UW-Milwaukee's Advanced Analysis Facility. Presentation at the 2015 RM2N Symposium, UW-Eau Claire.

1. Academic Research Support:
The AAF’s laboratory provides the instrumentation that
graduate and undergraduate students need to drive their
research forward. Students are able to attend hands-on
equipment training after which they are proficient at
instrument use. For a greater depth of research
instrumentation
knowledge the AAF hosts
the course Advanced
Materials
Characterization MSE511
offered each Autumn
semester.
Industrial Projects:
Industry projects include long or short-term research at
various points in the product development
process. Projects include targeted analyses conducted by
AAF staff along with regular interaction with the external
partner to resolve or guide their engineering task. The AAF
has successfully completed hundreds of projects with
Southeast Wisconsin
companies.
About the Facility:
The Advanced Analysis Facility (AAF) at University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a centralized user-based research
instrumentation facility operated by the College of
Engineering & Applied Science. Through the AAF, academic
researchers, and members of industry have access to
advanced instrumentation along with expert training and
guidance. The AAF has assisted in cutting-edge research for
over 20 years.
X-Ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy
Atomic Force Microscopy
3D Laser Scanning
Confocal Microscopy
X-ray Diffraction
Scanning Electron
Microscopy
To learn about equipment access
visit: www.uwm.edu/AAF
Facility Entrance
(EMS 12th Floor)

2. Advisory Board:
Junhong Chen Ph.D. (Mechanical Eng. Dept.)
Benjamin Church Ph.D. (Materials Eng. Dept.)
Changsoo Kim Ph.D. (Materials Eng. Dept.)
Nikolai Kouklin Ph.D. (Electrical Eng. Dept.)
Konstantin Sobolev Ph.D. (Civil Eng. and Mechanics)
Chris Yuan Ph.D. (Mechanical Eng. Dept.)
Facility Staff:
Steven Hardcastle Ph.D.
Dan Kaminski M.S.
Contact Information:
The Advanced Analysis Facility is located on 12th floor of the
Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (EMS) building in the
southwest quadrant of the Kenwood campus.
For more information please contact Dr. Steven E. Hardcastle,
Researcher, at 414-229-6692 or email shard@uwm.edu
Visit us at: www.uwm.edu/AAF
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Engineering & Mathematical Sciences Building
3200 N. Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Advanced
Analysis
Facility
College of Engineering & Applied Science
“Industrial research in an academic setting”
www.uwm.edu/AAF
• Advanced Research Instrumentation
• World-renowned Faculty Expertise
Examples of Project Topics and Capabilities:
• Analysis of contaminated surfaces
• Identification of unknown crystalline solids
• Thermal analysis of polymers
• Nano-particle sizing
• Analysis of organic coatings/coatings thickness
• Dimensional analysis of features on sub-
micron scale (micro-channels, circuit boards)
• Porosity, pore size, and surface area of
powders
• Corrosion product analysis and
electrochemical testing
Case Study 1: Water Filtration Polymer Foams
Case Study 2:
Automotive Car Wash Study
“What is that dirt on my car?”
Pre-carwash Surface
Contamination
Contaminant
#1
Quartz (SiO2)
34.4%
Contaminant
#2
Halite (NaCl)
31.4%
Contaminant
#3
Dolomite
CaMg(CO3)2
34.2%
Clean
Water
“Structure and Efficiency of Toxic Heavy Metal Removal”
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20
40
60
80
100
0 1 2 3 4 5
%Toxindetected
Time (hr) exposed to contaminated water