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CAES Resources

Building

CAES is housed in a 55,000 ft2 building located on the INL campus in Idaho Falls, adjacent to the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-UI Center for Higher Education.  The building provides laboratory, office, and meeting spaces for collaborative research in Energy-related disciplines. 

Eight large currently host research projects involving material characterization, thermal hydraulics, 3D printing, radiochemistry, and several other energy-related themes.  Nuclear materials can be investigated under a NRC license maintained by ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø.  In most cases, projects involve collaboration between researchers at two or more CAES institutions.  ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø researchers interested in using these labs should contact the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø CAES Associate Director who will facilitate the request process.

Offices in the CAES building include ~50 hard-walled offices for senior researchers and staff as well as ~90 cubicles for students and short-term residents.  A certain number of offices are allocated to each CAES institutions; at times of high demand, priority for office space is given to those who have active projects in the building.  ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty or students who would like office space should contact the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø CAES Associate Director.

Funding

The State of Idaho provides ~$1M annually to each of the three Idaho universities in support of CAES activities.  At ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, these funds are used in partial support of CAES-related faculty and staff salaries, Seed grants, Graduate Research Assistantships, Equipment, and Travel.  ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty who would like to learn more about obtaining ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø CAES funding should contact the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø CAES Associate Director.

On behalf of the Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) provides multimillion dollar funding for CAES activities, workshops, training sessions, operations, and full-time staff.

Costs associated with Maintenance and Operation of the CAES Building in Idaho Falls are shared by the CAES institutions, with BEA paying 70% and the three Idaho Universities paying 10% each using funds allocated from the State.

Pie Chart for CAES budget outlined below picture in text.

CAES Budget: Staff 31%, SEED Grant Programs 28%, Faculty 27%, Capital Equipment 6%, Students 5%, Operating Expenses 3%