Shared Core Facilities List

Facilities at University Park - Available to non-Penn State Users 

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

• Automated Biological Calorimetry Facility
• Genomics Core Facility
• High Field MRI Facility
• Metabolomics Facility
• Microscopy and Cytometry Facility
• Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility
• Shared Fermentation Facility
• Transgenic Mouse Facility
• X-Ray Crystallography Facility
   

Penn State College of Medicine

• Animals - Transgenics, Imaging, & Pathology Services, Hershey
• Cell Science / Cytometry Core Facility, Hershey
• Genome Sciences Core Facility, Hershey
• Macromolecular Synthesis Core Facility, Hershey
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging/NMR Facilities, Hershey
• Micro CT Scanner, Hershey
• Microscopy and Histology, Hershey
• Mass Spectrometry and Tandem MS/MS Core Facility, Hershey
• Penn State Cancer Institute Biorepository, Hershey
• X-ray Crystallography Core Facility, Hershey
• Zebrafish Functional Genomic Core, Hershey
• Additional College of Medicine Core Facilities
• Cancer Institute Core Facilities
• CEL Core Endocrinology Core Facility
• Flow Cytometry Core Facility
• Functional Genomics Core Facility
• Macromolecular Core Facility
• Melanoma Core Facility
• Molecular and Histopathology Core
• MRI/MRS Imaging Core Facility
• Proteomics & Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core Facility
   

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

• Advanced Cyber Infrastructure (ICDS-ACI)
   

Materials Research Institute

• Materials Characterization Lab
• Characterization Techniques:
  • AES
  • AFM
  • CONFOCAL RAMAN/PL/AFM
  • CONTACT ANGLE
  • EBSD
  • EDS
  • EPMA
  • ELECTRICAL
  • FIB
  • FT-IR
  • NANOINDENTATION
  • OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
  • OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY
  • PARTICLE SIZING
  • SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM)
  • SURFACE AREA
  • TEM
  • TOF-SIMS
  • THERMAL ANALYSIS
  • UV-VIS-NIR
  • X-RAY SCATTERING
  • XPS/ESCA
  • ZETA POTENTIAL
     
• Nanofabrication Lab
  • DEPOSITION AND GROWTH
  • LITHOGRAPHY
  • ETCHING
  • CHARACTERIZATION
     
• Materials Computation Center (MCC) 

  • COMPUTER CLUSTERS

• 2D Crystal Consortium - Materials Innovation Platform (2DCC-MIP)

  • Chalcogenide MOCVD System
     

Institutes for Energy and the Environment

• Water Quality Laboratory (WQL)
• Center for Quantitative Imaging (CQI)
• Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Laboratory (AMS)
• Deployable Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratory (DEESL)
• Laboratory for Analysis of Strategic Element Resources (LASER)
• Laboratory for Isotopes and Metals in the Environment (LIME)
• Satellite Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratory (SEESL)
   

Social Science Research Center

• The Penn State Federal Statistical Research Data Center
• Children, Youth, and Families Consortium
• Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
• Geographic Information Analysis Core
• Contact the GIA Core
• Network on Child Protection and Well-Being
• Population Research Institute
• Quantitative Developmental Systems Methodology
• Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center
• 3T MRI Facility
• Human Electrophysiology Facility
• High Field MRI Facility
• Survey Research Center
   

• Advanced Technology (AT)

  • Autonomous Control & Intelligent Systems (ACIS) 
    • Embedded Systems & Technologies
    • Intelligent Control Systems
    • Operations Research
    • Signal Processing
       
  • Energy Science & Power Systems (ESPS)
    • Experimental Support Group
    • Integrated Power Systems
    • Nuclear & Space Power
    • Technology, Concepts & Modeling
       
  • Sonar Research & Development (SRD)
    • Materials & Device Development
    • Systems Design
    • Transduction & Array Technology
       
  • Special Projects and Unmanned Vehicle (SPUV)
    • Test Planning & Vehicle Operations (Keyport Det)
    • Test & Evaluation Technologies
    • LDUUV Technologies
    • Systems Engineering Applications
    • Emerging Requirements & New Initiatives
       
• Communications, Information and Navigation (CIN)
  • Communications & Imaging (CI)
    • Advanced Technologies
    • Wireless Technologies
    • Algorithms & Analysis
    • Imaging Systems & Processing
  • Cyber Innovation (CYBER)
    • Geospatial & Decision Support
    • Convergence Studies
    • Studies & Simulations
       
  • Information Science & Technology (IST)
    • Analytical Modeling
    • Intelligent Control
    • Distributed Systems
       
  • Navigation Research & Development (NRD)
  • Synthetic Environment Applications Lab (SEALAB)
  • Sensors & Signatures (SS)
    • Antennas & Propagation
    • Electromagnetic Signatures
    • Applied Communications Technology
       
• Fluids, Structural Mechanics & Acoustics (FSMA) 
  • Computational Mechanics (CM)
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
    • Computational Methods Development
    • Advanced Fluid Thermal Modeling
       
  • Fluid Dynamics (FD)
    • Fluid Machinery
    • Fluids Research
    • Systems Design
       
  • Marine & Physical Acoustics (MPA)
    • Environmental Acoustics
    • Physical Acoustics
       
  • Noise Control & Hydroacoustics (NCH)
    • Flow Acoustics
    • Structural Acoustics
       
  • Research Facilities (RF)
    • Instrumentation/Tunnel Operation
    • Facility/Network Maintenance & Support
    • Facilities
    • Model Testing
    • Instrumentation
       
• Materials & Manufacturing (MM)
  • Composite Materials (CM)
    • Advanced Technology Development
    • Computational Analysis & Design
    • Process Development & Structural Characterization
       
  • Laser Processing (LP)
    • Process Technologies
    • Systems Engineering & Integration
    • CIMP-3D
       
  • Materials Processing (MP)
    • Metals & Ceramics Processing
    • Advanced Coatings
       
  • Manufacturing Systems (MS)
    • Product & Process Design
    • Environmental Group
    • Information Systems
    • Electro-Optics
       
  • Systems & Operations Automation (SOA)
    • Complex Systems Monitoring & Automation
    • Applied Enterprise Systems
    • Embedded Monitoring & Control Systems
    • SOA Facilities
    • SOA Publications
       
• Undersea Weapons Office (UW)
• Undersea Weapons (UW)
  • Engineering Design (ED)
  • Guidance & Control Technologies (GCT)
  • Systems Analysis & Simulation (SAS)
  • Torpedo Systems (TS)
     

ARL administrated Centers & Institutes
These centers augment ARL capabilities, are important cross-disciplinary efforts that address research and manufacturing challenges too complex for single-investor programs. 

• Drive Train Center (DTC) - sponsored by the Navy Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) Program
• Gear Research Institute (GRI) 
• Institute for Manufacturing & Sustainment Technologies (iMAST) - a part of ARL and one of nine U.S. Navy MANTECH Centers of Excellence managed by the Office of Naval Research along with the REPTECH program.
   

Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

• Bus Research Center (BRTC)
• Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory (CITEL)
• Crash Safety Facility
• Hybrid Vehicle Lab (Hybrid & Hydrogen Vehicle Research Lab
• Hydrogen Fueling Station (Hybrid Hydrogen)
• Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology Laboratory (NECEPT)
• Test Track Facility (Test Track)
• Battery Application Technology Testing & Energy Research Laboratory (BATTERY)
• Transportation Operations Program (TOP)
• Center for Dirt and Gravel Roads Studies (CDGRS)