AGU-Central Research Facility was founded in 2019. It is located in the new research building in Sumer Campus and has a total floor space of 1224 square meters with a 788 square meters of laboratory space.
There are 10 thematic research and analysis laboratories operating in the research areas of Engineering and Life & Natural Sciences. The organization of the AGU-CRF was established such that the center fosters multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research efforts.
Engineering Thematic Laboratories:
- Nanoimaging and Analysis Laboratory
- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory
- Spectroscopic Analysis Laboratory
- Chromatographic Analysis Laboratory
- Laser Systems Laboratory
- Mechanical Characterization Laboratory
Life & Natural Sciences Thematic Laboratories:
- Cell Biology Laboratory
- Biomolecule Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory
- Confocal Imaging Laboratory
With its state-of-the art facilities, AGU-Central Research Facility is committed to making significant contributions to the advancement of trans- and inter-disciplinary research conducted at AGU in a wide-spectrum of research areas ranging from new generation optoelectronics to bioengineering and cancer research. The research conducted herein is highly collaborative and we work closely with many prestigious national and international academic organizations, research institutes, and industrial partners. As the Central Research Facility, we believe that excellence in higher education and breakthrough in societal impact could only be achieved by genuinely blending research and education. Accordingly, AGU-CRF has been a research hub for our undergraduate students in their capstone projects and for our graduate students in their thesis projects. The Central Research Facility at AGU is being managed and operated directly under the Office of the Rectorate, and it is open to all researchers from different universities, research institutes, and industries nationally and globally.
Instruments;
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
- High-Pressure Bet Surface Area & Pore Size Analyzer
- Contact Angle Goniometer
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Mass Spectrometry (MS)
- Thermal Evaporator
- Thermal Evaporator in Glove-Box
- FT-IR Spectrometry
- High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- High-Power Laser System
- Flow Cytometry (FACS)
- Biosafety Cabinet
- Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)
- High-Speed Centrifuge
- Confocal Microscope
- Universal Tension-Compression
- Fluorescent Life Spectrometer System
- Maskless Laser Lithography System
