Facilities
The Northwestern University Materials Research Center maintains a number of shared facilities that provide faculty, students, and industrial partners with access to state-of-the-art equipment. Large facilities generally have on-site managers and regularly offer short courses on the use of the equipment. All users are encouraged to contact the facility director and/or manager directly for additional information.
External users wanting to perform analyses on-site must complete the Volunteer and Visitor Lab Agreement and complete online training. When asked to submit your group name, enter your institution’s name, and we will work with facility managers to set up your accounts and show you how to arrange training.
NU-MRSEC is part of the Materials Research Facilities Network (MRFN). The primary goal of the program is to maximize the use of advanced characterization facilities within the greater scientific community. Please visit MRFN for comprehensive information.
MRSEC Shared Facilities
BioCryo Facility
Facility Director: Vinayak P. Dravid, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Reiner Bleher
Center for Atom Probe Tomography (NUCAPT)
Facility Director: David Seidman, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Dieter Isheim
Central Laboratory for Materials Mechanical Properties (CLaMMP)
Facility Directors:David Dunand, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Carla Shute
Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC)
Facility Director: Vinayak P. Dravid, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Managers: Tirzah Abbott, Xiaobing Hu & Paul Smeets
Glovebox Inert Atmosphere (N2) Thin-Film Fabrication and Testing (GIANTFab) Facility
Facility Director: Nathan La Porte, Chemistry
Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC)
Facility Director: Christos Malliakas, Chemistry
Keck Interdisciplinary Surface Science Facility (Keck-II)
Facility Director: Vinayak Dravid, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Xinqi Chen
Magnet, Low Temperature, and Optical Facility (MLTOF)
Facility Directors:
John Ketterson, Physics & Astronomy
Nathaniel Stern, Physics & Astronomy
Facility Manager: Carla Shute
Materials Characterization & Imaging (MatCI) Facility
Facility Director: Derk Joester, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Carla Shute
NUFAB Cleanroom Facility
Facility Director: Vinayak Dravid, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Nasir Basit
The Reactor Engineering and Catalyst Testing (REACT) Facility
Facility Director: Justin Notestein, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Facility Manager: Neil Schweitzer
Scanned Probe Imaging and Development Facility (SPID)
Facility Manager: Vinayak Dravid, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Gajendra S Shekhawat
Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) Facility
Facility Director: Michael Bedzyk , Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Bruce Buchholz
X-ray Diffraction and Materials Deposition Facility
Facility Director: Michael Bedzyk, Materials Science and Engineering
Facility Manager: Sumit Kewalramani