EWS Lab Hours & Locations
This article covers only college-provided labs accessible to all students and faculty. For information about departmental EWS labs see the bottom of this page.
For live seat availability, see this page: https://ews.illinois.edu/
Fall and Spring Semester hours
- The following labs are open for walk-in use when not reserved for course instruction. See the course reservation calendar here: https://my.engr.illinois.edu/excal.
- To reserve a lab for your course, see http://go.illinois.edu/ewsreserve. The Grainger Library labs and DCL L426 are not reservable.
- EWS Labs are closed on campus holidays and during academic breaks. Please reference the UIUC Academic Calendar for those specific dates.
- FastX and Citrix remote options are available 24/7 except during maintenance. For more information please refer to EWS, Remote Access.
Building |
Building hours |
Lab rooms |
Normal lab room hours |
After-hours access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Hall (EH) |
East and West entrances are open:
4th floor is open:
|
406B1 110A |
406B1: Open when 4th floor is open 110A: 24 hours / 7 days a week |
After hours, the upper floors (including the 406B1 lab) are closed. After hours access to the building's first floor (and to the 110A lab) is granted for all students enrolled in Grainger College of Engineering courses via iCard swipe readers. You must use the West exterior doors to enter the building. |
| Mechanical Engineering Lab (MEL) | Mon. to Fri., 7 AM to 6 PM |
1001 1009 |
24 hours / 7 days a week |
After hours access to the building and labs is granted to students enrolled in MechSE courses via iCard swipe readers. |
| Digital Computing Lab (DCL) | Mon. to Fri., 8 AM - 8 PM |
L416 L426 L440 |
Open during building hours |
No after-hours access. |
| Grainger Engineering Library (GELIB) |
Refer to the Grainger Library website for the most up-to-date information. |
4th floor, center and East wings |
The labs will be open in accordance with the Grainger Library hours. |
No after-hours access. |
Summer and Holiday Hours
- Grainger labs will be open in accordance with the Grainger Library hours.
- For all other labs:
- Reopen at 8AM on First Day of Instruction
- Close at 5PM the Friday before Fall and Spring Break
- Reopen at 8AM the Monday after Fall and Spring Break
- Close at 5PM the last day of Finals
- Closed over Summer
Location Details
Building |
Room |
Computers |
A/V |
Printing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Hall (EH) |
406B1 |
|
Includes: projector, room audio, screen sharing to student workstations Does not include: microphone, lecture capture |
EH 406B1 lab 1 B/W printer in the hallway EH 110A lab1 B/W printer in the room |
|
EH 110A |
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Includes: projector, room audio, screen sharing to student workstations Does not include: microphone, lecture capture |
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| Mechanical Engineering Lab (MEL) |
1001 |
|
Includes: projector, screen sharing to student workstations Does not include: room audio, microphone, lecture capture |
MEL Labs share 1 B/W printer in the west lobby |
|
1009 |
|
Includes: projector, screen sharing to student workstations Does not include: room audio, microphone, lecture capture |
||
| Digital Computing Lab (DCL) |
L416 |
|
Includes: projector Does not include: room audio, microphone, lecture capture, screen sharing to student workstations |
All DCL Labs share 1 B/W printer in L426 |
|
L440 |
|
Includes: projector, room audio Does not include: microphone, lecture capture, screen sharing to student workstations |
||
|
L426 |
|
None |
||
| Grainger Engineering Library (GELIB) |
4th floor, center wing |
|
None | 1 B/W and 1 color printer in the center wing |
|
4th floor, East wing |
|
None |
51 dual-display Windows workstations
40 dual-display Linux workstationsDepartmental Labs
In addition to the college-owned instructional spaces detailed above, Engineering IT also provides workstations and support for departmentally-owned instructional spaces. These are designed to support the specific requirements of the respective departments and courses using them. A departmental lab may be a classroom, an open computer lab, a computer lab specifically designed to support a particular course, a single computer attached to an instrument to gather data for a course, or anywhere in between.
Remote Locations
In partnership with other units across campus, EWS also supports workstations in the following campus buildings,
- Chez Veterans Center
- Florida Avenue Residence Hall (FAR)
- Illinois Street Residence Hall (ISR)
- Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Hall (PAR)
- Student Dining and Residential Programs Building (SDRP)
- Illini Center, Chicago
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