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Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry has many shared :

• NMR spectrometers
• Mass spectrometers
• Computer clusters for theoretical chemistry
• Laser systems
• CENTC Elemental analysis facility
• X-ray crystallographic facility

: Purchasable disposables, parts, equipment, and chemicals available to all students for projects related to their own departments. Must have an account with the Department of Chemistry.

Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Biomedical Engineering has the following facilities:

• Biomechanical testing lab
• Microscopy lab
• Quantitative physiology and bioinstrumentation lab
• Ultrasound lab

Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has the following facilities:

• Optical manufacturing and metrology facilities
• X-ray diffractometer
• Nanoindentor

Integrated Nanosystems Center (URnano)

The Integrated Nanosystems Center, known as , is a campus wide facility that provides a cleanroom, advanced materials characterization instruments, and nanofabrication tools. Training for individual tools and overall safety procedures, as well as an approved account are needed to reserve equipment in the facility. The following tools are presently available for training and/or use:

Â鶹´«Ã½ Medical Center (URMC)

URMC Shared Resource Labs

 have equipment for (or available through) the following:

• Confocal and conventional microscopy
• Electron microscopy
• Flow cytometry
• Mass spectrometry
• Mouse genome editing
• Multiphoton research core
• Histology, biochemistry, and molecular imaging (HBMI) core
• Biomechanics, biomaterials, and multimodal tissue imaging (BBMTI) core

Structural Biology and Biophysics Facility

 has several instruments and techniques
that can be used by University researchers, including:

• Circular dichroism
• Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
• DynaPro Plate Reader II
• Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
• Isothermal titration calorimeter

Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

The  is a unique national resource for research and education in science and technology. It has a five-fold mission: (1) to conduct laser-fusion implosion experiments in support of the National Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program; (2) to develop new laser and materials technologies; (3) to provide education in electro-optics, high-power lasers, high-energy-density physics, plasma physics, and nuclear fusion technology; (4) to conduct research and development in advanced technology related to high-energy-density physics; and (5) to operate the National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF). LLE houses the Omega 60 and Omega EP systems.

Optical Fabrication Shop

The Optical Fabrication Shop has the capability of fabricating specialized optics. This includes the polishing of substrates up to 300 mm in diameter to a flatness of //20 and a rms surface roughness of 0.5nm. The fabrication of small optics, e.g., lenses, prisms, wedges, mirrors, lenslet arrays, laser oscillator rods, etc., is done with a variety of glasses and crystals.

Optical Manufacturing Shop

The Optical Manufacturing Shop has the capability of supplying optical devices in dimensions up to 75 cm. This includes deposition of metal and high laser damage threshold multilayer dielectric thin film coatings. High quality reflectors, polarizers, and antireflection coatings are produced by reactive evaporation with an electron-beam gun onto heated substrates.

Shared Computing Facilities

Center for Integrated Research Computing

The Center for Integrated Research Computing ( ) at the Â鶹´«Ã½ provides researchers across the University with support for hardware, software, and training. It fosters innovative interdisciplinary and cross-division collaborations that utilize computational and data analytics technology in research activities in all areas of academic scholarship.

Health Sciences Center for Computational Innovation (HSCCI)

The  facilitates access to high-performance computational resources for biomedical research.

VISTA Collaboratory

The  is an interactive, tiled-display wall that renders massive data sets in real time, giving faculty researchers the ability to visualize and analyze complex data instantaneously and collaboratively with colleagues and students.

Poster Printing

The Barnes Computing Center offers the service of large format  for the Â鶹´«Ã½ community. 

Machine and Fabrication Shops

• : A hands-on educational machine shop for supervised student machine fabrication. Walk-in's and personal projects are welcome.
• : A spacious 24/7-access workspace for student makers of all types.
• : Students can make free use of multiple types of 3D Printers.
• : A 24/7-access machine shop for unsupervised use by trained students.
• : Professional machine and electronics fabrication for all students with a specialty in instrumentation. ECE and ME curricular and research needs are prioritized.

Library Resources

With more than 3 million volumes, Â鶹´«Ã½ ranks among the top 50 of academic research libraries in the United States and Canada. There are rapidly increasing numbers of online journals, , and  available to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Community. The Â鶹´«Ã½ has the following libraries:

• The 
• The 
• The Medical Center's 

IT Resources

—email, blackboard access, VPN access, printing, cloud storage, classroom technology etc.

—a large list of software site licenses, including Acrobat, ChemDraw, Endnote, LabVIEW, MatLab, Mathematica, MS Office and Windows etc.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute of Technology (RIT)

The  offers processing resources and technical expertise in the design and development of microsystems to industrial and academic customers.

Cornell University

The  mission is to enable rapid advancements in science, engineering and technology at the nanoscale by providing efficient access to nanotechnology infrastructure and expertise. CNF operates as a flexible open user facility and is proud to be a member of the .