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Core User Facilities (CUF)

The Core User Facilities (CUF) consist of a collection of advanced manufacturing and metrology centers that help forward advanced materials, manufacturing, and research for university researchers and industry. The CUFs comprise an ecosystem of four cost-recovery centers, including the Advanced Manufacturing and Machining Facility (AMMF); the Materials Manufacturing, Testing, and Evaluation Facility (MMTEF); the Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF); and the Institute for Micro-Manufacturing at LA Tech. The CUF Members participate in and contribute to educational and outreach activities as part of LAMDA Program while supporting fundamental progress in manufacturing and materials research. The CUF provide a lasting and sustainable platform for integration that is accessible to researchers across the state of Louisiana and in industry.

The CUF Mission encompasses the following objectives:

  • Provide access to sustainable, dedicated, state-of-the-art, experimental facilities for research and development in advanced manufacturing.
  • Develop and establish sustainable advanced manufacturing training and education programs based on the LAMDA CUF material and human resources.
  • Continuously incorporate new experimental facilities relevant to advanced manufacturing so as to continuously make the state-of-the-art available to its academic, industrial and government customers.

LAMDA Core User Facilities:

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Machining Facility (AMMF)
    CUF AMMF
    Advanced Manufacturing and Machining Facility at LSU

    An 8,000 square-foot facility at LSU with a broad range of manufacturing capabilities including additive manufacturing of plastics and metals, multi-axes micro-milling, traditional CNC, injection molding, and robotic welding.

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  • Materials Manufacturing, Testing, and Evaluation Facility (MMTEF)
    CUF MMTEF
    Materials Manufacturing, Testing, and Evaluation Facility at LSU

    A 6,000 square-foot facility at LSU capable of destructive and non-destructive materials testing and evaluation, thin-film coating manufacturing, micro/nano manufacturing and metal powder synthesis.

    MMTEF resource inventory

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  • Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF)
    CUF SIF
    Shared Instrumentation Facility at LSU

    A 3,000 square-foot facility at LSU with resources for research in hard, soft and living materials. Capabilities include advanced materials characterization including electron and focused ion-beam microscopy, spectroscopy,  ion-machining, nano-fabrication, and optical microscopy.

    SIF resource inventory

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  • Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM)
    CUF IfM
    Institute for Micromanufacturing at LATech

    A 48,000 square-foot laboratory and a 5,000 square-foot clean room at Louisiana Tech that houses equipment for materials characterization, measurements, nano-fabrication and evaluation, and optical microscopy.

    IfM resource inventory

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  • Tulane Instrumentation for Nanoscience & Innovation (TINI)
    CUF CIF
    Micro/Nanofabrication Facility at Tulane

     

    A research support facility at Tulane offering micro-/nano-fabrication, materials characterization, microscopy and other resources and services.

    TINI Resources:

      Micro/Nanofabrication Facility

      Imaging & Characterization Facility

    More information about the TINI

     

     

  • CUF Technical Staff

    For all information please reach out to the appropriate CUF managers. For specific technical assistance, please reach out to the appropriate staff members.

    Name Title Address Email Phone

    Bailey, Davis

    IfM Research Engineer

    IfM 120, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA 71272

    dbailey@latech.edu

    318-257-5114

    Brennan, Mark

    MMTEF & Laboratory
    Manager

    1366 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    mbrennan@lsu.edu

    225-578-6471  

    Burk, David

    SIF Light Microscopy
    Imaging Specialist

    127 Chemistry and Materials Building, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    David.Burk@pbrc.edu

    225-578-8246

    Cao, Dongmei

    SIF  Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Spectroscopy Specialist

    119 Chemistry and Materials  Building, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    dcao2@lsu.edu

    225-578-5383

    Dinecola, Nic

    AMMF Manager

    135 Engineering Lab Annex, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    ndinecola@lsu.edu

    225-578-6234

    Dolan, Ethan

    AMMF Technician

    135 Engineering Lab Annex, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    edolan@lsu.edu

    225-578-6234

    Guy, Jason

    AMMF CNC Technician

    135 Engineering Lab Annex, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    jguy4@lsu.edu

    225-578-6234

    Simmons, Richard

    MMTEF Research Specialist

    1366 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    rlsimmons@lsu.edu

    225-578-6471

    Smith, Charles

    AMMF Technician Laboratory Technician

    145 Engineering Lab Annex, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    charlies07@yahoo.com

    225-578-5383

    Wood, Debbie

    IfM  Associate Director-Facilities

    IfM 117, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA 71272

    dwood@latech.edu

    318-257-5116

    Wu, Xiaochu

    SIF  Electron Microscopist

    123 Chemistry and Materials Building, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

     xiw138@lsu.edu

    225-578-3909

    Xiao, Ying

    SIF Light Microscopy Imaging Specialist

    129 Chemistry and Materials Building, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

    xiao9@lsu.edu

    225-578-0488

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