Facilities

Students in Iowa City operate this telescope in Arizona via the Internet.

Departmental/Student Lounge

• Newly renovated

Library

• Conveniently located on the third floor of Van Allen Hall

Computing

• Several computer laboratories in Van Allen Hall
• 29 other computing centers on campus

Telescopes

• Two optical telescopes and a radio telescope on the roof of Van Allen Hall
• A fully automated telescope in Arizona for undergraduate classwork and research -- The department operates a robotic telescope facility at the Iowa Robotic Telescope Facilities in southern Arizona at astro.physics.uiowa.edu, which has options for remote observing using web-based forms. High school students are encouraged to access this site.

Research Laboratories

• Close proximity (a few hours' drive) to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory
• Plasma physics laboratories, including two Q-machine laboratories
• Medical physics laboratory with dedicated cyclotron
• Atomic physics laboratory
• High energy physics laboratories

Optical Science and Technology Center

• Several ultrafast laser laboratories
• III-V molecular beam epitaxy laboratory
• Atomic and molecular physics laboratory
• High resolution X-ray diffraction laboratory

Shops

• Machine Shop
• Electronics Shop
• Student Machine Shop
• Darkroom