Explore our laboratories to learn about wide-ranging physical and social science research. View research overviews, scroll through listings, or use the search field below. We welcome research inquiries and collaboration from potential students, other academic institutions, industry personnel, and entrepreneurs in the larger community and region. For academic labs, see Engineering Computer Labs and Teaching Consoles.
Research overviews from our school and many of our departments describe aspects such as their research areas, research groups, individual labs, facilities, equipment, services, and awards.
Our laboratories are in: City Center Plaza (CCP) and the U.S. Bank Building next door (U.S. Bank); Charles P. Ruch Engineering (ENGR); the Environmental Research Building (ERB); Harry Morrison Civil Engineering (HML); the Micron Center for Materials Research (MCMR); the Micron Engineering Center (MEC); the Multipurpose Classroom Building (MPCB), and the Yanke Family Research Park (YFRB). For directions, search by building code or name at the Campus Map. For more about these buildings, see Core Facilities & Services.
| Lab | Location | Contact |
| Advanced Transportation Management Lab | ERB 3100 | Mandar Khanal |
| Air Quality Lab | ERB 4102 | Sondra Miller |
| Clean Soils Lab | ERB 3104 | Arvin Farid |
| Geo-Mechanics and Geo-Imaging Lab | ERB 1112 | Nick Hudyma |
| Hydroclimate Modeling and Analysis Lab | ERB 4147 | Mojtaba Sadegh |
| Hydrologic Interfaces and Processes Lab | ERB 2116 | Kevin Roche |
| MicroMechanics & Smart Infrastructure Lab | ERB 4108 | Yang Lu |
| Sustainable and Resilient Geotechnical Engineering Lab | ERB 4108 | Bhaskar Chittoori |
| Lab | Location | Contact |
| Adapt Data Flow Optimizations Lab | CCP 253 | Catherine Olschanowsky |
| Artificial Intelligence-based Security | U.S. Bank 207 | Edoardo Serra, Francesca Spezzano |
| Computer Graphics and Visualization Group | CCP 342 | Steven Cutchin |
| Human-Computer Interaction and Kidsteam Lab | CCP 343 | Jerry Alan Fails |
| Information Security, Privacy, and Mining Lab | CCP 350 | Gaby Dagher |
| People and Information Research Team | CCP 3rd Floor | Michael Ekstrand, Sole Pera |
| Speech, Language & Interactive Machines Group | MEC 302M | Casey Kennington |
| Lab | Location | Contact |
| Advanced Nanomaterials and Manufacturing Lab | ERB 2112 | Harish Subbaraman, David Estrada |
| Electronics and Natural Sciences Research Lab | MEC 107 | Kris Campbell |
| Cantley Research Group | MEC 312 | Kurtis Cantley |
| Hartman Systems Integration Lab | MEC 409 | Sin Ming Loo |
| Integrated Bioelectronic Medicine Lab | MEC 202N | Benjamin Johnson |
| Nanoscale Materials and Device Group | Multiple, including Wan Kuang (below). For more, see the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering section. | |
| - Nanophotonics Lab | RUCH 104A | Wan Kuang |
| Nanoionic Materials Development Lab | MEC 414 | Maria Mitkova |
| Signal and Image Processing Lab | MEC 202P | Elisa Barney |
| Vacuum Electron Devices Lab | MEC 208 | Jim Browning |
| Wireless Communication & Signal Processing Lab | MEC403M | Hani Mehrpouyan |
| Lab | Location | Contact |
| Center for Orthopaedic & Biomechanics Research | Yanke | Tyler Brown (Kinesiology), Clare Fitzpatrick, Erin Mannen |
| - Boise Applied Biomechanics of Infants Lab | Yanke | Erin Mannen |
| Ceramic Microelectrical Mechanical Systems Lab | MEC 415 | Don Plumlee |
| Computational Biosciences Lab | MEC 402 | Clare Fitzpatrick |
| Computational Materials Design Lab | MEC 408 | Mahmood Mamivand |
| Mechanical Adaptations Lab | MEC 313–313A | Gunes Uzer |
| Northwest Tissue Mechanics Lab | MEC 314 | Trevor Lujan |
| Robot Control Lab | MEC 103 | Aykut Satici |
| Smart Materials and Systems Lab | MEC 305 | Zhangxian “Dan” Deng |
| Thermal Transport and Solar Energy Lab | ERB 4132, HML | Todd Otanicar |