Boise State University
Research Areas & Services
There are a vast number research areas that Boise State is actively engaged in, with many of these labs providing services or expertise to those in industry or general public. Please enter a search term in the window below to describe the area of work you are interested in or the specific service or test you are looking for to see if we might be able to provide assistance.
Please contact the C-TAP Coordinator for information on how to access the services listed below or for assistance in areas not listed.
| Elemental analysis | Materials characterization |
|---|---|
| Chemical composition | Materials characterization |
| Metallurgical analysis | Materials characterization |
| Metallography | |
| Particle size analysis (number, distribution) | Materials characterization |
| Corrosion testing and analysis | Materials characterization |
| Surface profile, roughness and topography | Materials characterization |
| Light spectral analysis (IR, visible, UV) | Optical characterization |
| Chemical composition | Materials characterization, including some radioactive materials |
| Microstructural characterization including crystallographic and elemental mapping, surface sciences, atomic spatial resolution | Materials characterization, including some radioactive materials |
| Contaminant and trace metal analysis | Materials characterization |
| High resolution X-ray analysis | Materials characterization |
| Thermal properties, Young’s modulus, hardness at micro and nano-scale | Micro and nanoscale materials characterization |
| Magnetic domain analysis, electrical conductivity, electrical potential/galvanic corrosion analysis at nano-scale | Micro and nanoscale materials characterization |
| Optical power density | Optical characterization |
| Tensile, compressive, flexural testing | Materials characterization |
| Failure analysis | |
| Fatigue testing | Materials characterization |
| Failure analysis | |
| Hardness testing | Materials characterization |
| Failure analysis | |
| Metal grain analysis | Materials characterization |
| Failure analysis | |
| Heat treatments, cryogenic treatments | Materials characterization |
| Materials processing | |
| Product testing and refinement | Product development |
| Mechanical simulation & analysis (FEA) | |
| Environmental testing | Product development |
| Product test | |
| Failure analysis | |
| Product refinement | Product development |
| Product test | |
| Usability testing | Product development |
| Product test | |
| Prototype development | Product development |
| Product test | |
| Design for manufacturability consulting | Product development |
| Manufacturing | |
| Manufacturing consulting | Manufacturing |
| Food and dairy consulting | Food processing |
| Import/export regulation consulting | Product manufacturing |
| Product marketing | |
| Virtual reality environment development | Computerized visualization |
| Gaming | |
| Training | |
| 3D interactive visualization center | Computerized visualization |
| Biometric response assessment | Training |
| Usability | |
| Gait and balance assessment and training | Health |
| Sports | |
| Flexibility and agility assessment improvement | Health |
| Sports | |
| Metabolic testing, body mass index (BMI) measurement | Health |
| Sports | |
| Cardiorespiratory endurance | Health |
| Sports | |
| Pulmonary function | Health |
| Sports | |
| Electrocardiography | Health |
| Sports | |
| Anaerobic power | Health |
| Sports | |
| Muscular fitness | Health |
| Sports | |
| Motion capture & analysis to improve athletic performance, reduce injury risk | Health |
| Sports | |
| Bicycle fitting | |
| Motion capture & analysis | Computer animation |
| CGI | |
| LEAN manufacturing | Product manufacturing |
| 6 sigma consulting | Product marketing |
| Fossil analysis | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Sample dating | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Elemental and trace metal analysis | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Analysis of precipitation, streamwater & groundwater | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Sample nutrient quantification | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Seismic data collection | Geology |
| Geosciences | |
| Forensics | |
| Cell characterization (antibody binding, DNA, RNA and chromosomal analysis, mature / immature red blood cell analysis) | Life Sciences |
| Pathology, disease | |
| Biology | |
| Flow cytometry, cell sorting | Immunology |
| Genetics | |
| Hematology | |
| Transplantation | |
| Flow cytometry, cell sorting | Bacteria, yeast analysis |
| Flow cytometry, cell sorting | DNA analysis of cell |
| RNA vs DNA differentiation during cell progression | |
| Flow cytometry, cell sorting | Assess cell viability |
| Measure cytokine production from activated cells | |
| Metabolite analysis | Life Sciences |
| Pathology, disease | |
| Biology | |
| Bomb calorimetry | Chemistry |
| Business coaching / mentoring | Business / market development |
| Funding, capitalization | |
| Sourcing funds to start / grow a business | Business / market development |
| Funding, capitalization | |
| Business incubation rental space | Business / market development |
| Funding, capitalization | |
| STTR, SBIR assistance | Business / market development |
| Funding, capitalization | |
| Business plan, marketing plan development | Business / market development |
| Funding, capitalization | |
| Semiconductor and IC prototyping | Semiconductor development |
| Sensor development | |
| Micro and nano scale device development | Semiconductor development |
| Sensor development | |
| Trace element and aqueous analysis of natural and man-made materials. | Geological and biological investigations |
| Anthropological and forensic investigations | |
| Soil composition and water nutrient analysis | Environmental assessments, resource management/conservation. |
| Fossil, bone, and tooth analysis | Forensic, anthropology and paleoclimatology work |
| Analysis of soils for plant-soil carbon cycling, nutrient and organic material sources and cycling. | |
| Stable isotope profiling | Snowpack and water transport processes |
| Plant/soil carbon cycling | |
| Measurement of radiogenic isotopes in Earth materials | Igneous and metamorphic petrology |
| Structural geology and tectonics | |
| Paleobiological evolution | |
| Paleoclimate change |