The MSU Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory was completed in early 1998. This 54,000 square foot, $8.8 million facility is used to develop advanced diagnostic instruments and techniques to measure thermal and chemical parameters in combustion systems. DIAL also conducts research for the Department of Energy to analyze combustion and chemical processes used in cleaning up the environment. A one-of-a-kind laboratory,

Address: P. O. Box MM
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Location: Mississippi Research and Technology Park
204 Research Boulevard
Starkville, MS 39759

Contact: Dr. John Plodinec, Director
Telephone: 662-325-2105
E-Mail: Plodinec@dial.msstate.edu

Employees: 50 FT, 15 PT