AMPL provides extensive expertise in the areas of manufacturing research and development, as well as advanced engineering and prototyping capabilities.
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Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML)
AML focuses on ceramics, porous materials, catalysts, electronic materials, materials synthesis, and advanced manufacturing research.
Combustion Research Facility (CRF)
The CRF responds to the nation’s evolving energy challenges with ever increasing expertise and capacity aimed at improving our nation’s ability to use and control combustion processes.
Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI)
CSRI brings university faculty and students to Sandia for focused collaborative research on Department of Energy computer and computational science problems.
Distributed Energy Technology Laboratory (DETL)
DETL is a multipurpose research facility designed to integrate emerging energy technologies into new and existing electricity infrastructure to accommodate the nation’s increasing demands for clean, secure, and reliable energy.
Integrated Materials Research Laboratory (IMRL)
IMRL integrates research from atomic scale to full scale components, investigates organic materials, advanced alloys, electronic and photonic semiconductors, high temperature superconductors, ceramics, quantum systems, and laser, optical and dielectric materials.
Materials Science and Engineering Center (MSE)
MSE provides knowledge of materials structure, properties, and performance and the processes to produce, transform, and analyze materials.
Mechanical Shock Complex
The Mechanical Shock Complex provides tailored impact environments, such as shock and crush. The complex simulates dynamic environments such as weapon delivery, severe accident, and pyroshock.
Mechanical Test and Evaluation Facility
The Mechanical Test and Evaluation Facility conducts experimental research and develops diagnostics to study the mechanical behavioral of materials.
Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications (MESA)
MESA integrates scientific disciplines to produce functional, robust, integrated microsystems. Today researchers pursue advanced concepts that integrate not only electronics at the micro scale, but embody sensors, photonics, and MEMS components.
National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF)
Operated by Sandia for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is the only large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar thermal test facility in the United States.
Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed (QSCOUT)
QSCOUT is a quantum computing testbed based on trapped ions that is available to the research community as an open platform for a range of quantum computing applications.
Shock Thermodynamic Applied Research Facility (STAR)
The STAR facility provides a full range of pressure (bars to multi-Mbar) for material property study utilizing gas/propellant launchers, ramp-loading pulsers, and ballistic applications.
Thermal Spray Lab (TSL)
TSL capabilities include traditional thermal spray processes, cold spray, and controlled atmosphere plasma spray, process diagnostics, process modeling, and advanced process control.
Z Pulsed Power Facility
Z is the world’s largest and highest-current pulsed power machine and one of three flagship facilities in the U.S. Inertial Confinement Fusion Program.
