UC Departments at RFS
Northern Regional Library Facility at the Richmond Field Station.
The Richmond Field Station, provides research and office space to other UC Berkeley Campus Departments and Non-UC tenants. We have listed the main departments and tenants. Please refer to the RFS Department Contact List or, search the general UC Berkeley Directory for individuals.
UC Berkeley DEPARTMENTS
Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)
Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC)
Northern Regional Library Facility
Partners for Advanced Transportation and Technology (PATH)
Pavement Research Center (PRC)
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER)
40 research centers/institutes/programs
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center – Earthquake Simulator Lab & ballistics equipment for research; Tow tank for hydrodynamics research; Intelligent transportation systems research; Center for Smart Infrastructure; Berkeley Environmental Air-quality and CO2 Network (BEACO2N); UC Pavement Research Center; COE Nuclear Materials Group; Children’s Environmental Health Lab; UC ANR Urban Integrated Pest Management; Berkeley COEH Human Factors and Ergonomics Program; Indoor Farming research; UCB Art Practice MFA studios; Siemens-UCB Direct Air Capture research hub; Forest Products Lab; UAV Flightpath
- Large-scale structural testing (PEER) – Buildings 484 and 420: https://peer.berkeley.edu/, https://peer.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-simulator-laboratory, https://peer.berkeley.edu/about/business-and-industry-partnership-bip
- NHERI SimCenter – Building 454: https://peer.berkeley.edu/opensra/teams/nheri-simcenter
- Ballistics testing research – Building 484: https://peer.berkeley.edu/damage-evaluation-modeling-and-verification-using-ballistic-equipment
- Hydrodynamics research – Building 275: https://flow.berkeley.edu/physical-model-test-facility/
- Autonomous vehicle research – Buildings 167: https://path.berkeley.edu
- Connected and autonomous vehicles research: MPC LAB
- Children’s Environmental Health Lab – Building 112: http://www.hollandlabucb.org/
- Smart infrastructure research – Building 277: https://www.google.com/search?q=EBMUD+UC+Berkeley&oq=EBMUD+UC+Berkeley&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.10732j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- Berkeley Environmental Air-quality and CO2 Network (BEACO2N Trailer) – Near Building 128 http://beacon.berkeley.edu/about/
- UC Pavement Research Center – Buildings 480, 482 & 484 https://its.berkeley.edu/research-centers/ucprc
- COE Nuclear Materials Group – Building 112: https://materials.nuc.berkeley.edu/
- UC ANR Urban Integrated Pest Management – Building 475: https://ucanr.edu/sites/urbanIPM/
- Berkeley COEH, Human Factors and Ergonomics Program – Buildings 163 and 178: https://www.coeh.berkeley.edu/human-factors-and-ergonomics-program
- Indoor Farming Center – (on the H2 Refueling Station Pad): https://altmeatlab.berkeley.edu, https://food-manufacturing.berkeley.edu/indoor-farming-research/, https://aifs.ucdavis.edu/
- The UCB Lidar Group: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fo_RpZSreww9Mys9MZ8x8TVVcg7l9zrd/edit
- UAV Flightpath (people can book time there-official site of UCB) – Building 300 Parking lot
- UC Berkeley Art Practice MFA Studios – Buildings 116, 160, 154 & 161: https://art.berkeley.edu/mfa-degree
- Siemens-Berkeley Direct Air Capture Facility: https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2023/09/berkeley-engineers-partner-with-siemens-energy-on-3-7m-doe-project-to-explore-direct-air-capture-for-carbon-sequestration/, https://www.dailycal.org/2023/09/11/uc-berkeley-researchers-and-siemens-energy-work-together-to-simulate-and-advance-direct-carbon-capture-for-carbon-sequestration, https://www.energy.gov/fecm/project-selections-foa-2735-regional-direct-air-capture-hubs-topic-area-1-feasibility-and?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Main campus research centers who benefit from RFS
General: https://engineering.berkeley.edu/research-and-faculty/centers-and-institutes/
Information technology and science: CITRIS: Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
Smart and secure infrastructure:
Energy, environment and sustainability
- Manufacturing 360
Development engineering