Research Institutes and Centers

We Drive Materials Innovation

Our state-of-the-art facilities and talented faculty, students and researchers drive groundbreaking materials discoveries that change the world. We are leaders in advancements that will save lives, transform infrastructure and power tomorrow's technologies.

Centers, Institutes and Strategic Partnerships

Materials department faculty are active, both as partners and leaders, in more than 20 interdisciplinary institutes and centers spanning quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, sustainable energy, semiconductors and much more. The breadth of our engagement reflects the department's key role in tackling complex, real-world challenges — and why organizations across industry and academia seek our expertise.

Grainger Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Units (IRUs)

Campus Interdisciplinary Research Units (IRUs)