Research Labs and Centers

South Dakota Mines is home to a variety of research centers and laboratories contributing to economic development in South Dakota:

Centers:

• Governor's Research Center for Understanding and Disrupting the Illicit Economy
  Contact: Dr. Jon Kellar
• BioSystems Networks & Translational Research (BioSNTR)
  Contact: Dr. Steve Smith
• NSF IUCRC Center for Solid-state Electric Power Storage (CEPS)
  Contact: Dr. Alevtina White-Smirnova
• Composite and Nanocomposite Advanced Manufacturing - Biomaterials (CNAM Bio)
  Contact: Dr. David Salem
• Governor's Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES)
  Contact: Dr. Alevtina White-Smirnova
• Surface Engineering Research Center (SERC)
  Contact: Dr. Grant Crawford
• Sustainable Solutions
  Contact: Dr. Lisa Kunza

Laboratories:

• Arbegast Materials Processing and Joining Laboratory (AMP)
  Contact: Dr. Grant Crawford
  (AMP includes the Additive Manufacturing Laboratory)
• Composites and Polymer Engineering Laboratory (CAPE)
  Contact: Dr. David Salem
• Direct Write Laboratory (DWL)
  Contact: Dr. Jon Kellar
• Engineering and Mining Experiment Station (EMES)
  Contact: Dr. Edward Duke
• Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory (ECML)
  Contact: Dr. Pierre Larochelle
• Martin Paleontology Research Laboratory (MPRL)
  Contact: Dr. Darrin Pagnac
• Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF)