Research Facilities

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to a number of highly sophisticated experimental research facilities. These research laboratories are designed to serve staff scientists and engineers, as well as researchers from universities, industry, foreign institutions, and other government laboratories. For more information about a facility, check the website or contact the facility using the contact information provided below.

User Facilities

Some ORNL research facilities have been designated as "user facilities" by the U.S. Department of Energy. Work at user facilities may be conducted on a nonproprietary or proprietary basis. More information on these facilities and how to gain access to them, is available on the Technology Transfer and Economic Development group's User Facilities website.

Research Facility Phone Email
Bioprocessing Research Facility 865.576.8522 mielenzjr@ornl.gov
Buildings Technology Center 865.574.4346 hughespj1@ornl.gov
Californium User Facility for Neutron Science 865.576.7994 simmonscm@ornl.gov
Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center
 865.574.0390 cdiac@ornl.gov
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences 865.576.2858 hayneste@ornl.gov
Center for Neutron Scattering 865.574.5231
 ns_user@ornl.gov
Center for Separations and Chemical Processing 865.574.6779 robinsonsm@ornl.gov
Center for Structural Molecular Biology 865.574.5662 mylesda@ornl.gov
Center for Transportation Analysis 865.946.1349 mooresa@ornl.gov
Computational Biology Institute 865.574.6224
865.574.1936		 nicholsja@ornl.gov
darlandts@ornl.gov
Computational Center for Industrial Innovation 865.574.6224 nicholsja@ornl.gov
Cooling, Heating and Power Integration Laboratory 865.574.5150 karnitzma@ornl.gov
Defense Transportation and Logistics Laboratory
 865.946.1305 hilliardmr@ornl.gov
Diffraction User Center 865.574.6538 payzanta@ornl.gov
Digital Holography Microscopy Laboratory 865.574.8521 tobinkwjr@ornl.gov
Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics
865.241.3952 uso@daac.ornl.gov
Dosimetry Applications Research Calibration Laboratory 865.574.5851 bogardjs@ornl.gov
Electric Transmission & Distribution Research 865.574.8057 hawseyra@ornl.gov
Envelope Systems Research Apparatus 865.574.9354
scuddergt@ornl.gov
Friction, Wear, and Machinability User Center (FWMUC) 865.574.5377

blaupj@ornl.gov

Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center 865.946.1226 gravesrl@oml.gov
Global Change Facilities 865.576.5261 norbyrj@ornl.gov
Heavy Vehicle Safety Research Center 865.946.1300 kneehe@ornl.gov
High Flux Isotope Reactor 865.574.1301 stewartce@ornl.gov
High Temperature Materials Laboratory 865.574.1749 lara-curzioe@ornl.gov
Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility 865.574.4622 beene@mail.phy.ornl.gov
Joint Institute for Biological Sciences 865.574.5845 estessa@ornl.gov
Large-Scale Climate Simulator
865.574.9354 scuddergt@ornl.gov
Machining, Inspection, and Tribology User Center 865.574.5377 blaupj@ornl.gov
Materials Analysis User Center
 865.574.4981 allardfjr@ornl.gov
Mechanical Characterization and Analysis User Center 865.574.1749 lara-curzioe@ornl.gov
Metals-Processing Laboratory Users Facility 865.574.4358 atchleyml@ornl.gov
Mouse Genetics Research Facility 865.574.0953 johnsondk@ornl.gov
Multiply Charged Ion Research Facility 865.574.4705 meyerfw@ornl.gov
National Center for Computational Sciences
 865.241.7202 help@nccs.gov
National Environmental Research Park
 865.576.8123 parrpd@ornl.gov
National Transportation Research Center 865.946.1204 ntrc@ornl.gov
Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research Field Research Center 865.241.4749 watsondb@ornl.gov
Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator 865.574.6133
865.576.5037		 koehler@mail.phy.ornl.gov
msmith@mail.phy.ornl.gov
Oak Ridge Web Test Bed Laboratory 865.574.8521 tobinkwjr@ornl.gov
Physical Properties Research Facility 865.576.7696 steelewv@ornl.gov
Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center 865.946.1321 adamsdj@ornl.gov
Radiochemical Engineering Development Center 865.576.3391 marschmansc@ornl.gov
Residual Stress User Center 865.574.4472 hubbardcr@ornl.gov
Roof Thermal Research Apparatus 865.574.9354 scuddergt@ornl.gov
Rotatable Guarded Hotbox 865.574.9354 scuddergt@ornl.gov
Shared Research Equipment User Facility 865.576.5413 morekl1@ornl.gov
Small Animal Imaging Laboratory 865.574.8521 tobinkwjr@ornl.gov
Spallation Neutron Source 865.574.0558 snsprojectoffice@sns.gov
Thermography and Thermophysical Properties User Center 865.574.7599 dinwiddierb@ornl.gov
Video Analysis Laboratory 865.574.8521 tobinkwjr@ornl.gov
Walker Branch Watershed 865.574.7304 mulhollandpj@ornl.gov