Research Labs and Centers
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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)