Providing Center members, partners, and the larger research community access to shared, state-of-the-art synthesis, processing, computational, and characterization facilities is central to the Center’s mission. Training users, particularly students, in the operation of these tools is an essential  function of the Center connected to it’s educational mission. The Center maintains the REMRSEC wet and dry processing laboratories, silicon processing laboratory, materials deposition laboratories, and electronic, optical and structural characterization facilities.  In addition, three existing major CSM facilities are linked through the Center including: the Colorado Fuel Cell Center (CFCC), the Photonics and Ultrafast Laser Science Laboratory (PULSE), and the Golden Energy Computing Organization (GECO).  These laboratories, in conjunction with major facilities available at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, create a national resource for renewable energy research.