Advanced Instrumentation Development Center (AIDC)

About the AIDC

The AIDC is a specialized hub of technical capabilities to facilitate cross-cutting ideation and innovation. The goal is to be a resource for engineering expertise, a physical space (or destination) for education and training programs, and a center for community-building efforts, connecting researchers and staff across campus. We work to enable a variety of initiatives, including those in quantum science, planetary solutions, and beyond. Our mission stands at the nexus between hardware, computing, and data science.

The Yale AIDC team will support research and teaching through instrument design and fabrication. 

Our offerings:

• Research and student machining
• Professional machining
• Prototyping
• Electronics

Our technical capabilities:

• Custom design and fabrication
• System level design
• Requirement definition and validation
• System level fabrication
• PCB design and testing

• Project-based teaching
   

  Coming online in 2026.

Available to Yale researchers & external researchers

• Physical science resources
• Shops