UW-Milwaukee is located in a vibrant urban setting on Milwaukee’s North Shore close to Lake Michigan. Our student body includes more than 22,000 undergraduate and graduate students, with one of the most diverse population of any school in the UW System.
UWM is among the nation’s major research universities. It is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top group of institutions of higher education. Research is at the core of both our graduate and undergraduate programs. Undergraduates can (and are strongly encouraged to!) get involved by contacting a faculty member whose research projects match your interests or by working with UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research to find an open opportunity.
The Department has a variety of geological and geophysical field equipment including a drill rig, portable water sampling and analytical systems, and marine and land-based seismic and electrical resistivity systems. In addition, the Department maintains the following equipment directly or through its association with the UWM School of Freshwater Science: x-ray diffractometer and spectrometer, atomic absorption unit, gas and ion chromatographs, liquid scintillation counter, cold region environmental chambers, operating well field, seismograph, Paleomagnetics laboratory, and recirculating flume.
Supporting facilities in the University include a high-performance computing cluster, scanning electron microscope, a cartographic laboratory, and the Saukville Field Station 50 km north of the campus.
The Department also maintains the extensive geological collections of the Greene Geological Gallery and cooperates actively with the Milwaukee Public Museum.
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