Research Support Facilities
Northeastern's research support facilities provide the technology that faculty and students in the University's research and education centers need to pursue their scientific and scholarly endeavors. They include:
Advanced Scientific Computation Center (ASCC)
Director: Arun Bansil, Professor of Physics
ASCC supports an educational cluster with 16 work stations for holding UNIX or NT classes. The facilities of the ASCC are available to the University community for appropriate research and training activities. It was founded in 1999 with major external funding from the National Science Foundation and Compaq Computer.
Electron Microscopy Center
Director: Daniel C. Sheirer, Associate Professor of Biology
This center provides instruction and supports research activities involving the application of imaging technologies, such as light microscopes, scanning and transmission electron microscopes, computer image analysis and photographic equipment, to the fields of biotechnology, medical research, engineering and biology.
George J. Kostas Nanoscale Technology and Manufacturing Research Center
Director: Richard DeVito
The Kostas Nanomanufacturing Research Center and Microcontamination Research Center, represent a major fabrication and characterization resource for the established Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing. Their facilities provide 10,000 sq ft of class 10/100 and class 10,000 for imaging. With the existing and newly acquired equipment, the laboratory now has a complete and robust facility for Nano and MEMS fabrication, including modern optical and nano lithography, etch, thin film, and plating capabilities for 3-6 inch substrates, as well as a full range of process and electrical test instruments. The facilities can be booked for use at the center website. The site also has webcams for observing equipment operation 24/7.
The W. M. Keck Three-Dimensional Fusion Microscope
Manager: Josef Kerimo
The W. M. Keck 3-D Fusion Microscope is a multi-modal microscopy facility available both for imaging and as a testbed for development of novel microscopy technologies. Currently, the microscope has the following modalities: Brightfield transmission, DIC, Epi-Fluorescence, confocal fluorescence, confocal reflectance, two-photon fluorescence, second-harmonic-generation, line-scanning FRAP, and optical quadrature microscopy. The latter is a full-field phase measurement developed at Northeastern. The microscope has a high-speed scanner for 10Hz frame rate in the scanning modes, and a culture chamber for maintaining live cells. The facility is staffed by a full-time manager. Specific fees and services are shown on the website: http://www.keck3dfm.neu.edu/.
Nanomaterials Instrument Facilities
Director: Srinivas Sridhar, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics
Providing on-campus facilities and instruments for nanoscience and biotechnology research, the facility includes a state-of-the-art SQUID Magnetometer, X-ray Diffractometer, electron microscopes, scanning nanoprobes, lithography and fabrication facilities, and a computation center. This facility was largely funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.