Core Research Facilities

Provides photonics testing, metrology, micro and nano fabrication capabilities, and expert support. 

Houses instrumentation, histology, microscopy cores, and vivarium.

Offers analytical instrumentation (including XRD, SEM, TEM, and FIB-SEM). 

Provides access to state-of-the-art instruments for quantitative analysis of engineered cells.

Advances near-net-shape manufacturing and materials recovery and recycling. 

Provides access to advanced imaging (e.g., MRI), fabrication, biomechanical and physiological testing resources. 

Digital manufacturing initiatives to enhance regional industry competitiveness, including advanced research in drying and additive manufacturing. 

The only facility of its kind at a university advancing groundbreaking fire science research,

78,000 sq. ft. area includes the McDonough Makerspace and the Fitzgerald Prototype Lab and is set up to create, model, and test new ideas and state-of-the-art equipment.

10,000-sq.-ft. space for biotechnology professionals to gain research opportunities and customize workforce development solutions that help advance companies worldwide.

Researchers using WPI’s AlphaNov microscope system can measure photons emitted by working transistors on an integrated circuit and use lasers to discover fault-sensitive regions on a chip.

WPI’s Phemox-X is a high-resolution emission microscope that detects weak light and heat emissions in semiconductor devices, enabling researchers to find defects. The system is the first of its kind in New England.