Department of Physics at the U of I

Facilities

• Physics Machine Shop

  Professional machine shop has CNC capabilities. Associated student shop available (mills, lathes, band saw, drill presses, 2-axis CNC milling machine) with yearly key fee.

  All machine shop orders should be placed on line at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/machine/. Please contact the physics business office at 217.333.0573 to become a preauthorized PI before placing an order.

• Physics Liquid Helium Facility

  Hours of operation: 8:00AM - 12:00PM and 1:00PM - 4:30PM M-F. All nitrogen, gaseous helium and liquid helium ordered on line at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/helium/. Please contact the physics business office at 217.333.0573 to become a preauthorized PI before placing an order.

• School of Chemical Sciences Electronics Shop

  They have SMT assembly equipment (reflow oven, part picker).
  They can make two-layer boards on site.

• School of Chemical Sciences Glass Shop

  They have a wet saw available for use by students.

• School of Chemical Sciences Machine Shop

  Student machine shop available to students of PIs having appointments in SCS.

• MRL Storeroom

  They carry a lot of Swagelok compatible hardware and basic tools.
  They carry many stock materials (steel, aluminum, copper, etc).

• ECE Storeroom

  View the online catalog.