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Laboratory Facilities and Equipment

Soil Lab

This lab space is part of the main office building, next to the Aggregate Lab. This space contains our Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph, Elementar vario MAX cube, and other laboratory instruments.

Elementar vario MAX Cube

Our Elementar vario MAX Cube was purchased in 2026. This was partially purchased with funds from the Washington Wheat Foundation, the Roundhouse Foundation, and Progene LLC.
Agilent Gas Chromatograph on a table with chairs.

Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph

Our Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph was purchased in 2025.
Mega Star Centrifuge on a table.

VWR® Mega Star 4.0 Benchtop Centrifuge

Our Mega Star centrifuge was purchased in 2026.

Fume Hood

This fume hood was purchased in 2026 with funds from the Amen Endowment.
pH Meter sitting on a table.

Orion Pro Star pH/ion, Conductivity and DO Bench Meter

Thermo Scientific™ Orion™ Pro Star MP218 pH/ion, Conductivity and DO Bench Meter purchased in 2025.
Incubator on a table.

Fisherbrand™ Isotemp™ Microbiological Incubator

Fisherbrand™ Isotemp™ Microbiological Incubator was purchased in 2025.
Water purification system and sink.

Water Purification System

Thermo Scientific Water Purification System purchased in 2024.

Fisherbrand™ Maxima Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump

This vacuum pump was purchased in 2025 with funds from the Roundhouse Foundation.

Aggregate Lab

This lab space houses the Aggregate Stability Shaker. The aggregate lab is part of the main office building.

Aggregate Stability Shaker

The Aggregate Stability Shaker is used to analyze the wet aggregate stability.

Drying Oven

This oven was purchased in 2024 with funds from the Washington Grain Commission.

Riffle Splitter

This Riffle Splitter was purchased in 2025 to help split soil samples for the aggregate shaker.

Polymix® Laboratory Grinding Mill

This grinding mill was purchased in 2025 with funds from the Roundhouse Foundation.

Deffenbaugh Lab

This lab space is in the Deffenbaugh Building. The Deffenbaugh Building also has meeting spaces, vehicle bays, and is used for large gatherings.
Vial rotator.

Vial Rotator

This SampleTek Model 200 Vial Rotator was purchased in 2025.
Multi-platform shaker.

Multi-Platform Shaker

This multi-platform shaker was purchased in 2025.
Hotplate stirrer on a counter.

Fisherbrand™ Isotemp™ Digital Hotplate Stirrer

This hotplate stirrer was purchased in 2025.
lab equipment.

HYPROP

HYPROP purchased in 2024 with funds from the Roundhouse Foundation.
drying oven.

Drying Oven

This drying oven was purchased in 2024.
Balances.

Weighing Balances

Thresher with wheat chaff in the background.

Small Bundle Thresher

This Almaco Small Bundle Thresher was purchased in 2025.
Shaker.

Shaker

This Cole Parmer shaker was purchased in 2024.

Freezers

Seedburo Filling Hopper and Stand

This Seedburo Filling Hopper and Stand was purchased in 2025 to help measure test weight of grain.

Field Equipment

Grain Analyzer.

Portable Grain Analyzer

A-1 GrainSense Portable Grain Analyzer was purchased in 2025.

Soil Probe

This soil probe was recommissioned from a tractor mount probe to a truck mount soil probe in 2025.
SATURO Infiltrometer in a field.

SATURO Infiltrometer

SATURO Infiltrometer was purchased in 2024.
Gator in front of a tree.

John Deere Gator

This John Deere XUV825M was purchased in 2024.
CO2 anlyzer in the ground.

CO2 Analyzer

CO2 Analyzer was purchased in 2024 with funds from the Roundhouse Foundation.
Hydroprobe.

Hydroprobe

Hydroprobe was purchased in 2020.