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Work begins on $42 million expansion at UR’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Work begins on $42 million expansion at UR’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has broken ground on a $42 million, 66,000-square-foot office and lab building expansion. The expansion directly connects to LLE’s existing building on East River Road in Brighton.
“The LLE’s work in high-energy-density science continues to grow with each new year, and now their physical footprint is catching up,” said Sarah Mangelsdorf, UR president, in a statement. “The addition of these state-of-the-art facilities helps strengthen the LLE’s designation as one of the leading laser laboratories in the world and will provide space to support its expanding research agenda.”
The new three-floor building will house lab and office space for roughly 110 scientists and LLE personnel and includes a class 1000 target fabrication lab and thin film coating lab, a laser computing facility and several other wet lab and general lab spaces.
The largest lab space will house the AMICA laser system, a state-of-the-art, high-energy, long-pulse laser that scientists at the LLE are assembling for Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Matter at Extreme Condition Upgrade.
LeChase Construction began the building expansion in July and the addition is expected to be completed in 2024. LLE was last expanded in 2003 to house the OMEGA EP laser.
Established in 1970, LLE is the largest university-based US Department of Energy supported research center in the nation.
Earlier this year, LLE received $83 million in federal funding as part of the fiscal year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which was a $1 million increase over fiscal year 2021.
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