Argonne research - a unique mix of staff and facilities aimed at solving national problems of USA.

Argonne National Laboratory applies a unique mix of world-class user facilities and leading scientific and engineering staff to develop innovative solutions to the grand challenges of our time: plentiful and safe energy, a healthy environment, economic competitiveness and a secure nation. Four major core capabilities support Argonne's R&D programs: hard X-ray sciences, fundamental science, applied science and engineering, and leadership computing.

Collaboration is a critical dimension of Argonne research because it creates synergies and efficiencies in developing new ideas and approaches that advance innovation and discovery. Staff in Argonne's more than two dozen scientific and engineering divisions actively seek collaborative opportunities with colleagues in industry, academia and other national laboratories, as well as with their colleagues in other Argonne divisions. Argonne is also active in seeking opportunities to transfer technologies to the marketplace through licensing, joint research and many other collaborative relationships.

Argonne's research and development programs focus on three major areas:

·        Energy: Energy Storage, Alternative Energy and Efficiency, Nuclear Energy;

·        Biology and Environmental Systems;

·        National Security.

Argonne Research Divisions

Recognized for excellence in connecting basic research to innovative technology, Argonne is at the forefront of scientific and technological advancement. The links below provide access to the home pages of Argonne's major research divisions and programs.

Advanced Photon Source provides the nation's most intense beams of X-rays for forefront basic and applied research in such fields as materials science, biology, physics, chemistry and the environmental, geophysical and planetary sciences.

Argonne Accelerator Institute works with all accelerator activities at the laboratory to best use our extensive resources, to enhance the capabilities of our existing facilities, to strategically determine the next steps forward in accelerator development and construction, and to oversee a dynamic and acclaimed accelerator physics portfolio.

Argonne Leadership Computing Facility works to provide the computational science community with a leading computing capability dedicated to breakthrough science and engineering.

Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center brings together scientists from many disciplines to explore the sun's enormous potential to supply energy for human needs..

Biosciences Division works to use state-of-the-art technology to conduct multidisciplinary basic research to increase our understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of life and enable important advances in environmental protection and remediation, energy production and sustainability, and human health and welfare.

Center for Nanoscale Materials works to Understand and control of material properties at the nanometer scale promises tremendous potential for the advancement of science and technology. The Center for Nanoscale Materials is one of five national research centers devoted to understanding and controlling the properties nanoscale materials.

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division conducts basic and applied R&D around five theme areas: fundamental interactions, catalysis and energy conversion, electrochemical energy storage, nuclear and environmental processes, and national security.

Computation Institute established by The University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory in 2000 to address the most challenging problems arising in the use of strategic computation and communications.

Argonne’s Computing, Environment and Life Sciences directorate works to enable groundbreaking scientific and technical accomplishments in areas of critical importance in the 21st century. The goals are threefold: advancing biology, advancing the intersection of computing and biology, and advancing all activities involving computation.

Argonne's Decision and Information Sciences Division works to develop innovative decision tools, models and information systems and to apply them to the resolution of energy, environmental and other related problems of regional, national and global significance.

Environmental Science Division conducts applied research, assessment, and technology development in the following areas: risk and waste management; natural resource systems and integrated assessments; restoration and pollution prevention; environmental policy analysis and planning; and environmental management systems.

High Energy Physics Division at Argonne National Laboratory conducts research in areas of both theoretical and experimental particle physics as well as accelerator development.

Argonne's Infrastructure Assurance Center provides service and support to public and private organizations working in the areas of infrastructure protection, mitigation, response and recovery.

Argonne's National Security programs draw from all the laboratory's research divisions to develop new technologies that help protect the nation from attack and from accidental incidents, such as natural disasters.

Nuclear Engineering Division's mission is to apply Argonne's world-class expertise in nuclear reactor technology to the development of advanced nuclear reactor systems to problems of national and international significance.

Physics Division has active experimental and theory groups that study the properties of nuclei and atoms. Major experimental facilities used by the division's scientists include the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System and the Advanced Photon Source.

Structural Biology Center (SBC) operates a national user facility for macromolecular crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source. The SBC makes available to scientific community two experimental stations that are well suited for a wide range of crystallographic experiments.

Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC) is a Department of Transportation state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and high-performance computing center dedicated to solving a host of intractable transportation problems, including traffic congestion in major cities, the effects of stresses on transportation infrastructure and the crashworthiness of vehicles.

Argonne Transportation Technology R&D Center brings together scientists and engineers from many disciplines to find cost-effective solutions to the problems of transporting people and goods from one place to another — issues like vehicle emissions and energy supply.

Energy Systems Division is a leading center for research and development into energy and environmental issues. The division is an engineering organization with expertise in transportation technologies, industrial processes, applied biological processes, and environmental evaluation and restoration.

Vasil Sidorov on September 12, 2009  E-mail: sidorovvasil@gmail.com

From Argonne National Laboratory Reports