ASU has numerous research centers, testing facilities and laboratories that provide a variety of services and collaboration opportunities for the business community. The following are a few exciting examples:
Alliance for Construction Excellence
The Alliance for Construction Excellence (ACE) assists the construction industry in assimilating technological change and research innovations.
Altitude Chamber
ASU is one of three universities in the United States that offers Altitude Chamber training courses to general aviation, commercial, corporate and government aircrew members, as well as other high-altitude enthusiasts.
Arizona Institute of Nano-Electronics
The Arizona Institute of Nano-Electronics is a coordinated network of research centers focused on ASU research in nanoelectronics, including nanophotonics, molecular electronics, nanoionics and computational nanoscience. AINE’s goal is to strongly impact future technology areas related to ultra-low power/ultra-high speed electronics, and hybrid biomolecular electronics at the interface between the biological and electronics worlds
Arizona Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
The Arizona Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (AzPath) is a regional partnership formed to promote research and development in the Arizona homebuilding industry.
The Center for Solid State Electronics Research
The Center for Solid State Electronics Research (CSSER) is a national leader in the crucial area of solid state electronics. CSSER provides resources and infrastructure for research and education in solid state electronics in the form of 30 laboratories covering more than 30,000 sq.ft.; including a Class-100 Cleanroom administered and maintained by a complement of 10 staff and two student workers.
Center for Solid State Science
The Center for Solid State Science (CSSS) provides materials synthesis, processing and analysis using its state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and world-renowned expertise. The Center is equipped to perform services using a wide range of capabilities including surface imaging and analysis down to the nanoscale, ion beam analysis techniques (i.e. RBS & PIXE), focused ion beam etching and deposition, bulk and thin film materials synthesis and thermal analysis. The Center has specialized labs dedicated to the chemical and structural characterization of materials with atomic level sensitivity through its John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Microscopy, Ion Beam, Surface Analysis, and Goldwater Materials Science Facilities. The Center services the needs of industrial constituents through its Industrial Associates Program.
Connection One
Connection One is a National Science Foundation Industry/ University Cooperative Research Center working closely with private industry and the federal government on various projects in radio frequency (RF) and wireless communication systems, networks, remote sensing and homeland security.
Construction Research and Education for Advanced Technology Environments
CREATE (Construction Research and Education for Advanced Technology Environments) has been formed by ASU and a consortium of companies involved in advanced technology facility design and construction. Its purpose is to explore, develop and conduct research to provide innovative and practical ways to improve the delivery process of advanced technology facilities.
Decision Theater
The Decision Theater is a world-class facility for science-based, informed analysis to help the community, businesses and policy makers visualize the future through alternate scenarios. The Decision Theater can help you develop solutions to some of your most complex problems.
The Flexible Display Center
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) is a university/industry/ government collaborative venture designed to advance full color flexible display technology and flexible display manufacturing to the brink of commercialization. The principal goal of the FDC is to develop high performance, commercially-viable, conformal and flexible displays that are lightweight, rugged, low power, and low cost.
Global Institute of Sustainability
GIOS conducts research, education, and problem-solving related to sustainability, with a special focus on urban environments. More than half of the world’s population lives in cities: global sustainability cannot be achieved without making cities sustainable. The Institute initiates and nurtures work on issues of sustainability across many departments on the four campuses of ASU, and collaborates with other academic institutions, governments, businesses and industries, and community groups locally, nationally, and globally.
The Institute for Social Science Research
The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) provides a wide range of research and data support services for the business community. Available facilities include a computer assisted research laboratory (CARL) for conducting computer-based interviews and experiments or beta-testing software products; a calling center for surveys and polls (CATI); and an observational-experimental suite for digitally filming focus groups or other subject-based research.
ASU Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory
The ASU Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (ASU-PTL) is one of only three officially recognized photovoltaic testing laboratories in the world.