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Engineering IT - Graduate Student Orientation Information

Relevant information for new Grainger College of Engineering Graduate Students, updated per year with current highlights and services.

Engineering IT Contact Information

engrit.illinois.edu


Help Desk Contact:

engrit-help@illinois.edu

217-333-1313


Help Desk Locations:

2302 Siebel Center for Computer Science:  9 a.m. - 5 p.m., M-F
1005 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL):  9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., M-F

Grainger College Graduate Student IT Orientation Links

Engineering IT Website: http://engrit.illinois.edu/

Engineering IT Welcome page: https://engrit.illinois.edu/welcome

Relevant Software for Your Computer: https://webstore.illinois.edu

Equipment Loans: https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/hardware-software/laptop-loan-program
*Long-term loans are available to undergrads in need. Please encourage them to reach out via engrit-help@illinois.edu 

Check out the AV Room Directory: https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/engrit-supported-av/directory-of-av-rooms


Research Related Resources

Need a desktop for lab work?
Contact us at engrit-help@illinois.edu about EngrIT Surplus. Please don’t go to campus surplus.

Computational and storage solutions: https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/research-services

Warning: Do NOT use EWS labs for research purposes – using it for research can cause issues with software vendors down the road if the students publish work that used software licensed for instructional use.

Several FREE computational resources available, including GPU’s!
https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/research-services/campus-research-computing-options

Research Services - Considerations for Research Workforce: https://engrit.illinois.edu/research/considerations

Research Services - Facilities Statement: https://engrit.illinois.edu/about-us/facilitiesstatement

High Performance and High Throughput Computing resources are available free-of-charge for your research and course work. To get started, visit https://campuscluster.illinois.edu/ or email htc-help@illinois.edu

Teaching Related Resources

https://go.engineering.illinois.edu/InstructorChecklist

Short check-list of things to do to make sure your class is successful with its information technology needs.

Designate course staff in online tools
Recommended teaching resources and tools
Lab reservations and scheduling
Software needs for your course
Course website hosting

AV Rooms Directory: https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/engrit-supported-av/directory-of-av-rooms
You can check out the rooms you are teaching in or using for presentations ahead of time!

Engineering WorkStations (EWS)https://ews.illinois.edu 

General Use EWS Lab Locations
MEL 1001 & MEL 1009 (Windows)
Eng Hall 406B1 & 110A (Windows)
DCL L416, L440 & L426 (mostly Linux and some Windows)
Grainger Library 4th floor Center & East Wig (mostly Windows and some Linux)

Do NOT use EWS labs for research purposes – these are meant for instructional use only. Software available on EWS machines is for instructional use ONLY. You will not be able to publish research performed on these machines.

EWS Printing: https://papercut.ics.illinois.edu

Teaching Checklist (for TA's): Instructor Checklist - Engineering IT (docId:97001)

Instructional Test Kitchen: space to experiment with various technologies to enhance teaching styles - https://engrit.illinois.edu/services/instructional-services/testkitchen

Poster Printing

Available to Computer Science, Physics, and MRL: Poster printing services are only available for the Computer Science and MRL/Physics departments. Posters must be related to the department (class or research project, department presentation, etc.).  https://go.illinois.edu/posterprint/

Beckman-related poster printing: https://beckman.illinois.edu/about/for-beckman-faculty-staff/information-technology-services/poster-printing-instructions

Library Guide for poster printing: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/poster/printing#s-lg-box-18807221

Campus Document Services for Poster Printing (see Posters and Banners): https://printing.illinois.edu/specialtyservices


Technology Training

LinkedIn Learning has free video courses on many different technology topics. http://go.illinois.edu/linkedinlearning
The Webstore offers software training seminars. http://fast3.illinois.edu



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