Colorado State begins constructing laser lab as public-private research hub

October 28, 2024, 12:03PMNuclear News
Colorado State University hosted a ground-breaking event for a new laser research facility being built in partnership with Marvel Fusion at the university’s Foothills Campus. (Image: CSU)

In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on the outskirts of Fort Collins, Colo.—home to Colorado State University—work began this month on a new laser facility funded by a public-private partnership. The private portion is $150 million from Marvel Fusion, announced in August 2023, while $12.5 million—the latest funding for CSU from the Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)—will support the new facility as part of LaserNetUS, a laser research network operated by DOE-FES to provide access to laser facilities for multidisciplinary researchers from the United States and abroad.

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