Services from our Specialized Core Facilities
Micro Nano Fabrication
Micro/nano TeChnology Center (MNTC)
The MNTC is a class 100/1000 $30 million 10,000 ft2 cleanroom facility with SEM imaging, characterization and packaging capabilities. The Center’s expertise resides in micro and nanotechnology, sensors, transducers, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced materials, biomedical devices, space, and governmental applications.
Center for Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CENSE)
The Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CeNSE) is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and staff at the University of Kentucky with a shared vision and a cutting-edge research facility to study and develop materials and devices at the nanoscale.
Advanced Materials & Energy
CONN CENTER for RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH (CCRER)
UofL established the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering in 2009 in honor of major donors Hank and Rebecca Conn. The Conn Center conducts and facilitates R&D on potentially commercializable renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
CENTER for APPLIED ENERGY Research (CAER)
The Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky is working in communities across the Commonwealth to help local governmental agencies reduce their energy bills and improve their infrastructure.
CENTER for ADvanced MAterials (CAM)
The Center for Advanced Materials at the University of Kentucky seeks to establish a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and transformative research program to investigate novel electronic materials, bringing together experts from across Kentucky to pursue basic research as well as potential applications.
Characterization & Metrology
Huson Nanotechnology Core Facility (HNCF)
The Huson core facility is part of the University of Louisville UofL MNTC with SEM, AFM and , STEM capabilities, Ellipsometry, and QFI system available to internal and external academic and industry users.
Electron Microscopy Center (EMC)
During a typical year over 100 different customers are served, providing services for over $20 million in grant funds. The Electron Microscopy Center is part of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and is located in the basement of the ASTeCC Building.
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
RAPID PROTOTYPING CENTER (transitioning to amist core)
The Rapid Prototyping Center (RPC) at the University of Louisville has one of the best equipped facilities with world class capabilities for 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metals and polymers. Established as an industrial/academic consortium the RPC has been producing prototypes and low volume end-use parts and has been performing applied research, technology transfer and industry-funded projects since1993.
