Research Facilities
The primary College of Science and Technology research facilities on Main Campus are housed in
- the Biology-Life Sciences Building for the Biology Department;
- Beury Hall for the Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Science departments; and
- the Science Education and Research Center (SERC), the College of Science and Technology's most advanced facility completed in 2014, for portions of the Biology and Chemistry departments, as well as the Computer and Information Sciences and Physics departments.
The instrumentation housed in the Biology-Life Sciences Building, Beury Hall and SERC is available for use by undergraduate research students subject to proper training and supervision by faculty, graduate students or postdoctoral researchers.
Undergraduate students of Temple’s College of Science and Technology also have the opportunity to perform research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine under the direction of medical school faculty and thus have access to additional facilities and instrumentation.
Learn more about research in the College of Science and Technology.
Earth and Environmental Science Department Facilities
Faculty and student research is supported by cutting-edge analytical instruments, including the following.
- ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography
- ground-based LiDAR surveying equipment
- mass spectrometry (including ICP-OES)
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- water quality loggers
- X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence
Students also have access to networked computers, printers and workstations.
Faculty Research Specialties
Faculty research includes the following fields.
- coastal dynamics
- ecohydrology
- environmental geochemistry
- environmental geophysics and remote sensing
- geomorphology
- land use change
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The College of Science and Technology offers a breadth of undergraduate research opportunities with world-class faculty. Students can collaborate in research through programs offered during the academic year and summer, and some programs provide financial aid. Explore the full list of research opportunities at Temple.
Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education lists Temple University as an R1 institution for “highest research activity,” placing it among the top 4% of all four-year institutions in the United States.