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Facilities and Technology
Quality research cannot be undertaken without top-notch facilities. At Notre Dame, a wealth of facilities exist across campus that provide support for diverse research projects that allow our faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates to make significant contributions to their areas of study.
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Center for Research Computing
High-performance computing has a major impact in many areas of science, engineering, and humanities research. The Center for Research Computing (CRC) comprises a state-of-the-art high-end computing and communication infrastructure manned by a skilled technical computing staff and available for use by faculty and graduate students for any applicable research project.
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The W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research
The Keck Center was established in 1995 and utilizes more than 50 different strains of mice, top interdisciplinary expertise, and the most advanced equipment to address an area of investigation that is at the forefront of medical research: hemostasis.
The Radiation Laboratory
The Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, a joint venture of Notre Dame and the U.S. Department of Energy, is an international center advancing the understanding of the interaction of radiation (both light and ionizing) with matter.
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The Center for Environmental Science and Technology
CEST is a cooperative effort between Notre Dame’s colleges of science and engineering, fostering interdisciplinary environmental research and education by providing cutting-edge analytical technologies needed to address complex environmental problems. CEST is unique in that Notre Dame faculty and students may use the instruments for class work or research.
Walther Cancer Research Center
Researchers in the Walther Center are exploring the genetic basis of colon cancer and prostate cancer with unique animal models developed in the research center. Results of these studies may provide the basis for understanding the origin of these diseases as well as provide molecular targets for the development of new drugs and other treatments.
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The Center for Nano Science and Technology
Researchers in this center explore new device concepts and associated architectures enabled by novel phenomena on the nanometer scale. The center catalyzes multidisciplinary research and education in nanoelectronics, molecular electronics, nano-bio and bio-fluidic microstructures, circuits, and architectures among faculty from the departments of electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, and physics.
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The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity
This center has the goal of becoming a true center for the study of biocomplexity at the national and international level, providing opportunities to study and disseminate both experiment and theory at all levels, improving communication between biological, mathematical, and physical scientists.
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The Center for Applied Mathematics
The Center for Applied Mathematics was established in 1987 to enhance applied mathematics research at Notre Dame and to facilitate the interdisciplinary collaboration on which it thrives.
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Center for Flow Physics and Control
The facilities in the Center are primarily located in the Hessert Center for Aerospace Research. This is a modern 40,000 square-foot building that includes laboratories, computer facilities, fully staffed machine and electronics shops, faculty and student offices, and conference and meeting rooms.
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Psychology Labs
In 1992, the Department of Psychology received three external awards totaling $273,647. Ten years later, the Department garnered 21 grants worth $5.1 million. In 2005-06, the Department was awarded more than $4 million.
Recently renovated lab space in Haggar Hall, the hub of the department, is complemented by 19 on- and off-campus facilities that serve each of its programs.
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White Field Facility
A new, almost 10,000-square-foot engineering facility that will continue to enhance Notre Dame's long history of aerospace research through the use of wind tunnels and other simulation equipment. It contains a new wind tunnel, prep for ultra-efficient airplanes and pilot-less vehicles, and a compressor facility constructed to simulate the compressor stage of a gas turbine engine.
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Yet to Come
Stinson-Remick Hall
Stinson-Remick Hall, which will be used by the College of Engineering, will boast an 11,800-square-foot semiconductor processing and device fabrication clean room, a nanotechnology research center and an Energy Center. The structure will also feature a "huge learning center" for undergraduate engineers, and will also be the University’s first “green” building.
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Nuclear Physics Research
According to the National Science Foundation, Notre Dame is one of the top three U.S. universities in low-energy nuclear physics research.
White Field
In 2008, Notre Dame opened a new 10,000-square-foot engineering facility that will continue its long history of aerospace research through the use of wind tunnels and other simulation equipment.
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