CAMD is a high-tech synchrotron research center whose role is to provide equipment, expertise, and infrastructure for research and development in the area of microstructures and microdevices. CAMD is housed in a 45,000 square-foot building located on a 15-acre site approximately five miles from the LSU campus. Current investigations at CAMD include: 1) basic research in the areas of atomic and molecular structure and condensed-matter (surface and bulk phase) phenomena. 2) applied research in the exciting field of microdevice fabrication.

Additionally, CAMD is a center where X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy is being used to provide powerful analytic tools for materials research, industry, and the environment. Students who have the opportunity to work and study at CAMD will learn the exciting technology of the 21st century.