Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory

Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory
Established1945 (1945)
Research typeapplied research
BudgetNot Published
Field of research
acoustics, guidance control, thermal energy, hydrodynamics, hydroacoustics, propulsion, navigation, communications
DirectorAllan G. Sonsteby
LocationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
16802
CampusUniversity Park
AffiliationsUnited States Department of Defense
Operating agency
Pennsylvania State University
Websitewww.arl.psu.edu

The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (short: Penn State ARL or simply ARL), is a specialized research unit dedicated to interdisciplinary scientific research at the Penn State University Park campus. The ARL is a DoD designated U.S. Navy University Affiliated Research Center. It is the university's largest research unit with over 1,000 faculty and staff.[1] The Laboratory ranks 2nd in DoD and 10th in NASA funding to universities.[2]

ARL maintains a long-term relationship with the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Office of Naval Research.

History

The ARL was established in 1945 by the U.S. Navy when the Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory (USL) was terminated and its torpedo division was moved to Penn State. Eric Walker, the USL's assistant director, moved to Penn State to become its first director from 1945 until 1951, when he became the president of the university.

Today, ARL operates over a dozen facilities ranging from acoustic research to fluid and nuclear.

Laboratory structure

The ARL is made of six distinct research divisions:

  • Advanced Technology
    • Includes: Autonomous Control and Intelligent Systems, Systems and Unmanned Vehicle, Energy Science and Power Systems, Sonar Research and Development
  • Fluid and Structural Mechanics
    • Includes: Fluid Dynamics, Noise Control and Hydroacoustics, Computational and Mechanics, Research Facilities
  • Material and Manufacturing
    • Includes: Material Processing, Manufacturing System, Laser Processing, Composite Material, Systems and Operations Automation
  • Communications, Information, and Navigation
    • Includes: Communication Systems, Electromagnetics & Geospatial Systems, Information & Imaging, Visualization SEA Lab, Navigation Research & Development
  • Undersea Weapons
  • Research and Academic Programs
    • Includes: Acoustics, Information Sciences and Technology

Facilities

The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel located at the Penn State main campus.

The Applied Research Laboratory operates a number of locations and off-site facilities.[3]

  • Penn State main campus buildings
  • Penn State satellite campus
  • Off-campus buildings
    • ARL West IV, Science Park Road, Ferguson Township, PA
    • ARL Science Park Building, Science Park Road, Ferguson Township, PA
    • ARL West I, Cato Park, Ferguson Township, PA
    • Exegyn ARL West II, Cato Park, Ferguson Township, PA
    • ARL West III (aka Atotech), Science Park Road, Ferguson Township, PA
    • 230 Building, Innovation Park, College Township, PA
    • Navigation Research & Development Building Center,[3] Warminster, PA
    • Electro-Optics S&T Center,[3] Kittanning, PA
    • Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport,[3] Keyport, WA
    • Reston Office, Reston Virginia
    • Key West Facility, Key West, Florida
    • EOC, Electro-Optics Center, Northpointe, Kittanning, Pennsylvania
    • Keyport, Washington
    • Mitchell Field, New York

Acoustic research

ARL operates the Structural Acoustics Laboratory which houses an array of tanks including an Acoustic Reverberant Tank and an Acoustic Test Tank for acoustic research projects. The facilities include complete instrumentation for measuring and calibrating transducers and transducer arrays. The Acoustic Test Tank is equipped with the instrumentation required for determining the acoustic characteristics of sonar devices designed for frequency response calibrations, radiation pattern plots, and impedance and admittance characterizations.[4]

Additionally, ARL operates a Large Anechoic Chamber with the "mission is to increase the knowledge and understanding of applied electromagnetics in key areas of defense and commercial systems utilizing communications, navigation, and sensor-based systems such as direction finding, for example." The facility is stationed in Warminster, Pennsylvania at the former Naval Air Warfare Center.[5]

Fluid dynamics research

The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel was constructed shortly after the establishment of the ARL at Penn State in cooperation with the U.S. Navy for further torpedo research. The facility operates one of the largest circulating water tunnels in the world. It also operates an array of wind tunnels, glycerin tunnels, and anechoic chamber for used in many physics problems and experiments.

Nuclear research

ARL operates the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Test Facility (ANFTF)[6] which is a Westinghouse-funded facility to test advanced power reactors and fuel component designs. The facility entered operation in 1996 with a fully functional 600 MWe nuclear power plant, the Westinghouse AP600. The facility's objective is to characterize the effect of different fuel grid spacers on the onset of the departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) phenomenon and to quantify the critical heat flux (CHF) as the DNB event occurs.[7][8]

Space research

On September 4, 2013 an agreement has been reached between the Applied Research Laboratory and NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.[9] The laboratory created the Space Systems Initiative which would allow the space center to provide bipropellant rockets and liquid methane/liquid oxygen control engines with the university to enabling students to gain a better understanding of rocket performance. Data and results would be shared with NASA.

Lunar Lion

The Penn State Lunar Lion is a team within the Applied Research Laboratory as part of the Space Systems Initiative which has joined the Google Lunar X Prize. The team is expected to build a robotic spacecraft that is four feet in diameter and weighs 500 pounds. The team hopes to land the craft on the moon in December 2015.[10] The project includes over 500 students and 50 faculty members.

See also

References

  1. ^ "About ARL - Who and What We Are". Penn state ARL. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ^ "CENTER FOR SPACE RESEARCH PROGRAMS" (PDF). CSRP. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dealing with Sensitive Data at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory: Approach and Examples" (PDF). Penn State ARL.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Acoustics Research". Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Large Anechoic Chamber (LAC)". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. ^ "ANFTF System". ARL. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Advanced Nuclear Fuel Test Facility". The Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Advanced Nuclear Fuel Test Facility". OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  9. ^ "It's rocket science at Penn State's Applied Research Lab". Penn State News. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Penn State racing to be the first college on the moon". Philly.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

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