Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

Establish a Penn State Center for Environmental Kinetics - as part of the Environmental Molecular Science Institute (EMSI) program (NSF/DOE-OBER) [PNNL Scope #47287, Zachara EMSI)

Lead Institution

Pennsylvania State University

Principal Investigator

William Burgos

Project type

Exploratory Research

The National Science Foundation has awarded a team of Penn State researchers $6.7 million to establish a new center for the study of environmental kinetics. Susan L. Brantley, director of the…

Surface Texture of Zircon Grains from the Sierra Madera Impact Structure, West Texas

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Sarah Huson

Project type

Exploratory Research

The Sierra Madera structure in west Texas is a ~12 km well-exposed eroded remnant of a complex impact crater. The structure was last studied in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s and is an excellent…

Surface Modification and Cutting of Polymer Surfaces

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Aaron Baker

Project type

Exploratory Research

Rock Microtopography: Implications for Environmental Records in Glaciers

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kurt Cuffey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Rheology of Subfreezing Glacial Ice

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Kurt Cuffey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Microcalorimetric Sensors

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Michael Free

Project type

Exploratory Research

Theoretical Studies of Kinetic Processes in Nanoscale Ice Films

Lead Institution

University of Iceland

Principal Investigator

Hannes Jonsson

Project type

Exploratory Research

Theoretical Studies of Kinetic Processes in Nanoscale Ice Films

Lead Institution

University of Iceland

Principal Investigator

Hannes Jonsson

Project type

Exploratory Research

We will study the sticking probability of a water molecule on the basal plane of hexagonal ice using experiments and theory. The molecular sticking will be studied over a wide range in energy (0.5…

Vaporchromic Sensor Evaluation that utilize vaporchromic compounds

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Leslie Moore

Project type

Exploratory Research

Analysis of Pt/Ir STM tips with the Scanning Auger Microprobe

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Adam Jay Schafer

Project type

Exploratory Research

Thickness Uniformity of Electrodeposited Films

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Daniel Schwartz

Project type

Exploratory Research

Determination of Carbon in West Valley Glassess

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Randall Scheele

Project type

Exploratory Research

HREM work on unirradiated Inconel 718

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bulent Sencer

Project type

Exploratory Research

Flourescence measurements

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Manish Shah

Project type

Exploratory Research

Thermogravimetric analysis of organometallic compounds and semiconductor/metal nanoparticles

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Marvin Warner

Project type

Exploratory Research

The work to be carried out under this proposal involves the routine analysis of a variety of organometallic and nanoparticulate materials using thermogravimetry (TGA). The data will then be used in…

Protein Complex Identification using novel affinity resins

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

M. Mayer-Cumblidge

Project type

Exploratory Research

We are validating the use of a FlAsH resin with a dithiol releasing agent for high-throughput protein complex identification We are going to do endogenous pull-downs of protein complexes from S…

ShewFed

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Lipton

Project type

Exploratory Research

Bacterial strains such as Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 are key organisms in the bioremediation of metals due to their ability to enzymatically reduce and precipitate a diverse range of heavy…

FedEx1

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Alex Beliaev

Project type

Exploratory Research

Bacterial strains such as Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 are key organisms in the bioremediation of metals due to their ability to enzymatically reduce and precipitate a diverse range of heavy…