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About IPML
The Illinois Polymer Maker Lab is a core research facility at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The lab opened in 2026 and is funded by a Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation.
Its equipment includes an Anton Paar HTR 7000 rheometer, Labman Formulation system, Labman Frontal Polymerization system and TA DSC.
The facility is open to University of Illinois researchers and those beyond campus. To get started, contact the lab’s staff and learn more about its rates.
About IPML
The Illinois Polymer Maker Lab is a core research facility at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The lab opened in 2026 and is funded by a Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation.
Its equipment includes an Anton Paar HTR 7000 rheometer, Labman Formulation system, Labman Frontal Polymerization system and TA DSC.
The facility is open to University of Illinois researchers and those beyond campus. To get started, contact the lab’s staff and learn more about its rates.
About the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Explore the unknown. Map the mind. Shape the future.
The Beckman Institute uses interdisciplinary collaboration to produce scientific and technological advances that wouldn’t happen in siloed departments.
It’s a place in which researchers come from different departments all over campus — from chemistry to engineering to psychology, nearly 50 departments in all — to work together, each bringing a different piece of the puzzle to a wide range of major scientific and technological challenges.
The institute houses some of the most advanced lab equipment and technology in the world. It also provides places for both structured collaboration and informal ways for faculty as well as students to connect with each other.
It’s an exciting place. It’s also a philosophy. It makes some of the world’s most cutting-edge work in science and technology happen.
About the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Explore the unknown. Map the mind. Shape the future.
The Beckman Institute uses interdisciplinary collaboration to produce scientific and technological advances that wouldn’t happen in siloed departments.
It’s a place in which researchers come from different departments all over campus — from chemistry to engineering to psychology, nearly 50 departments in all — to work together, each bringing a different piece of the puzzle to a wide range of major scientific and technological challenges.
The institute houses some of the most advanced lab equipment and technology in the world. It also provides places for both structured collaboration and informal ways for faculty as well as students to connect with each other.
It’s an exciting place. It’s also a philosophy. It makes some of the world’s most cutting-edge work in science and technology happen.
Illinois Polymer Maker Lab