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The Beckman Institute is a unique engine for research. We're making incredible advances while helping ordinary people.

WE PROPEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Beckman Institute is a unique engine for research. We're making incredible advances while helping ordinary people.

We're pushing the boundaries of neuroAI

Since it was founded, the Beckman Institute has been a hub for studying intelligence. Today, its expert researchers and interdisciplinary labs are pushing the boundaries of neuroscience and artificial intelligence to lead the neuroAI revolution.

Learn more about our work in neuroAI

We're pushing the boundaries of neuroAI

Since it was founded, the Beckman Institute has been a hub for studying intelligence. Today, its expert researchers and interdisciplinary labs are pushing the boundaries of neuroscience and artificial intelligence to lead the neuroAI revolution.

Learn more about our work in neuroAI

WE HELP YOU CONNECT.

We offer a café with drinks and daily specials, events from concerts to research lectures and plenty of study and meeting spaces.

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WE HELP YOU CONNECT.

We offer a café with drinks and daily specials, events from concerts to research lectures and plenty of study and meeting spaces.

Visit the Beckman Institute

Give to Beckman

If you're passionate about training the next generation of scientists, advancing artificial intelligence or breaking scientific barriers to improve minds, machines and molecules, a gift to the Beckman Institute can help.

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Give to Beckman

If you're passionate about training the next generation of scientists, advancing artificial intelligence or breaking scientific barriers to improve minds, machines and molecules, a gift to the Beckman Institute can help.

Learn more about giving to Beckman

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Monday, August 24 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

Gather in the Garden

Tuesday, August 25 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Mary Power

217-300-2338

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Garden!

Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Tuesday, August 25 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Thursday, August 27 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Friday, August 28 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Monday, August 31 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

New-to-Beckman tour

Tuesday, September 01 9:30 AM

MRI Exhibit

Lexie Kesler

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. Tours will be offered the first Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.  Register here.

Gather in the Garden

Tuesday, September 01 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Mary Power

217-300-2338

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Garden!

Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

Beckman Core Facilities Tech Talk

Tuesday, September 01 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Teppie Peyton

217-300-0566

Join us in 1005 Beckman September 1, 2026 for our first Fall Tech Talk with Abdelghany Abouelnagga, graduate student in ECE: "Scaling InGaN/GaN Micro-LEDs from Discrete Devices to Dense Arrays and GHz-Class Active Emitters for High-Speed Optical Links"  

The talk will present the micro-fabrication and characterization of scaled GaN micro-LEDs, with portions of the work carried out at the Beckman Institute. The work highlights how micro-LEDs can reshape data-center optical interconnects by enabling highly parallel, low-energy optical links with bandwidth scaling that conventional laser-based solutions struggle to sustain at extreme integration densities. The talk will then address the key challenges that still limit the incorporation of micro-LEDs into present data-center architectures, parasitic impedance, optical coupling, and array-level crosstalk. Finally, it will show how advanced electrical, optical, and RF characterization can identify the dominant bottlenecks and guide device- and process-level strategies to unlock the full potential of micro-LED-based optical links.

Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours

Tuesday, September 01 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2203 Beckman Institute

Juniper Cournoyer

Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the atrium bridge from the elevator.

Manager Juniper Cournoyer will be on hand to help users with the Vis Lab’s equipment and other resources for research. The Vis Lab offers data visualization software, high-performance computing, 3D art services, virtual reality content creation and high-speed photography. Have questions? Email itg-vl@beckman.illinois.edu.  

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

405 N. Mathews Ave. M/C 251

Urbana, IL 61801

217-244-1176

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