Renovation Project
The NSF NeXUS Development Project was awarded in 2019. The Ohio State University provided laboratory space and supported renovation of the space to meet the engineering and environmental specifications of the NeXUS project.
Design & Build
Design and construction of the NeXUS system was driven by a team of postdoctoral scholars and graduate researchers under the direction of faculty from the departments of Chemistry and Physics at The Ohio State University and Stony Brook University.
[Upbeat, techno soundtrack playing]
[The Ohio State University]
[NSF: NeXUS]
[Celeste Laboratory Renovation]
[February 2021]
[The video showcases a time-lapse video of the Celeste Laboratory Renovation at The Ohio State University. The video shows a bunch of beams and two workers. The setting shows multiple ladders and poles used for renovation. There was a blue container box, a green container box, wooden plaques and beams.]
[March 2021]
[The workers fix and make singular parts and either transport them or set them aside to use them when necessary.]
[On the screen ‘Multi-purpose utility drops’ is shown; the hanging pairs from the ceiling were the multi-purpose utility drops.]
[April 2021]
[The lights and doors are fixed on the left side.]
[On the screen ‘New entryway airlock’ is shown; the door diagonally on the left is the new entryway airlock.]
[May 2021]
[The walls are then fixed, and vents are made along with cabinets.]
[The flooring is repainted white.]
[On the screen ‘Clean room grade drop ceiling and floors’ is shown]
[June 2021]
[July 2021]
[August 2021]
[Red lines were drawn on the floor where the optical table would be placed.]
[On the screen ‘Optical Table delivered’ is shown]
[On the screen ‘Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) delivered’ is shown]
[September 2021]
[October 2021]
[On the screen ‘Angle-resolved photoelectron spectrometer (ARPES) delivered’ is shown]
[On the screen ‘ARPES and STM verification testing’ is shown]
[November 2021]
[On the screen ‘Closed circuit television installed’ is shown]
[December 2021]
[January 2022]
[The lab space is cleaned of unnecessary materials and is prepared for laser and beamlines.]
[On the screen ‘Preparing for laser and beamlines’ is shown]
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF National eXtreme Ultrafast Science Facility (NeXUS) is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number 2410901. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.