Cambridge Polymer Labs The Cambridge Polymer Labs is a location in the Commonwealth in 2287 . Background . Cambridge Polymer Labs was created as a result of the research of three CIT graduate students , Jon Elwood - Woolum , Ericka Elwood - Woolum and Wilfred Bergman . The company worked in defense solutions and research for the military . Jon Elwood became the director of the facility and was married to Ericka Woolum . The company had been working on a new piece of power armor before the bombs fell . They were on a military contract to produce this power armor for soldiers fighting in the war . When the bombs were dropped , Jon Elwood was told by the military that only essential personnel would be given a military escort to safety . Because of this , he locked the scientists , including his wife , into their labs until the project was completed . If the team was able to complete the project , Elwood would have reached out to his contact in the military and received a safe escape . Unfortunately , he kept every scientist besides his wife out of the loop with what had truly transpired above them , fearing that it would send them into a panic and they would be unable or unwilling to complete the project . This act of deception widened conflicts between the scientists and ultimately led to the deaths of a portion of the research team and the ghoulification of the remainder . Layout . Main lobby . When first entering the polymer labs , directly to the left is the orientation room , where Molly briefs the Sole Survivor on a job acquired in the quest Cambridge Polymer Labs . Before entering the orientation room , the male and female restrooms are located to the right . To the right lies a passage that brings the player character to the clean room and allows access to the rest of the facility . Behind the service desk is a storage area and a door to the right of the player character . This door brings the player character upstairs to more storage areas to the immediate right of the top of the staircase , as well as an office location to the far left of the second floor . In the center of the 2nd floor is the director ' s office . A terminal is located within that further explains what happened before the destruction of the building . Research area . The research area has a layout like a vault . On the first floor , as well as the second floor the Sole Survivor will find several numbered samples containers for the Cambridge Polymer Labs quest . A glowing one can be found in a highly irradiated area near the northernmost section of the first floor . This is also the location of the U - 238 also needed for the quest Cambridge Polymer Labs . There is a " polymer coating applicator " machine that can combine polymers and isotopes on the first floor after radioactive decontamination . Isotopes and polymers can be found throughout the area . From room C1 , a passageway has been made along ventilation pipes to the other side of the labs , in order to gain access to the locked room C3 holding the radioactive containment password . At the end of the pipe system , Ericka Elwood - Woolum ' s skeletal remains are found . Experiment samples numbers & names . < section begin = " Sample table " / > < section end = " Sample table " / > A Piezonucleic power armor can be created once by combining U - 238 with Sample 611 Gold and Sample 3111 Lithium hydride . Appearances . The Cambridge Polymer Labs only appears in " Fallout 4 " . Behind the scenes . Cambridge Polymer Labs does advanced research for the United States military . In real life , this work would be for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) . However in Fallout , it is called the Defense Experimental Research Projects Initiative , or " DERPI . " Bugs . Sometimes , if one drops a research sample , there is a chance that it will De - spawn and be replaced with a floating object labeled " NONE " .