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Hilo’s Analytical Equipment Experience
Hilo’s College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry are collaborating to give students the opportunity to gain experience on the Powder X-ray Diffractometer at the Minority Biomedical Research Support X-ray Diffraction Laboratory under Associate Professor Charles Simmons.
Professor Ken Morris acquired the approximately $280,000 instrument when he joined the College of Pharmacy last year. The shared space has given rise to several joint projects as well as providing training for students on the same equipment used by the best private and public laboratories world-wide.
The Powder X-ray Diffractometer is used to look at the internal structure and properties of bulk material in everything from food and drugs, polymers, geological samples and semiconductors.
"Though we anticipate ample facilities in the planned College of Pharmacy building, we need to establish our research programs now to insure future success and to provide opportunities for our students," says Morris. "Analytical instrumentation such as this is essential for my continued research in pharmaceutical materials science that has been my focus for some 30 years.”
“Without Dr. Simmons’ generosity, it would have been difficult or impossible for me to so rapidly establish a laboratory and achieve the success we’ve already had. We are now collaborating on a range of projects that, hopefully, should benefit both UH Hilo and our community," says Morris.