Facilities

Facilities for Research, Education and Innovation

Wright Laboratory supports research in fundamental physics by providing shared, on-site facilities for instrumentation development, experimental investigations, and training.  Wright Lab is an integral part of the core facilities for Instrumentation at Yale.

Yale University Core Facilities at Wright Lab

	Advanced Prototyping Center Yale University core facility Coherent Meta2C laser cutter Flow NanoJet Abrasive water jet cutter Formlabs Form2 SLA and Dremel 3D20 FDM 3D printers See more at the APC website
	Research Support Shop Yale University core facility For use by students and researchers with professional supervision Hands-on training available
	Teaching Shop Yale University core facility For use by students and researchers with professional supervision Shop classes available during the semester Professional advice for design and fabrication of projects Includes mills, lathes, welding shop, fume hood
	J.W. Gibbs Professional Shop Yale University core facility Staffed by professional machinists Precision machining CNC capability Work with plastics and exotic metals

Physics Research Facilities at Wright Lab

	CAD and Remote Operations Room High performance CAD computers with SolidWorks and AutoCAD Remote operations system Videoconferencing capability
	Clean Rooms Permanent class 1,000 clean rooms Customizable soft wall clean rooms for high bay Fume hoods and liquid handling
	Cryogenic Laboratory With mezzanine for large refrigeration equipment Dilution refrigerator Laser room
	Detector Development Laboratory Low Background Facility Configurable high bay space with cranes and utility support
	High-bay Area “The Vault” for large-scale instrument assembly and testing
	Laser Rooms Several laser rooms and optical laboratories
	RF Shielded Room
	Wood and Plastic Shop
	Investigator Laboratories
	Server Rooms for Physics and Astronomy

The Wright Lab community also has access to high performance computing at Yale’s Center for Research Computing.  For more information, please contact Vincent Balbarin, who has a joint affiliation with YCRC and supports research computing at Wright Lab.  

Access to Machine Shops and APC

Access to the teaching shop and the research support shop for members of the Yale community across Science Hill and beyond requires a Yale Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) orientation, offered at the beginning of each semester at Wright Lab, for both the users and their supervisors or faculty sponsors. Additionally, users must demonstrate sufficient experience in the relevant facility to its supervisors.  For more information, please see the document How to Access and Use the Wright Lab Research Support Shop:  Procedures and Rules.

For introductory shop training, Yale offers the course PHYS 762:  Laboratory in Instrument Design and the Mechanical Arts.   

The Advanced Prototyping Center is available for use by appointment. Please see the APC website or contact advancedprototyping@elilists.yale.edu for more information. 

For more information on access and training requirements, please contact Jeff Ashenfelter.

Access to Wright Lab Facilities

For use of other Wright Lab facilities, please contact Jeff Ashenfelter and/or director Karsten Heeger.