Research Facilities

A wide range of major research resources are available for aerospace engineering research. Major facilities in these laboratories include high speed wind tunnels and large low speed wind tunnels, laser diagnostics, high speed imaging, atomic force microscopes, confocal microscopes, and a large autoclave for composite manufacturing. In addition, a wide array of microcomputers, workstations, and computer clusters are available for the computational laboratories.

• Aerodynamics Research Lab
• Combustion, Flow, and Plasma Interaction Laboratory
• Composites Manufacturing Labs
• Computational Aeroacoustics Laboratory
• Computational Astrodynamic Research Laboratory (CARL)
• Computational Design Innovation Laboratory
• Computational Solid Mechanics
• Electric Propulsion Lab
• Experimental Robotics Lab
• Gas Dynamics Laboratory
• High Energy Laser Lab
• High Strain Rate Mechanics Lab
• Intelligent Robotics Lab
• Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois (LASSI)
• Laser and Optical Diagnostics Laboratory
• Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations Lab
• Nanomechanics and Materials Research Lab
• Nonlinear Systems Lab
• Structures and Controls Instructional Lab
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Lab (UAVRL)
• Undergraduate Aerodynamics and Propulsion Instructional Labs
• Undergraduate and Graduate Computer Lab
• Undergraduate Aerodynamics and Propulsion Instructional Laboratories
• Undergraduate Materials, Structures, and Controls Instructional Laboratories

Graduate students often also perform work in the following Interdisciplinary Research Units:

• Materials Research Laboratory
• Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
• Coordinated Science Laboratory
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology