The modern research university offers a robust research infrastructure not commonly found outside of academic circles. ASL leverages theoretical and experimental technologies outside of its in-house facilities to ensure competitiveness and advances in research and development.

If needed, the research at ASL can be performed at the off-site laboratories located on the main campus of Washington State University, as well as at many unique national user facilities located at National Laboratories.

Examples of Washington State University research resources include:

Institute for Shock Physics (ISP): ISP is unique among academic institutions for its specialized collection of laboratories dedicated to the examination of materials under extreme conditions.

Electron Microscopy Center: This facility maintains a TEM, STEM, SEM, confocal microscope, and various light microscopes. Three of the electron microscopes have EDX analyzers for elemental analysis.

College of Sciences Technical Services: A precision instrument shop that offers production capabilities on a wide range of materials, including exotics such as metal-ceramic composites and high-temperature alloys

Examples of national resources utilized by ASL include:

Third-generation synchrotron x-ray sources: A synchrotron light source produces high-energy, high-brilliance x-ray beams. The source is optimized to put large quantities of high-energy photons into a very small area in a very short time which enables ASL researchers to collect extremely detailed data about a material.

High performance computing centers: ASL researchers take advantage of high-performance computing resources through grid (an integrated, advanced cyber infrastructure) computing on the national level, such as the TeraGrid and the DOE Science Grid.