About Ritchie Hall

Ritchie Hall features include:

• Shared PVT and Micro Imaging Facilities
  • Provide facilities for controlled pressure, volume, temperature experimentation that can be used for research and teaching at reservoir conditions
  • Provide facilities for 3D imaging of fluid flow in samples and cores, opening new research directions
  • Provide unique experimental system (being developed by KU researchers and partner) for live imaging of experiments (fracturing, chemical reaction, diffusion-dispersion).
  • Allow training of Geologists and Petroleum Engineers with state-of-the-art technology.
  • Reservoir Research Lab
  • FEI HeliScan Micro-CT
  • PerGeos software and specialized cluster computer for digital analysis of rock and core
  • PVT Equipment

• Fluid Inclusion Geochemistry and Microscopy Lab
  • Research grade microscopes
    • Nikon Eclipse E600 Fluorescence Microscope
    • Olympus BX51
    • Olympus BX53
    • Olympus BX60
  • Linkham heating and freezing stages
  • Fluid Inc heating and freezing stage

• Digital Rock Physics and Petrophysics Lab
  • Magritek NMR
  • SIP lab

• Geospectroscopy Lab
  • Lab Website
  • FTIR
  • Renishaw inVia Reflex Raman Spectrometer
  • Portable Raman Spectrometer System

• Microscopy Lab
  • Improved training on state-of-the-art imaging techniques
  • CITL cathodoluminescence
  • Stereo microscopes
  • UV and petrographic microscope

• Department of Geology Office suite
  • Offices for Department Staff
  • Collaboration area
  • Chairperson’s office
  • Seminar rooms

• Engaged Learning Auditorium - 162 seat auditorium; envisioned as shared space with priority for energy and environment-related classes in geology and PE

• Edu-lobby telling the story of energy and environment

• G-Hawk Educational Courtyard
  • Telling the story of the Geology of North America
  • Explore 30 boulders
  • Harvest a sample from the rock garden

• Two Engaged Learning Classrooms – 63 seat classrooms with technology for engaged learning

• Collaboration Spaces

• Student and Faculty Offices

Ritchie Hall - A gift from Scott and Carol Ritchie and their family - 2017

A. Scott Ritchie, a Wichita native, graduated from KU in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree in geology. He is chairman of Ritchie Exploration, Inc., a Wichita-based oil and gas exploration company, as well as chairman of Hallrich Inc. and president of Highland Ranch Co. in the Flint Hills. Carol Swanson Ritchie grew up in Clarinda, Iowa, and earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from KU in 1954. The couple married three weeks after their KU graduation and have three children, Scott III, Thomas and Ann, all of whom attended KU. The Ritchies are devoted supporters of KU’s faculty and students. Scott received the Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award to recognize his outstanding career. Carol received the Fred Ellsworth Medallion for her service as member and board chair of the Alumni Association. Scott also received the Fred Ellsworth Medallion, and the Department of Geology gave him its Legacy Award for exceptional dedication and generosity.