Description of ANL FacilitiesArgonne National LaboratoryANL_505730e8-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69U.S. Department of Energy_5057337c-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69_50573458-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Materials[Enable] study of the structure and properties of materials._50573516-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db691Advanced Photon Source (APS)The APS at Argonne National Laboratory is one of only three third-generation, hard x-ray synchrotron radiation light sources in the world. The 1,104-meter circumference facility -- large enough to house a baseball park in its center -- includes 34 bending magnets and 34 insertion devices, which generate a capacity of 68 beamlines for experimental research. Instruments on these beamlines attract researchers to study the structure and properties of materials in a variety of disciplines, including condensed matter physics, materials sciences, chemistry, geosciences, structural biology, medical imaging, and environmental sciences. The high-quality, reliable x-ray beams at the APS have already brought about new discoveries in materials structure.Materials Researchers_505735c0-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Supercomputing ResourcesHouse supercomputing resources for open science._50573674-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db692Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)In operation since 2006, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility houses world-class supercomputing resources for open science. It supports a wide range of science and engineering research and serves users from academia, industry, and the national laboratories. The ALCF provides comprehensive services from training to performance engineering to data analysis, and operates a unique catalyst program to assist the individual science teams to achieve optimal performance and results on ALCF systems from day one. Argonne's current supercomputing resource is Mira, a 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q system, consisting of 48 racks, 786,432 cores, and 768 terabytes of memory.. The center serves elite computational scientists from all areas of the research community through user programs such as the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program and the Department of Energy's ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) program, delivering state-of-the-art computing, data, visualization, and analytics resources to solve the world's most challenging science problems._5057373c-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Nuclear Structure[Conduct] nuclear structure research._5057380e-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db693Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS)ATLAS is a national user facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. The ATLAS facility is a leading facility for nuclear structure research in the United States. It provides a wide range of beams for nuclear reaction and structure research to a large community of users from the US and abroad. The full range of all stable ions can be produced in ECR ion sources, accelerated in the world's first superconducting linear accelerator for ions to energies of 7-17 MeV per nucleon and delivered to one of several target stations. About 20% of the beam-time is used to generate secondary radioactive beams. These beams are used mostly to study nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest and for nuclear structure investigations. Users of ATLAS take advantage of the existing experimental equipment such as, for example, the Canadian Penning Trap (CPT), the Fragment Mass Analyzer (FMA), the magnetic spectrograph and Gammasphere. Beam lines are also available for experiments where Users bring their own equipment. The Physics support group is available to assist the Users in all preparations for their measurements._505738c2-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Electron BeamsTest dielectric wakefield acceleration._50573980-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db694Argonne Wakefield AcceleratorThe Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) in the HEP division at the Argonne National Laboratory is a test facility for one of the leading advanced accelerator technologies for electron beams, dielectric wakefield acceleration. The AWA has recently gone through an upgrade of the drive beam energy to 75 MeV, with a second, 15 MeV witness beam. The AWA conducts experiments and produces and publishes results on many topics including advanced acceleration, GW-scale rf sources, phase space manipulation and positron acceleration. The AWA also has strong partnerships with industry through SBIRs._50573a3e-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Battery Cells, Modules & PacksProvides performance evaluations of battery cells, modules, and battery packs._50573afc-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db695Battery Test Facility- Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics LaboratoryThe Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory (EADL) provides battery developers with reliable, independent, and unbiased performance evaluations of their cells, modules, and battery packs. These evaluations have been performed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), government and industry consortia, and industrial developers to provide insight into the factors that limit the performance and life of advanced battery systems. Such evaluations help battery developers and DOE evaluate technical progress, and aid DOE in R&D decision-making. The EADL is an extensive facility designed to test large numbers of both small and large batteries designed within and outside of Argonne National Laboratory. It has the capability to conduct >240 concurrent advanced battery studies under operating conditions that simulate electric-vehicle (EV), electric-hybrid vehicle (HEV), utility load-leveling, and standby/uninterruptible power source applications. Each battery is independently defined, controlled and monitored to impose charging regimes and discharge load profiles that simulate the types of dynamic operating conditions found during actual use. The facility is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies, Hybrid and Electric Systems.Battery Developers_50573bb0-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Aged BatteriesProvide information regarding the cause of performance degradation of aged batteries._50573c78-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db696Battery Post-Test FacilityPost-test diagnostics of aged batteries can provide additional information regarding the cause of performance degradation, which, previously, could be only inferred from the changes in electrochemical performance data. The results from physical, spectroscopic, metallographic, electrochemical tests will be used to characterize the physical and chemical changes which occurred during the aging process. Conclusions from these results can aid in the further improvement of a given technology by showing where work may need to be done. The experience and techniques developed in DOE's applied battery R&D program are used in a standardized fashion, similar to the performance test protocols, making comparisons of failure modes within a given technology and perhaps, across technologies easier. The Facility is available to help DOE's battery programs and to help industrial battery developers better understand life-limiting mechanisms specific to their technology. The facility is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies, Hybrid and Electric Systems._50573d36-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Battery CellsDesign, fabricate, and characterize high-quality prototype battery cells._50573df4-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db697Cell Analysis, Modeling, and Prototyping Facility (CAMP)-Battery Cell Fabrication FacilityThe goal of Argonne's Cell Analysis, Modeling, and Prototyping (CAMP) Facility is to design, fabricate, and characterize high-quality prototype cells using the latest discoveries in high energy anode and cathode battery materials created at Argonne and in research labs around the world. Its manufactured cells have at least a 200mAh capacity and enable a realistic and consistent evaluation of candidate chemistries in a timely manner and in a close-to-real industrial format. The CAMP Facility is appropriately scaled to help new materials move more easily from bench top discovery to industrial production. Within a climate-controlled dry room, the CAMP Facility's high tech equipment includes a planetary mixer with a high speed disperser, a high precision electrode coater with two drying zones, and a hot roll press, which enables the fabrication of high-quality electrodes. These electrodes are used to make pouch (in an xx3450 format) and 18650 cells using the CAMP Facility's semi-automated industrial cell assembly equipment._50573eda-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Magnetics, Oxides, Nanophotonics & Bio-Inorganics[Enable] research in advanced magnetic materials, complex oxides, nanophotonics, and bio-inorganic hybrids._50573fb6-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db698Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)The CNM at Argonne National Laboratory focuses on research in advanced magnetic materials, complex oxides, nanophotonics, and bio-inorganic hybrids. The facility uses existing facilities such as the Advanced Photon Source, the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source, and the Electron Microscopy Center. An x-ray nanoprobe beam line at the Advanced Photon Source is run by the Center for its users. The State of Illinois provided funding for construction of the building, which is appended to the Advanced Photon Source. BES provides funding for clean rooms and specialized equipment as well as the facility operations._5057407e-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Ion-Solid InteractionsProvides in-situ, high-voltage and intermediate voltage, high-spatial resolution electron microscope capabilities for direct observation of ion-solid interactions._50574164-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db699Electron Microscopy Center for Materials ResearchThe EMCMR at Argonne National Laboratory provides in-situ, high-voltage and intermediate voltage, high-spatial resolution electron microscope capabilities for direct observation of ion-solid interactions during irradiation of samples with high-energy ion beams. The EMC employs both a tandem accelerator and an ion implanter in conjunction with a transmission electron microscope for simultaneous ion irradiation and electron beam microcharacterization. It is the only instrumentation of its type in the western hemisphere. The unique combination of two ion accelerators and an electron microscope permits direct, real-time, in-situ observation of the effects of ion bombardment of materials and consequently attracts users from around the world. Research at EMC includes microscopy based studies on high-temperature superconducting materials, irradiation effects in metals and semiconductors, phase transformations, and processing related structure and chemistry of interfaces in thin films._50574240-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Materials ChemistryProvide highly automated and parallel approaches to material and materials chemistry development._50574312-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6910High Throughput FacilityArgonne's high throughput facility provides highly automated and parallel approaches to material and materials chemistry development. The facility allows scientists to synthesize and screen large numbers of compounds and optimize their reaction or process conditions much more rapidly than the conventional approach, thereby reducing the time and cost for material development. The facility consists of a robotic platform with solid and liquid handling and dispensing capabilities focused on accelerating the discovery and optimization of new materials. A screening pressure reactor for catalyst screening, materials treatments, and process optimization at temperatures up to 400 C and pressures up to 3000 psig under a wide range of gas compositions. Analytical equipment configured for high-throughput analyses including a X-ray diffractometer, LC-MS and a GC-MS. Computer software to facilitate experimental design, data mining and data evaluation. Current applications are in catalysis, energy storage, fuel cells, artificial photosynthesis, gas separation and storage, and nanoscale materials. _505743f8-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Battery MaterialsEnable manufacturing processes for producing advanced battery materials._505744e8-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6911Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF)Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) enables engineers to develop manufacturing processes for producing advanced battery materials in sufficient quantity for industrial testing. Central to the facility, it includes high-hazard Group H occupancy pilot- and high-bay laboratory spaces, enabling the process development and scale up of batch and continuous production of the necessary quantities of materials for subsequent validation and/or evaluation in prototypes cells. The labs are equipped to quickly scale and validate battery chemistries from bench-top experiments to production of bulk quantities of battery materials for prototype testing. As an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified laboratory, Argonne's new MERF facility adheres to the internationally recognized standards for business practices and environmental management. The facility is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies. Engineers_505746e6-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Niobium Coated SurfacesOperate a facility for chemical processing, electro-polishing and high-pressure water rinsing of niobium coated surfaces of superconducting radiofrequency structures for accelerators._50574812-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6912SCRF Processing FacilityThe Physics Division operates a facility for chemical processing, electro-polishing and high-pressure water rinsing of niobium coated surfaces of superconducting radiofrequency structures for accelerators. The facility also includes test cryostats fully equipped for characterization of cavity performance. The facility is operated jointly with FNAL._505748f8-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Crystallography[Conduct] macromolecular x-ray crystallography._505749f2-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6913Structural Biology Center[Part of the Advanced Photon Source user facility.] The SBC is a world-class facility for macromolecular x-ray crystallography. It operates two beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source lines, one insertion-device and one bending magnet, both of which can be accessed remotely. Over 4,000 structure deposits can be attributed to the SBC and 1,400 publications. SBC is continually advancing its technology and is leading the development of high throughput protein crystallography._50574b46-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Atmospheric RadiationConduct in situ and remote-sensing of atmospheric radiation._50574cae-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6914Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Radiation Measurement SiteThe Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Site (SGP-ARM) is the oldest and largest of DOE's Arm sites. It was established in 1992. It consists of in situ and remote-sensing instrument clusters arrayed across approximately 143,000 square kilometers in north-central Oklahoma. Over a hundred instruments ranging from carbon dioxide flux measurements to advanced cloud radars can be found across the site. Besides maintaining the site, ANL provides instrument mentors to support users. ANL also coordinates ARM instruments across all the DOE ARM sites._50574d9e-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69Targets & FoilsProduce targets and foils of various thickness and substrates._50574ea2-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6915Target Laboratory[Part of the ATLAS user facility.] The Physics Division operates a target development laboratory that produces targets and foils of various thickness and substrates, depending on the requirements for experiments performed at the ATLAS and Dynamitron accelerators. The targets are prepared from both naturally occurring materials and stable isotopes, which are supplied, either in pure, elemental form, or as stable compounds. Targets are made not only for the Physics Division but also for other divisions at the Laboratory and for other laboratories and universities._50574f9c-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69High Performance ComputingEstablish a high performance computing center._5057510e-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6916Transportation Research & Analysis Computing CenterThe technical objectives of the TRACC project included the establishment of a high performance computing center for use by USDOT research teams, including those from Argonne and their university partners, and the use of advanced computing and visualization facilities for the performance of focused computer research and development programs in areas of interest for USDOT. These objectives were met by establishing a high-performance computing facility, known as the Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC), and providing technical support for its use by USDOT staff and their university and industry contractors. Starting in FY2013, TRACC increased its emphasis on establishing cost-sharing research programs through sponsored research with other Federal and non-Federal sponsors. This allows TRACC to take advantage of not only its state-of-the-art high performance computing resources but also the scientific expertise of its staff for Transportation Research and Analysis ... USDOT Research Teams_50575226-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db69ATLASHost meetings and workshops for US ATLAS as well as the larger ATLAS community._50575316-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db6917US ATLAS Analysis Support CenterThe HEP division at Argonne National Laboratory hosts one of the three Analysis Support Centers for the US ATLAS collaboration that is a part of the international ATLAS collaboration that operates one of the two multipurpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider. The center hosts meetings and workshops both specifically for US ATLAS as well as those for the larger ATLAS community. The center also provides Tier3 computing capability for visitors. There are, on the average, 10-12 long term visitors to the center, including University Staff and graduate students.ATLAS Community_50575492-384e-11e4-ba2f-94de7966db692014-09-09https://www.data.gov/app/uploads/2014/06/DOE-Inventory.csvOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net