Analytical
Bioscience
Coastal Marine
Nanofabrication, Imaging & Characterization
Supercomputing
Visualization
Workshops
CORE LABS
Trace Metals
Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
Spectroscopy
Wet Chemistry
Surface Analysis
ANALYTICAL LAB
Surface Analysis
Surface Area and Porosimetry System
ASAP 2050 Xtended Pressure Sorption Analyzer
Bioscience Lab Activities
• Serve both Academic and Industrial Research
• Whole Genome Sequencing
• MicroArray Data Creation and Analysis
• High Throughput Sample Preparation using Robotics
• Mass Spectrometry
• Protein Expression and Purification
• Biomarker Identification
Gene Expression Analysis Modules
AGILENT MICROARRAY SCANNER
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS REAL TIME PCR
COASTAL MARINE LABCOASTAL MARINE LAB
Facilitates Red Sea R & D
• constructs and deploys oceanographic instrumentation
• provides operational services to support research vessels for marine exploration, diving and sampling
•maintains indoor and outdoor seawater facilities for culturing marine organisms
Nanofabrication Facility
• Design, fabrication and measurement of micro- and nano-scale materials and devices.
• Nanofab serves academic and industrial researchers in :– Natural Sciences : Physics, Chemistry, Biology & Medical
Science– Engineering : Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, etc
• Research areas supported include :– Micro- & Nano-electronics– Micro- & Nano-fluidics– Optics & Photonics– MEMS and NEMS– Biological & Chemical, etc.
Clean Room
• 2,000 square meters Class 1000, with bays at Class 100
• Devices for microelectronic, pharmaceutical and biotech research require minimal contamination
• Everyone must pass through strictly controlled chambers to ensure de-contamination and be gowned appropriately
Thin Films
SputteringE-beam evaporator
MVD 100Atomic layer deposition (organic, composite and metal layers)
Imaging & Characterization Suites
• Electron Microscopy (TEM, SDB and SEM)
• NMR Spectroscopy
• Optical / Confocal Microscopy
• Thermal Analysis
• XRD / XRF
• Microwave Analysis
• Surface Analysis
• Raman
• Sample Prep
• Image Analysis
Transmission Electron Microscopes
Titan Basic Materials Science Configuration
Titan Krios
Titan Basic Biological Configuration
Titan Cs Image and Probe correctors
Tecnai Spirit Bio Twin
Titan ‘cubed’Titan ‘cubed’Titan BasicTitan Basic Tecnai BioTecnai Bio
Dual Beam and ScanningElectron Microscopes
• Helios Nanolab with cryo transfer capability
• Quanta 3D FEG
• Nova NanoSEM 630 with cryo transfer capability
• Quanta 600 FEG
• Quanta 200 FEG with Gatan 3-View
• Magellan™ XHR SEM
SDB’s
SEM’s
Quanta 3D Nova NanoHelios NanoLab
NMR Spectroscopy
• Biology
• AVANCE-III 950 MHz
• AVANCE-III 700 MHz
• AVANCE-III 500 MHz
• Materials Science
• AVANCE-III 900 MHz WB
• AVANCE-III 600 MHz WB
• AVANCE-III 400 MHz WB × 2
• Chemistry
• AVANCE-III 600 MHz
• AVANCE-III 400 MHz
• Imaging
• AVANCE-III 500 MHz SWB
Optical / Confocal Microscopes
• General purpose upright confocal – basic configuration
• General purpose upright confocal – advanced configuration
• General purpose inverted confocal – basic configuration
• General purpose inverted confocal – advanced configuration
• Large scale imaging & super zoom microscope
• Multiphoton
• Deconvolution system
• Laser microdisection system
• Advanced fluorescence imaging
Thermal Analysis
• Dilatometer (DIL)
• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)/ HPDSC
• Laser Flash Apparatus (LFA)
• Simultaneous TG-DTA/DSC System (Coupled with QMS)
• Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA coupled with FTIR)
• Thermomechanical Analyzer (TMA)
DIL 402 PC
DMA
XRD / XRF
• XRD System for Thin Films
• XRD System for Bulk/Powder Samples
• XRD Non-Ambient System
• XRF System
XRF Thin Film XRD
Non-Ambient XRD
Raman Systems
• Standard and fast characterization – Horiba LabRam ARAMIS
– 4 Laser sources: 325, 473, 633 and 785nm
• High resolution, broad wavelength, variable temperature sample holder, alive samples
– Horiba LabRAM HR
– Laser sources: 325 -1600 nm (325, 473, 633, 785, 1100 and 1600 nm),
– Heating/Cooling stages
– Helium Cryostats
– Humidity Cells
– Diamond anvil cells
– Electrochemical Cells
– Flow Cells
LabRAM HR
I & C Facility Layout
OPTICAL/
CONFOCAL
MICROSCOPY
BIO PREPTHERMAL
ANALYSIS
XRD/
XRF
SEM & SEM PREP
TEM
TEM PREP (BIO & MAT)
IMAGEANALYSIS
SURFACE
ANALYSIS
RAMAN
MICROWAVE
SUPERCOMPUTING
• Partnering with IBM, KAUST is hosting one of the world’s top supercomputers in an academic environment.
• Initially based on the 16-rack BlueGene/P system with 65,536 individual processor cores, Shaheen is capable of providing up to 222 teraflops.
• We will reach petascale level, and strive towards exascale computing
1 Chip13.6 GF
1 Node13.6 GF4 GB
1 Node Card435 GF64 GB
1 Rack13.9 TF4 TB
16 Rack222 TF64 TB
Anatomy of SHAHEEN
222,000,000,000,000 floating 222,000,000,000,000 floating point operations / secondpoint operations / second
KAUST Global Connectivity (10Gbps)KAUST Global Connectivity (10Gbps)
SAREN 10Gbps
SARENSARENSAUDI ARABIAN ADVANCED SAUDI ARABIAN ADVANCED RESEARCH & EDUCATION RESEARCH & EDUCATION
NETWORKNETWORK
Visualization Laboratory Visualization Laboratory
• 24 of the world’s highest native resolution projectors (4096 x 2160 pixels each)
• Fully immersive stereoscopic visual environment
• 100 million pixels
• Allows up to 8 viewers in the environment
VL6 Graphics ClusterVL6 Graphics Cluster
• 272 quad-core CPUs
• 768 gigabytes of RAM
• 12 TB of internal hard drive capacity
• A terabit local network
• 96x10 Gb inter-processor connectivity
• Plus10 gigabit uplinks
• 96 FX5600 GPUs
• 204 GB of graphics memory
• 65 TB of external storage
Multi-Purpose RoomMulti-Purpose Room
• Ultra-high resolution (32 million pixel) digital cinema/VR system
• Reconfigurable environment for multiple applications
• Allows stereoscopic viewing for an audience of 75
• Enables collaborative environment and recording
Design Process
Lab visits, advisors, consultants• University of California, Berkeley
• National University of Singapore
• Imperial College, London
• University of Cambridge
• HOK
• Abbie Gregg Inc, FEI, Bruker . . . . .
Reviewed by partner institutions and prospective faculty• Cornell, Stanford, Oxford, HKUST . . . . .
WorkshopsWorkshops
• Machine Shop
• Electronics Shop
• CAD / CAM -- Rapid Prototyping
• Woodworking
• Glassblowing
• Metrology
ACCESS PRIORITY
1. KAUST faculty, postdocs & students
2. Partner institutions conducting research in collaboration with KAUST scientists & engineers
3. Academic institutions & industry
COSTING & CHARGING
Assumptions : Linear depreciation over 5 years
250 working days per year
Overhead @ 50%
Cost : US$1200 per day per US$1M capital cost
or US$150 per hour per US$1M capital cost
Charge : Policy issue !