Facilities

This is a list of some of the cutting-edge facilities and equipment housed in the Patek Lab.

High speed imaging

Pharsighted Model E9-80S

640 x 480 pixels at 272,000 fps, 640 x 384 pixels at 336,000 fps, 640 x 256 pixels at 492,000 fps, 640 x 128 pixels at 918,000 fps.

Photron Fastcam SA-Z

Monochrome, maximum usable frame rate and resolution for current work: 300,000 frames per second at 256×128 pixel resolution.

Jason Dinh films a snapping shrimp.

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

12-bit, Monochrome, maximum usable frame rate and resolution for current work: 300,000 frames per second at 256×80 pixel resolution.

Photron Fastcam NOVA-R2

2028 x 2048 pixel resolution at 1,440 fps, up to 100,000 fps at reduced resolution.

Lighting

Nila Zaila Daylight LED Light (far left and far right): Draws 40 Watts. Nila Varsa Daylight LED Light (second from right): Draws 75 Watts. MCT High Intensity Compact LED (second from left): 7,000 Lumen powerful LED and “flicker free”.

Materials testing

ElectroPuls 1000

Justin Jorge uses the materials testing machine that is capable of dynamic and static tests for specimens and materials. The ElectroPuls 1000 model has 10 N, 250 N and 2k N load cells, dynamic capacity of +/-1000 N and cycling performance >100 Hz, static capacity +/-710 N, and BioPlus Bath with both submersible and air pneumatic grip kits.

Optics

Leica M165 FC Microscope

Fully apochromatic corrected stereo microscope with 16.5:1 zoom, 1.1 μm structure resolution, TripleBeam technology illumination and a Leica DFC450 C (c-mounted 5 megapixel color microscope camera with 1280×960 pixels and 18 frames per second live image capabilities).

3D printing

FormLabs Form 2

Stereolithography with 25-300 μm layer thickness capacity, Form Wash (8.6 liters of isopropyl alcohol, automated print cleaning), Form Cure (80 ºC, 405 nanometer wave emitting LED, 1 revolution per minute) and a Makerbot Replicator (100 μm layer resolution).

Dremel DigiLab

Filament 3D printer with heated build plate and auto 9-point leveraging.

Microbalance

Precision: +/- 0.001 g.