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The Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) provides researchers in the Texas A&M community with access to high-end instrumentation essential for fundamental studies of the surface and interfacial properties of materials, such as ion and electron based spectroscopies, electron, optical and scanning probe microscopies.

Giesecke Engineering Research Building
The MCF completed its move into the Frederick E. Giesecke Engineering Research Building in June 2015. It is located at 1617 Research Parkway in Texas A&M University’s Research Park. Parking is available in the adjacent lot with a campus bus stop near the front of the building. The MCF is located on the 1st floor of the Frederick E. Giesecke Engineering Research Building in Research Park.