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:
• Biomedical Imaging Center
• Imaging Technology Group
• Integrated Systems Laboratory
• 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.
• 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.
• Prairie Research Institute
  Inlcudes the following divisions: Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.
• 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.