Research infrastructure
Our School researchers have access to a wide range of School, University and National facilities to support their research

School facilities

School Teaching & Research Laboratories
Overview
The School boasts a diverse range of state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories spanning the full spectrum of material classes, including dedicated facilities for materials processing, characterisation, testing, and analysis. Most of our laboratories are housed in the Â鶹Éçmadou Hilmer building, serving as a central hub for cutting-edge materials research and innovation.
These facilities are available to School and university researchers, supporting a wide range of projects in materials science and engineering and other disciplines. Additionally, many of our laboratories are open to external collaborators, fostering partnerships with industry, government, and academic institutions to drive advancements in materials research.
Alphabetical List of Laboratories
- Biochar Research Laboratory
- Biomaterials Laboratories
- Casting Laboratory
- Ceramics Research Laboratory
- Electrochemical Research Laboratories
- Electromechanics Laboratory
- Electronic Materials Characterisation Laboratory
- Energy Conversion Devices Laboratory
- First Year Experience LaboratoryÌý
- General Teaching Laboratories
- Gleeble Thermomechanical Processing Laboratory
- Granular Materials Laboratory
- High Bay Heavy Processing Laboratory
- High Temperature Materials Laboratory
- Interface Characterisation Laboratory
- Magnetic Materials Laboratory
- Magnetron Sputtering Laboratory
- Metallographic Preparation Laboratories
- Metallographic Analysis Laboratories
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Multipurpose Furnace LaboratoriesÌý
- Nanionics Laboratory
- Nanodevice Characterisation Laboratory
- Nanomaterials Laboratory
- Nanomechanics Testing Laboratories
- Optical Measurements Laboratories
- Oxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy Laboratory
- Physical Metallurgy Laboratories
- Piezoelectric Property Characterization Laboratory
- Polymer Synthesis Laboratories
- Powder Synthesis Laboratory
- Pulsed Laser Deposition Laboratory
- Pyrometallurgy Laboratories
- Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy Laboratory
- Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratories
- Scanning Tunnelling Micoscopy Laboratory
- SMaRT 3D Printing Laboratory
- SMaRT Graphene Chemistry Laboratory
- SMaRT High Temperature Microscopy Laboratory
- SMaRT Processing Laboratories
- SMaRT MicroFactories
- Thermal Analysis Laboratories
- Thermoelectric Analysis Laboratory
- Thin Film Characterisation Laboratory
- Thin Film Lithography Manufacturing Laboratory
- VECOR LaboratorIes
- Wear Testing Laboratories
- Wet Chemistry Laboratories

School booking system
Overview
The school has extensive and well-established research facilities. For the most efficient use of these resources, please use the appropriate booking system.
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School printers
Overview
The school has Fuji Xerox printers for staff and students located on Level 1 to Level 4. There are two black & white printers located in Rm 217 on Level 2 and Rm 417 on Level 4, and two colour printers with multifunction located in Rm 117 on Level 1 and Rm 317 on Level 3.
Â鶹Éçmadou facilities

Electron Microscopy Unit
Overview
We are a central research infrastructure unit that provides microscopy and analysis facilities to the research community of the university. If you are new to our unit and would like to use our facilities, please go to the access page to find out how to register.
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Solid State & Elemental Analysis Unit
Overview
The SSEAU is part of the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre located in the Chemical Sciences Building (F10) on the Kensington Campus. We have specialised facilities for structural and elemental analysis for a wide range of research areas.
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Spectroscopy Laboratory
Overview
This lab focuses on vibrational spectroscopy techniques, Raman and infrared, enabling chemical characterisation and micron-scale mapping of solids, liquids and powders. The lab hosts two Raman spectrometers (one with photoluminescence capability), two FTIR spectrometers and two UV/Visible/NIR spectrophotometers.
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
Overview
First established as an inter-faculty operation with its first spectrometer with a superconducting magnet in 1982, this facility is now located within the purpose-built Analytical Centre, housed in the Chemical Sciences Building (F10), and equipped to an international standard with state-of-the art instruments.
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Â鶹Éçmadou AI Institute
Overview
The Â鶹Éçmadou AI Institute is the new flagship Â鶹Éçmadou Research Institute in artificial intelligence (AI), data science (DS) and machine learning (ML).
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Computational and Data Infrastructure
Overview
Â鶹Éçmadou to Australia's leading high-performance research computing environment. It provides world-class services, such as high-performance cloud computing and petascale data, to all domains of science, government and industry.
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National facilities

Australian Synchrotron
Overview
The Australian Synchrotron produces powerful beams of light that are used at individual experimental facilities to examine the molecular and atomic details of a wide range of materials. The advanced techniques are applied to research in many important areas including health and medical, food, environment, biotechnology, nanotechnology and energy.
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Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
Overview
The home of neutron science in Australia and a leading facility in the Asia Oceania region. It is part of an international network of organisations with neutron sources that delivers world-competitive neutron scattering science from Australian and international users.
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Microscopy Australia
Overview
Microscopy Australia is a national research facility that provides access to advanced microscopy and microanalysis instruments, expertise, and training for researchers across Australia.
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The National Imaging Facility
Overview
The National Imaging Facility, supported by NCRIS, provides cutting-edge imaging capabilities to Australian and international researchers in medicine, materials science, and other fields, enabling them to tackle major challenges in research and industry.
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The National Computational Infrastructure
Overview
The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI Australia) is a high-performance computing and data services facility, located at the Australian National University (ANU). The NCI is supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
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Australian National Fabrication Facility
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ANFF is world-class, open-access national fabrication facility that assists in both the development of new products and improvements to current production methods.