The Ames Laboratory

Hoppers that hold powdered metal for Ames Laboratory's 3D metal printer.

Powdered metal is loaded into these hoppers (four total) on Ames Laboratory's 3D metal printer. The hoppers allow the LENS (laser engineered netshaping) system to combine up to four different metal powders in a nearly infinite variety of alloy compositions and gradients. See it in action HERE.

Ames Laboratory auction presents check for $2500 to Heartland Senior Services

Ames Lab Public Affairs Director Steve Karsjen presents a check for $2,500 to Heartland Senior Services Developing and Market Director Jan Williams. The check represents half of the proceeds from the 14th annual Ames Laboratory Employees Holiday Auction, with the Bethesda Food Pantry receiving the other half along with donated food items, hats, mittens and scarves.

Ames Laboratory physicist Paul Canfield was one of several speakers at a Complex Materials workshop on Oct. 20, sponsored by Iowa State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The workshop is one of the College's Signature Research Themes series and also featured Ames Laboratory Director Adam Schwartz.

Ames Laboratory Public Affairs Director Steve Karsjen, left, explains Ames Laboratory's role in the Manhattan Project to a group of visiting high school advanced placement chemistry students from Mason City.

Javier Vela, scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, has been selected as a 2014 recipient of the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in Chemical Sciences. The award, given by the American Chemical Society (ACS), honors those who have created and fostered ongoing programs or activities that result in increased numbers of persons from diverse and underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, or women who participate in the chemical enterprise. Read More

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