Division of Critical Materials Capabilities

We lead the Energy Innovation Hub Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI) for the U.S. Department of Energy.

We are home to the Controlled Atmosphere Magnet Processing System (CAMPS), a unique national resource for materials synthesis, processing and characterization. This equipment allows operations, including milling, sieving, compaction, magnetization, heat treatment, quenching, microscopy and elemental analysis, to be performed under controlled atmosphere.

We collaborate with Ames Lab and eight other national laboratories for METALLIC