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Michigan State University's K500 Chip Testing Facility, inaugurated in February at FRIB, cost approximately $14 million to establish, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. The project repurposed the campus' K500 superconducting cyclotron, completed in 1982 for high-energy, heavy-ion research, including producing and accelerating ion beams to study nuclear structure, to now allow the facility to test semiconductors for space, defense and on-Earth applications.
Michigan State University's K500 Chip Testing Facility, inaugurated in February at FRIB, cost approximately $14 million to establish, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. The project repurposed the campus' K500 superconducting cyclotron, completed in 1982 for high-energy, heavy-ion research, including producing and accelerating ion beams to study nuclear structure, to now allow the facility to test semiconductors for space, defense and on-Earth applications.
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Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies at MSU, and Carl Craig, the MSUFCU Arts Power Up artist in residence at MSU and FRIB, a public conversation exploring how Detroit’s musical landscape shaped their work and careers. The event marked the first public program of Craig’s January–April residency, which includes a multimedia collaboration with FRIB this fall.
FRIB Laboratory Director Thomas Glasmacher discusses the K500 Chip Testing Facility on WILS 1320, a Lansing talk show radio station.
FRIB at Michigan State University today marked the inauguration of the K500 Chip Testing Facility or KSEE, expanding U.S. capacity for radiation effects testing of advanced microelectronics used in spaceflight, defense, wireless communications, and autonomous systems.
The ribbon cutting recognized the completion and operational launch of a refurbished superconducting cyclotron and a new high-bay addition that together increase FRIB’s ability to support testing for government, industry, and academic users nationwide.
FRIB at Michigan State University opened the K500 Chip Testing Facility, a new national center for testing advanced microelectronics with heavy-ion radiation.
Known as KSEE, the facility will increase U.S. testing capacity by repurposing the world’s first superconducting cyclotron, the K500, which was built at MSU in the 1980s. A newly built high-bay testing area will allow researchers to evaluate microchips for resistance to cosmic-ray damage.
MSU on Thursday marked the inauguration of the K500 Chip Testing Facility — known as KSEE — at FRIB. The project expands U.S. capacity for radiation effects testing on advanced microelectronics, a service in high demand from government agencies, defense contractors, and the tech industry.
FRIB at Michigan State University inaugurated its K500 Chip Testing Facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning.
The ceremony recognized the completion and operational launch of a refurbished superconducting cyclotron, originally built in the 1980s, and a new high-bay addition that increases FRIB’s ability to support testing for government, industry, and academic users across the country, while addressing a national shortage of testing capacity for advanced microelectronics.
FRIB at Michigan State University opened the K500 Chip Testing Facility, a new national center for testing advanced microelectronics with heavy-ion radiation.
Known as KSEE, the facility will increase U.S. testing capacity by repurposing the world’s first superconducting cyclotron, the K500, which was built at MSU in the 1980s. A newly built high-bay testing area will allow researchers to evaluate microchips for resistance to cosmic-ray damage.
Michigan State University’s MSUFCU Arts Power Up Residency program welcomes internationally renowned artists this winter to engage in cross-disciplinary creative work with MSU researchers, students, and scholars. Among the residents is Detroit-based electronic music pioneer Carl Craig, who will work from mid-January through April 2026 in collaboration with FRIB, exploring intersections between scientific inquiry and artistic practice.
From mid-January to April, world-renowned Detroit DJ, producer and techno innovator Carl Craig will participate in the MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artist-in-Residence program. Hosted by the MSU Museum’s CoLab Studio, in collaboration with FRIB and sponsored by MSUFCU, the program aims to connect artists, researchers, and students together.
Over 1,200 community members of all ages gathered recently to celebrate PBS KIDS® Day with WKAR. Families across mid-Michigan came together for the event, hosted at the WKAR studios on the campus of Michigan State University on Saturday, January 31, 2026. FRIB participated as a partner of the event.
