the IRIS Institute, and external grants and contracts.
  
  
• Contact:
  GIS Laboratory Operations Manager
  
  
• Location:
  302 Bailey Hall, Gorham Campus
  
  

• Abstract:
  The Human Performance Laboratory is located in the Costello Sports Complex on the Gorham Campus. This site is responsible for the physiological testing and training of all populations from athletes to sedentary “coach potatoes”. In addition, the laboratory serves as an important educational tool for athletic trainers, health fitness majors and exercise physiology students. The Human Performance Laboratory is active and on any given day may house two or more student classes, conduct fitness testing for USM student/athletes and their coaches, and/or serve to collect research data for student theses and faculty research projects. Standard measurements in this laboratory involve resting and exercise energy expenditure, 12-lead electrocardiogram, nutritional analyses, body composition measurements, blood lactate analysis and bone mineral density measurements.
  
  
• Contact:
  Christopher Scott
  Department of Sports Medicine
  37 College Ave.
  Gorham, ME 04038
  780-4566
  
  
• Location:
  Department of Sports Medicine
  Costello Sports Complex; Room 210
  Gorham Campus
  
  
• Associated Researchers:
  Christina Beaudoin, PhD Examines the associations among physical activity/exercise and psyychological well being.
  
  Karen Croteau, EdD Investigates podometer based physical activity and lifestyle interventions
  
  Christopher Scott, PhD Investigations focus on energy expenditure measurements in athletic and patient populations
  
  Janet Whatley-Blum, DSc Examines the associations among physical activity/exercise, nutrition and obesity in adults and adolescents.
  
  
• Major Equipment:
  Metabolic cart for gas exchange analyses (oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production, ventilation); determination of VO2max and ventilatory threshold measures, resting metabolic rate measurements, energy expenditure determination, nutritional analyses.
  
  Various treadmills and bicycle ergometers
  
  Blood lactate analysis
  
  12-lead ECG interpretation
  
  Body composition analyses (underwater weighing, skinfolds, bioelectrical impedance)
  
  Desktop DEXA (bone mineral analysis)

• Abstract:
  The Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology is located in the Biosciences Research Institute, with satellite laboratory space at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine, and the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward, Alaska. The Laboratory uses novel cell culture models and state-of-the-art molecular and toxicological techniques to investigate the effects of metals and particulates to humans and marine animals. In addition, the laboratory uses advanced molecular epidemiological techniques to study gene-environment interactions and to assess individual susceptibility to disease.
  
  
• Contact:
  WiseLab
  Bioscience Research Institute, USM
  Science Building
  Portland, ME, 04104
  (207) 228-8049
  Fax: (207) 228-8057
  
  
• Associated Researchers:
  John P. Wise, Primary Investigator
  Amie Holmes, Laboratory Associate
  Jon Moreland, Research Associate
  Sandra Wise, Research Associate
  Xie Hong, Postdoctoral Fellow
  Carrie Goertz, Postdoctoral Fellow
  Joseph P. Lynch, Ph.D. Student