Principal Research Facilities
This page lists some principal research facilities at Illinois. You may find additional information on our college or specific department sites.
- Adaptive Laboratory of Immersive Cognitive Experiments
World’s largest six-sided virtual reality chamber. - Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory (ATREL)
Research and educational programs relevant to the transportation industry. - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
Precompetitive research on energy-efficient, ozone-safe technologies. - Animal Genomics Program Laboratories
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Basic research in physical sciences, computation, engineering, biology, behavior and cognition focused around the themes of biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. Institute-wide research facilities: - Biotechnology Center Interdisciplinary program augmenting biotechnology research with state-of-the-art services, outreach activities and educational, training and career activities.
Major research facilities: - W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics
- Flow Cytometry Facility
- Immunological Resource Center
- Protein Sciences Facility
- Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR)
Research and outreach programs focusing on the United States and state economies. - Center for African Studies
- Center for Advanced Study
Primary formal venue for promoting and honoring scholarship and creative activity on campus. - Center for Biodiversity
Study, monitoring and inventorying of biotic communities, exotic species and organisms. - Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology
Interdisciplinary education and research using physical theory and computational techniques to understand biological systems. - Center for Complex Systems Research
Interdisciplinary group of physicists, biologists, chemists and engineers studying the dynamic properties of complex systems. - Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
Public policy research and education on the multiple contexts of race in a democracy. - Center for East Asian Studies
- Center for Human Resource Management
- Center for Information Technology and E-Business Management
Research and educational programs on management and commercialization of information technology; technology incubator. - Center for International Business Education & Research (Illinois CIBER)
Study and teaching of international business and global competition. - Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Multidisciplinary, intercampus research and education on nanoscale devices. - Center for Plasma Material Interactions
Studying particle-surface interactions relevant to fusion power and materials processing systems. - Center for Reproductive Biology
Graduate and post-graduate training and research in reproductive processes, fertility and related diseases and disorders. - Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets
Detailed, whole-system simulation of solid propellant rockets. - Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Promoting research and scholarship in South Asia and Middle East - Center for the Study of Reading
- Center for Zoonoses Research (CZR)
Research, training and public education on food safety, infectious diseases and zoonoses such as West Nile Virus and Chronic Wasting Disease. - Chemical Sciences Facilities
- Children and Family Research Center
Interdisciplinary research on a wide range of issues pertaining to child safety and child and family well-being. - Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL)
Information technology, telecommunications and nanotechnology research. - Design+Digital Rehearsal Studio
Advanced research and teaching facility for creating and evaluating high-quality virtual environments for use by digital researchers, performers, environmental designers, artists and scientists. - Disability Research Institute
National center for disability research supported by the U.S. Social Security Administration. - Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
Study and promotion of early intervention and preschool practices for children and families of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. - Environmental Council
Research, educational and outreach programs related to environmental studies. - Environmental Toxicology Program
Interdisciplinary research and study of the interaction between chemicals and living organisms. - European Union Center
Teaching, research and outreach on Europe. - Experimental Music Studios
Center for electro-acoustic and computer music composition, education and research. - Fire Service Institute
- Geographic Modeling Systems Lab
Design and development of tools for analyzing geographic models. - GIS and Spatial Analysis Laboratory
Development of spatial models and statistical analysis, geospatial data process and database development, cartography and web mapping application development services. - Human and Community Development Department Research Programs
Research in child and adolescent development, family studies and community development. - Illinois Center for Cryptography and Information Protection
Collaborative research on information protection such as public-key cryptography and digital watermarking. - Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
Interdisciplinary study in the humanities, arts and social sciences. - Information Systems Research Lab
Supports research about information properties, technologies and creation/management. - Information Trust Institute
Combines research and education with industrial outreach in trustworthy and secure information systems. - Illinois Waste Management and Research Center
Research and information resources on issues affecting the waste management industry. - Institute of Aviation Human Factors Division—Publications and Faculty
Research in Aviation Human Factors and support for non-aviation disciplines’ studies of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, cognitive aging, complex systems, human performance modeling and skill acquisition; education and support for pilot training program. - Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
Interdisciplinary research, education and outreach in animal and plant biology. - Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Research, education and assistance on public policy issues. - International Trade Center
Resources for companies in evaluating international export markets and opportunities. - Kolb-Proust Archive for Research
Online searchable archives on author Marcel Proust and his time. - Land use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model (LEAM)
Computer-based system that simulates land-use change across space and time to visualize and test the impact of policy decisions (joint effort of the Department of Urbana and Regional Planning and the Department of Geography). - Library Research Center
Research in literacy; historical studies; Internet and distributed communities; service design, data collection, and analysis for library and information professionals. - Materials Research Laboratory (FS-MRL)
Materials science, condensed matter physics, and materials chemistry research. - Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
Advanced research in photonics, microelectronics, biotechnology and nanotechnology. - Mid-America Earthquake Center
Research into earthquake engineering problems of the central and eastern United States focusing upon damage synthesis, consequence minimization and hazard definition. - National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Development and deployment of cutting-edge, high-performance computing, networking and information technologies. - Physics Research
- Product Interaction Research Lab (PIRL) Site under construction – Fine & Applied Arts.
- Russian and Eastern European Studies Center
- Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity
Cooperative education, research and industry outreach center in high-temperature superconductivity. - Siebel Center for Computer Science
State-of-the-art facility for education, research and administration in the College of Computer Science. - SoyFACE
Soybean Free Air gas Concentration Enrichment facility, research on the effects of atmospheric changes upon major crops in Illinois. - Transition Research Institute at Illinois
Research promoting successful transition from school to adult life for youth with disabilities. - WaterCAMPWS
Science & Technology Center involved in research addressing pressing problems in water purification (funded by the NSF with partners at Stanford as well as Clark Atlanta University.