Facilities
The Tree-Ring, Earth, and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (TREES Lab) is a Center of Excellence in Undergraduate Research at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. The TREES Lab is housed in the fully renovated Boebel Science Building and provides over 2,400 sq. ft. of fully-equipped research space to enable the mindful, dedicated efforts of faculty, staff, and students in pursuit of academic excellence through a deep commitment to undergraduate research and education.
The TREES Lab includes:
- Main teaching space with six boom-arm binocular microscopes, light sources, and two teaching computers connected to a newly outfitted multimedia teaching platform
- Quiet paleo research suite with four PC workstations and microscopes with integrated imaging systems
- 250 sq. ft. wet lab with fume hood
- 250 sq. ft. sediment analysis lab
- 300 sq. ft. wood shop for preparation of tree-ring samples
- 150 sq. ft. geographic information system research space
- Velmex sliding micrometer stage
- Four licenses of WinDENDRO tree-ring analysis software
- One copy of WinCELL
- Two high-resolution optical scanners (4800x9600 dpi)
- Two Swiss-made microtomes to create thin sections from wood plant material
- Separate, 600 sq. ft. archive space across the hall from the main lab
- Six PC workstations that are fully equipped for tree-ring and sediment analysis
- Four high-end GIS workstations connected to dedicated 18TB network drive that is backed up daily on university servers housed both on and off campus
- Software loaded on the computers includes: ArcGIS Pro, R and R Studio, Grapher, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office
- Computer support provided by the UW-Platteville College of Liberal Arts and Education
- The TREES Lab is housed within of the Department of Environmental Sciences & Society which also maintains a GIS computer lab with 30 PC workstations loaded with ArcGIS, R, Systat, and Adobe Creative Suite