Facilities & Equipment
Dr. Rivera-Hernández manages two laboratory spaces at Georgia Tech, a Planetary GIS computer lab and a Planetary sedimentology lab. Both spaces are housed in the Ford Environmental Science & Technology Building. 
Planetary Sedimentology Lab Resources
– PartAn 3D for grain size and shape analysis (22 µm to 35,000 µm).
– Mastersizer 3000 with Hydro EV liquid disperser for grain size analysis (0.01 – 3500 µm)
– Zeiss Zoom SteREO Discovery.V20 for sediment microscopy
– AmScope 3.5X-90X LED Binocular Stereo Zoom Microscope
– SciAps Z-300 for field and lab LIBS analyses
– SciAps X-250 for field and lab XRF analyses
– Bruker Bravo for field and lab Raman analyses
– Manual Parr Pellet Press
– GE Chest Freezer 10.7 cu ft
– Two fume hoods
– Drying oven
– Analytical balances, hot plates, 4L water bath, assorted glassware
Planetary GIS Computer Lab Resources
– Seven Dell Precision 3640 workstations
– 4 with Windows 10
– 3 with Ubuntu 20.04
– NAS Storage Server
Field Equipment
– SciAps Z-300 for field and lab LIBS analyses
– SciAps X-250 for field and lab XRF analyses
– Bruker Bravo for field and lab Raman analyses
– FLIR Duo Pro R for ground and drone based thermal imaging
– FLIR VUE TZ20-R for ground and drone based thermal imaging
– DJI H20T Zenmuse thermal drone camera
– MicaSense Red Edge P dual Multispectral drone camera
– DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise, Thermal, and Multispectral RTK drones
– Bad Elf Flex Extreme GPS
– GigaPan EPIC Pro Robotic Camera mount
– Nikon D850 for ground based photogrammetry
– ZED 2i Stereo Camera
– GoPro Hero 10 cameras
– iPads for field mapping and GIS