埃尔顿B. 斯蒂芬斯科学中心

科学展览

Students learn best by doing, and students at Birmingham-南部 actively participate in their science education. This approach to learning is facilitated by every aspect of the 斯蒂芬斯科学中心, including a three-story atrium that puts "science on display" in 实验室 that open onto a common area. 埃尔顿B. 斯蒂芬斯科学中心 houses the disciplines of biology, 化学, 物理, and experimental 心理学.

The 100,000 square-foot, $24.1 million 斯蒂芬斯科学中心 is among the largest and most extensive such facilities on a college campus of this size in the country. 亚瑟J. Lidsky, a facilities planning consultant who has participated in the review and design of science facilities across the nation including at Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, 等, called the 斯蒂芬斯科学中心 "... one of the finest examples of undergraduate science buildings in the country."

At the heart of the building is a three-story atrium providing a space for social and intellectual interdisciplinary interactions and putting science on display.

The center anchors a new academic quadrangle, with the Stockham Building, 伯特人文中心, 和芒格大厅. Stockham and Munger are on the National Historic Registry.

Among the many features of the science center are:

the most current technology in 教室, 实验室, and support areas for biology, 化学, 物理, 心理学, and environmental science;
a design that enhances collaboration between students and faculty using a "hands-on" approach and fosters interdisciplinary connections and undergraduate research opportunities;
a flexible design that can be reconfigured to accommodate changing laboratory and space needs, existing and future teaching methods, 新技术, and new disciplines; and
电脑 technology-assisted teaching in the 教室 and data acquisition in the 实验室.

The facilities for the Department of Biology housed in the center include eleven teaching 实验室, nine research 实验室 for collaborative student-faculty research, an interdisciplinary environmental studies laboratory, 一个温室, a zoological museum/herbarium, a radioisotope laboratory, 和其他设备, 预备, 支持室.

The facilities for the Department of Chemistry include six teaching 实验室, five research 实验室 for collaborative student-faculty research, chemical and glassware storage rooms, 和其他设备, 预备, 支持室.

The facilities for the Department of Physics include three teaching 实验室, three research 实验室 for collaborative student-faculty research, 和其他设备, 预备, 支持室.

Facilities shared among the science disciplines include a laser lab, 机械工厂, and photographic darkroom, 伴随着讲座, class, 电脑, 会议, study and seminar rooms.

The 一楼 houses introductory teaching 实验室支持室 for biology and environmental science; the museum/herbarium; introductory, 先进的, and research 实验室支持室 for 物理; three lecture halls; and 办公室 for 物理 faculty and the Secretary for Science and Mathematics.

The 二楼 houses 先进的 and research 实验室, 支持的房间, 还有生物办公室, a classroom and a 电脑 room.

The 三楼 houses introductory, 先进的, and research 实验室, 支持的房间, and 办公室 for 化学, 教室, 自习室, 一个研讨室, 还有会议室.

The 一楼 houses teaching and research 实验室, 办公室, and support spaces for 心理学, as well as an animal facility.

Current research and teaching equipment for biology and 化学 which is accessible to all undergraduate students, includes electrophoresis, 印迹, 和干燥装置, hybridization oven and uv crosslinker, 分光光度计, microtitre plate readers, diode-array UV-Vis 分光光度计, PCR/thermocycler equipment, liquid scintillation counters, lyophilizer and speed-vac, 高速离心机, 超速离心, 超低温冰箱, phase-contrast microscope, 倒置显微镜, 荧光显微镜, controlled-atmosphere incubators, biological safety cabinets, 高效液相色谱法, vapor pressure osmometers, 阻抗米, 氧气传感器, as well as a range of ancillary equipment including balances, pipetters, pH值米, constant temperature baths, 瓶浴, 微型离心机, and water purification systems. The College provides each faculty member with an office 电脑 and the department is connected to the campus

The department's annual library budget is approximately $75,000. There is a subscription list of approximately 50 journals. The library provides numerous on-line searching capabilities and interlibrary loan. The Lister Hill 图书馆 of the Health Sciences and the Stern 图书馆, both at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, are world-class research libraries only 10 minutes away. As members of the Birmingham Area Consortium of Higher Education, 澳门新葡京官网 faculty have borrowing privileges there.