UNAM Main Building has been designed to provide a multidisciplinary research environment for researchers from various disciplines. In 2021, UNAM infrastructure was expanded with the addition of ARL Building (Advanced Research Lab) and high-precision manufacturing laboratory of Mechanical Engineering. Since the establishment of UNAM, the infrastructure has been sustained and improved to address the needs of researchers from academia and industry. Today UNAM houses altogether over 400 instruments. With its ever-expanding capabilities, UNAM is being run using state-of-the-art lab management platform and coordination to support its research and development activities. As a result, UNAM has achieved over 95% up-and-running time for its core facility instruments, which can be accessed by its authorized users 24/7. Equally important, UNAM’s specialized instruments can be utilized under the guidance of highly qualified UNAM technical team, if desired. New users can also be accompanied by experienced UNAM personnel to make the most of their time at UNAM facilities.

UNAM infrastructure is regularly updated to satisfy the needs of its researchers. The details of each instrument can be viewed on our facility web page: http://www.unam.bilkent.edu.tr/facility/ UNAM information system, UNAM-IS, is used as a one-stop address to obtain access to all equipment. Users first sign up to receive their username and password on UNAM-IS. After defining their projects, they can access the listed equipment. UNAM users can also coordinate hands-on trainings on instruments and keep track of the status of each equipment on UNAM-IS. UNAM-IS reservation procedure is hassle-free. The authorized users can monitor the availability of each instrument and make a reservation from their UNAM-IS portal.