The Core Research Facilities, a unit under the Office of Research and Creative Activity, provide centralized shared university resources including instruments, labs and expertise to support research and education. In addition to the two centers below, a Bioactive Materials Characterization Lab is available to collaborate with researchers on characterization and analysis of coatings and materials for a variety of applications.

The Research Operations team also provides oversight for the facilities managed by RCA including the Research 1, Research 1 Addition, and Research 2 buildings.

Office of Research and Creative Activity Recharge centers 

The Electron Microscopy Core provides comprehensive imaging and analysis services and the Research Operations Recharge Center provides tools for materials synthesis and characterization, microfabrication, device packaging, and testing.