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
– Mastersizer 3000 for grain size analysis
– Nireos hyperspectral SWIR + macrolens for imaging samples
– 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
– 5 with Windows
– 2 with Ubuntu
– One photogrammetry workstation
– Agisoft Photoscan
– DJI Terra software
– NAS Storage Server
Field Equipment
– Nireos Hyperspectral SWIR Camera for imaging outcrops
– 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