Equipment Catalog
Browse shared equipment by category group, then open a category for locations and specific models. Categories and resources are sorted alphabetically when this index is regenerated.
Use the header search box for synonyms (e.g. “3d printing”, “laser cutter”).
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Access: 🟢 open / 🟡 negotiated / 🔴 restricted / ⚪ unknown
Information validity: ✓ confirmed / ~ likely / ? needs review / ✕ archived
Fabrication & prototyping (18 categories)
3D printers (4)
Search terms: 3d printer, 3d printing, additive manufacturing, fdm, sla, resin printing, filament
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | 3D printer (Extended Reality Suite; make/model not published) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Formlabs Form 3L (SLA); Bambu Lab X1 Carbon (FDM) |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Stratasys F370 FDM 3D printer; Formlabs Form 2 SLA/resin 3D printer; Additional FDM and SLA printers (general student access) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-005 — RoME Lab | Formlabs Form 2 (SLA); LulzBot Mini (FDM); Prusa i3 MK2S (FDM) |
Binding and finishing (1)
Search terms: binding, laminator, trimmer
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ? | CDM-002 — Print Lab | Binding machines; Paper-craft and finishing tools |
Drill presses (machine shop) (1)
Search terms: drill press
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Clausing Series 16VC drill press |
Grinding and sanding (machine shop) (1)
Search terms: bench grinder, belt sander, wheel grinder
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Baldor wheel grinder; Jet belt sander |
Large-format printing (4)
Search terms: large format printer, poster printer, epson, hp designjet
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-002 — Art School Student Resources | High-quality fine-art printers |
| 🟢 ✓ | CSH-008 — Chemistry Large-Format Printing | HP DesignJet T1300 poster printer (McGowan-South 303A) |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Staff poster printing service — John T. Richardson Library (academic use; ~2 business day turnaround; self-service discontinued) |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-002 — Print Lab | Large-format Epson printers; Large-format HP printers |
Laser cutters (2)
Search terms: laser cutter, laser cutting, glowforge
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Glowforge Pro laser cutter |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Laser cutters |
Lathes (machine shop) (1)
Search terms: engine lathe, metal lathe
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Clausing Colchester 15 engine lathe; Jet BD 920W bench lathe |
Metal fabrication (2)
Search terms: metal shop, welding, metal sculpture, machine shop
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-001 — Art School Facilities | Wood sculpture studio; Metal sculpture studio |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-003 — Printmaking & Sculpture Studios | Wood and metal sculpture studios |
Milling (machine shop) (2)
Search terms: milling machine, bridgeport mill, vertical mill
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Bridgeport vertical mill |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-003 — Environmental Science & Chemistry Building | Full department machine shop (shared with chemistry) — see CSH-001 for tool list |
Photo and fine-art printing (5)
Search terms: photo printer, darkroom, inkjet print
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-001 — Art School Facilities | Chemical darkrooms (2) |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-001 — Art School Facilities | Printmaking studio; Painting and drawing studios; Video production studio; Photography studio |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-004 — Art School Photography & Digital Labs | Chemical darkrooms (2); Digital photo labs (2) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-004 — Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure | Scientific darkroom |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-003 — Printmaking & Sculpture Studios | Printmaking studio |
Plotters and vinyl cutters (2)
Search terms: vinyl cutter, plotter, axidraw, cricut
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | AxiDraw plotter |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-002 — Print Lab | Vinyl cutters |
Props, costume, and makeup (1)
Search terms: prop shop, costume shop, makeup
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | TTS-001 — Scene, Prop & Costume Shops | Prop shop; Costume shop; Makeup shop |
Saws (machine shop) (1)
Search terms: bandsaw, vertical bandsaw
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | DoAll DBW-15M vertical bandsaw; Wilton horizontal bandsaw |
Scanners and digitizing (3)
Search terms: scanner, digitizing, negative scanner
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-004 — Art School Photography & Digital Labs | Film scanners |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Library scanners and copiers — JTR and Loop (scanning free; copies via Demon Express) |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-002 — Print Lab | Flatbed and document scanners |
Scenic fabrication (3)
Search terms: scene shop, scenery, carpentry, rigging
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-016 — DePaul Cinespace Studios | Scene shop; Props storage and fabrication support; Dressing rooms with hair/makeup stations |
| 🟡 ✓ | TTS-001 — Scene, Prop & Costume Shops | Scene shop — carpentry, metal, and rigging fabrication; Rehearsal studios |
| 🟡 ~ | TTS-002 — Theatre Performance Venues | Stage rigging and fly systems |
Sewing and textiles (1)
Search terms: sewing machine, serger, textiles, costume
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Sewing machines |
Thermal forming (1)
Search terms: vacuum former, thermoformer, heat gun forming
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Thermal formers / vacuum forming |
Woodshop and general fabrication (2)
Search terms: woodshop, table saw, bandsaw, woodworking
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | CNC routers; Woodshop hand and power tools (student fabrication; see also CSH-001 machine shop for precision metal work) |
| 🟡 ✓ | TTS-001 — Scene, Prop & Costume Shops | Scenic woodworking (parallel to makerspace wood tooling at IRL for student projects) |
Electronics, robotics & drones (9 categories)
Cybersecurity lab systems (1)
Search terms: voting machine testbed, industrial control, ics security
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | GLITCH lab systems (e.g., voting machines, industrial control equipment) |
Drones and UAVs (1)
Search terms: drone, uav, quadcopter
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Drone platforms — Robotics & AI Lab |
Electronics benches and prototyping (8)
Search terms: electronics bench, soldering, oscilloscope, breadboard, arduino, physical computing
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Soldering stations; Electronics benches (Engineering Projects Lab / GLITCH); IoT prototyping kits |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-022 — Hybrid Experience Lab | Tangible-digital and hybrid board-game interaction testbeds |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Electronics benches (oscilloscopes, soldering, prototyping) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-009 — NexGeN Lab | IoT development kits |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-005 — Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories | Electronics instrumentation (department) |
| 🟡 ? | CSH-007 — Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories | Oscilloscopes; Function generators; Real-time signal processing and high-speed correlation measurement setups |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-006 — Robotic Assisted Locomotion | Embedded systems development and user-testing apparatus |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-005 — RoME Lab | ATI force/torque sensors; Pneumatic regulators and soft-robotics actuation testbeds |
FPGA and embedded control (1)
Search terms: fpga, embedded control, digital timing electronics, firmware development
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ? | CSH-007 — Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories | FPGA development boards; Digital timing electronics; Timing logic and embedded control firmware/software tools |
IoT and smart-environment testbeds (1)
Search terms: iot testbed, smart home, smart lock, voice assistant testbed
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-007 — Secure Design Lab | Smart-home IoT test environments; Routers and firewalls; Voice assistants; Smart locks and thermostats; CCTV cameras and environmental sensors |
Mobile and legged robots (2)
Search terms: mobile robot, quadruped, ground robot
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Ground robots and quadrupeds — Robotics & AI Lab |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-006 — Robotic Assisted Locomotion | Assistive locomotion robotic prototypes (research platforms) |
Motion capture and tracking (1)
Search terms: motion capture, vicon, polhemus, tracking
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-005 — RoME Lab | Vicon motion-capture cameras; Polhemus wireless magnetic tracking system |
Robotic arms (2)
Search terms: robot arm, collaborative robot, ur3e, aubo
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Universal Robots UR3e arms (4) — Robotics & AI Lab |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-005 — RoME Lab | AUBO i5 collaborative robot arm |
VR, AR, and XR (7)
Search terms: vr headset, ar headset, virtual reality, augmented reality, xr, htc vive
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | VR headsets (Extended Reality Suite; models not published) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-022 — Hybrid Experience Lab | Hybrid VR/AR/physical game and experience development prototypes |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-003 — Jarvis Student Center for Innovation & Collaboration | Dedicated VR space; XR studio with tracking systems; VR headsets |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-005 — RoME Lab | HTC Vive AR/VR system |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-011 — VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs | VR visualization tools |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-012 — Virtual & Augmented Design Lab | AR/VR headsets; Spatial tracking systems; Immersive design development kits |
| 🟡 ✓ | COM-001 — Virtual & Augmented Reality Communication | Meta Quest Pro; Meta Quest 2; Meta Quest 1; HTC Vive Focus Plus; Microsoft HoloLens 2 |
Compute, visualization & creative workstations (10 categories)
A/V and camera checkout (4)
Search terms: camera checkout, tripod, lighting kit, audio recorder checkout
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-004 — Art School Photography & Digital Labs | Cameras, tripods, and lighting kits (checkout) |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-002 — Art School Student Resources | A/V and photography equipment checkout (cameras, tripods, lighting) |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Course reserve physical media (DVDs, books) for classes; Streaming and e-resource access via course reserves (Leganto); Short-term loan (5 hours) — phone/laptop chargers; USB, USB-C, Lightning, HDMI adapters and cables; Short-term loan — standard and graphing calculators (TI-83/84); Short-term loan — Wacom pens for library Wacom equipment; Short-term loan — USB webcams for virtual meetings or classes; Long-term loan (4 weeks, DePaul affiliates) — DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl record players; USB disc drives |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Tripods; Microphones |
Creative workstations (12)
Search terms: wacom, cintiq, mac lab, pc lab
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-001 — Art School Facilities | Computer graphics / digital imaging labs (2); Teaching exhibition space |
| 🟡 ~ | ART-002 — Art School Student Resources | Macintosh computer labs (2) with scanners |
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | Business Insights Computer Lab workstations; Licensed analytics and AI tools (ChatGPT Plus, Copilot, Adobe Creative Suite, Tableau) |
| 🔴 ? | CDM-021 — CDM Department Server Infrastructure | CDM general-purpose and classroom workstations (800+ across labs and classrooms) |
| 🟢 ✓ | CSH-008 — Chemistry Large-Format Printing | Windows 10 print-submission workstation (McGowan-South 303A) |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Standard DePaul IS lab computers — JTR floors 1–3; Loop Library; Public kiosk computers (no BlueKey) — JTR floors 1–4; Loop Library; Wacom Cintiq interactive pen displays — JTR floors 2–3; Long-term loan — Wacom Intuos tablet and pen combo; Adaptive equipment and assistive technology — JTR and Loop (see disability resources guide) |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-014 — High-Performance Compute Cluster | GPU-capable research workstations (image analysis, model fitting, local ML pipeline testing) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-013 — Innovation & Development Lab | UI/UX and agile development workstations (client project work) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-003 — Jarvis Student Center for Innovation & Collaboration | High-end PC workstations (~30); Mac stations with Wacom Cintiq pen displays (6); Private enclosed work spaces; Software — Autodesk, SolidWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, Unreal Engine, Unity |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-020 — SCA Post-Production & Animation Labs | CDM 526 Mac Lab; CDM 632 Mac Lab; CDM 5th and 9th floor workstations; DePaul Center C106-B PC Lab / C106-C Mac Lab; Daley 210 / 506 / 513 Mac Labs; Lincoln Park Student Center 331 Mac Lab |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-003 — SPARK Center | Data science and design team workstations |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-011 — VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs | High-resolution visualization displays; IMP Lab workstations (6) — Intel, 64 GB RAM, NVIDIA GPUs; MedIX Lab workstations (8) — similar high-end spec |
Data visualization and presentation (1)
Search terms: data visualization, visualization wall, digital twin, large display, large displays, large-format display, large-format displays, visualization display, presentation display, video wall, large monitor, large screen
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-003 — SPARK Center | Large-format data visualization displays; Presentation and collaboration space technology |
Game consoles (development / playtest) (2)
Search terms: playstation, xbox, nintendo switch, console devkit
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Long-term loan — Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Xbox (recent consoles); Long-term loan — select older consoles and handhelds |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-003 — Jarvis Student Center for Innovation & Collaboration | Console playtest cart (PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch) |
GIS and geospatial computing (1)
Search terms: gis, geospatial, arcgis, mapping lab
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-014 — Geography GIS Laboratories | Geography Department GIS Lab workstations (19); GIS-equipped computer lab — Schmitt Academic Center (Lincoln Park); GIS-equipped computer lab — Richardson Library (Lincoln Park); GIS-equipped computer lab — Arts and Letters building (Lincoln Park) |
GPU compute (3)
Search terms: gpu cluster, nvidia, h100, a100, cuda
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ? | CDM-014 — High-Performance Compute Cluster | NVIDIA H100 NVL GPUs; CDM AI Server — 4× NVIDIA A100 GPUs (320 GB GPU memory); Ubuntu 20.04 with Lambda Stack (TensorFlow, PyTorch, CUDA, cuDNN); 64 CPU cores; 1 TB RAM; 7.7 TB NVMe |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-010 — PROVE Lab | Formal verification and CPS research compute workstations |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-011 — VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs | NVIDIA GPU workstations — IMP Lab (per NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities) |
HPC and cloud infrastructure (2)
Search terms: hpc, kubernetes, docker, vm cluster
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🔴 ? | CDM-021 — CDM Department Server Infrastructure | Xeon-based multi-processor servers (7) with large RAID storage; IBM ES 9000/9221 (department server/mainframe-class system per grant facilities text) |
| 🟡 ? | CDM-014 — High-Performance Compute Cluster | Hosted containers and VMs; Kubernetes / DevOps platforms (Docker, Argo CD, Flux); Systems Evaluation Lab (performance measurement) |
LED walls and presentation displays (3)
Search terms: led wall, video wall, presentation display, large display, large displays, large-format display, display wall, large screen, large monitor
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | The Bunker command center with 3×3 video walls (2) |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Group work tables with HDMI display — JTR floors 1–2; Loop group study rooms; HDMI adapters for group tables (checkout at Access Services) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-003 — Jarvis Student Center for Innovation & Collaboration | Media lounge LED presentation wall; Lounge space with LED wall |
Networking and wireless testbeds (3)
Search terms: 5g testbed, lte, software defined radio, sdr, network testbed
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-004 — CyberLabs | Networking & Cybersecurity Lab server room and network infrastructure |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-008 — DeMobile 5G Cellular Network Lab | LTE / LTE-Advanced cellular network testbeds (2 full networks); Software-defined radio (SDR) platforms for 5G experimentation |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-009 — NexGeN Lab | IoT and information-centric networking testbeds |
Research network and datacenter infrastructure (1)
Search terms: internet2, starlight, datacenter, fiber ring, wdm, eduroam
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🔴 ? | UNI-013 — DePaul Research Network & Datacenters | Campus fiber ring — Loop, Lincoln Park, primary datacenter (near O'Hare), Starlight 710 N. Lakeshore; Internet2 connectivity via Starlight; WDM optical provisioning on fiber ring; 3,000+ campus Wi-Fi access points; Eduroam; Workspace wired network (1 Gbps jacks; static IPv4 available); Primary colocation datacenter private cage (12 racks, 83 kW, near O'Hare); Loop campus secondary datacenter (~2,000 sq ft, 117 kW) |
Audio production (5 categories)
Field audio recorders and mixers (4)
Search terms: sound devices, field recorder, production sound mixer, mixpre
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-018 — Cinespace Camera Vault | Basic and advanced production sound packages; Sound Devices 633, 664, 833, MixPre-6 |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Sound Devices 633, 664, 833; Sound Devices MixPre-6 (certification required for some packages) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-011 — Potosnak Lab | Portable relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) flux systems; High-altitude balloon field-instrumentation packages |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-009 — STEM Center Hub | High-altitude balloon payload packages and stratosphere field-instrumentation projects |
Live sound reinforcement (3)
Search terms: pa system, live sound, mixing live
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-003 — Holtschneider Performance Center & Allen Recording Suite | Multi-hall PA and reinforcement systems |
| 🟡 ✓ | MUS-001 — Sound Recording Technology | Holtschneider Performance Center sound reinforcement systems |
| 🟡 ~ | TTS-002 — Theatre Performance Venues | Watts and Healy theatre sound systems |
Microphones (1)
Search terms: microphone, mic, condenser mic
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | Professional microphones (Content Creation Studio) |
Recording consoles and DAW systems (4)
Search terms: recording console, neve, pro tools, daw
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Long-term loan — microphones for recording projects |
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-003 — Holtschneider Performance Center & Allen Recording Suite | Murray and Michelle Allen recording suite |
| 🟡 ? | CSH-010 — McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room | Custom-built soundproof focus group discussion room with recording technology |
| 🟡 ✓ | MUS-001 — Sound Recording Technology | Allen Recording Suite Studio A — NEVE console; Pro Tools recording systems |
Studio monitors and playback (3)
Search terms: studio monitor, genelec, surround monitor
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Short-term loan — basic over-ear headphones (1/8" jack); Long-term loan — studio-quality headphones for recording |
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-003 — Holtschneider Performance Center & Allen Recording Suite | Rehearsal and recording playback systems |
| 🟡 ✓ | MUS-001 — Sound Recording Technology | Genelec surround-sound monitoring |
Cinema, video & animation (11 categories)
Animation and motion capture labs (2)
Search terms: animation lab, optitrack, motion capture stage
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-001 — Idea Realization Lab | Two stop motion animation studios (Loop IRL location) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-020 — SCA Post-Production & Animation Labs | CDM 527 Animation Lab; CDM 722 Animation Lab; CDM 803 Animation Lab; OptiTrack motion capture equipment |
Camera gimbals and stabilizers (1)
Search terms: gimbal, ronin, dji osmo, camera stabilizer
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | DJI Ronin-S; DJI Osmo (certification required) |
Cinema and broadcast cameras (5)
Search terms: cinema camera, red camera, arri camera, sony fx, blackmagic ursa, film camera
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | Professional cameras and lighting (Content Creation Studio) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-018 — Cinespace Camera Vault | Canon C300 Mark II; RED EPIC / EPIC-W / Komodo; Sony FX9; ARRI Amira; ARRI Alexa Mini; Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K (VFX classes); Arriflex 535 (practice only) |
| 🟢 ✓ | UNI-011 — DePaul University Library — Media & Technology Access | Long-term loan — Canon DSLR cameras; Long-term loan — additional lenses, tripods, and photography backdrop |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Camera bodies (inventory via Patron Portal; categories include advanced and production cameras); Sony FX6 (certification required) |
| 🟡 ✓ | COM-001 — Virtual & Augmented Reality Communication | 360 cameras (checkout for teaching/research) |
Cinema grip, dollies, and rigging (2)
Search terms: grip equipment, dolly, fisher dolly, menace arm, speed rail, matthews grip
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-019 — Cinespace Grip & Electric | Menace Arm kits; Speed rail and accessories; 12×20 and 20×20 rags; Wall spreader kits; Matthews boom arms (baby and junior); Camera rigging equipment; Matthews and Maxi Matthews poles; Chapman Super PeeWee II dolly kit; JL Fisher 11 dolly kit; Skatewheels |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Grip gear (portable) |
Cinema lenses (PL and EF mounts) (2)
Search terms: cinema lens, pl mount lens, zeiss cp, cooke lens, canon cn-e
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-018 — Cinespace Camera Vault | Canon RF STM Primes; Canon CN-E Primes; Zeiss CP.2 / CP.3 Primes; Schneider FF Xenon Primes; RED Pro Primes; Cooke Mini S4/i Primes; ARRI Ultra Primes; Sigma FF High Speed Primes; Fujinon Zoom; Cooke Zoom |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Lens packages (checkout by category in Patron Portal) |
Cinema lighting (LED, HMI, tungsten) (2)
Search terms: hmi, skypanel, arri skypanel, led film light, fresnel, astera titan
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-019 — Cinespace Grip & Electric | ARRI SkyPanel LED kits; Astera Titan and Helios LED kits; Vortex 4 and 8 LED kits; Gemini LED kits; ARRI M18 and M40 HMI kits; Joker HMI kits; Daylight Tener LED kit; T12 Fresnel kits; 12K dimmers; 9-Light Maxi |
| 🟢 ✓ | CDM-017 — Loop Equipment Center | Portable lighting kits |
Film stages and standing sets (1)
Search terms: sound stage, film stage, standing set, cinespace stage
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-016 — DePaul Cinespace Studios | Stage 21A — virtual production / video wall stage; Stage 21B — Chicago Bar + House/Bungalow standing sets; Stage 22 — Loft Apartment set + city skyline translight; Stage 23 — living room, restaurant booth, bedroom sets; Stage 24A — basement/attic + motel room sets; Stage 24B — kitchen, corner store, office, library sets; Stage 26 — indoor loading bay / “The Shack” equipment access |
Green screen and virtual production (1)
Search terms: green screen, cyclorama, virtual production, led volume wall
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-016 — DePaul Cinespace Studios | Green screen cyclorama (Stage 21A); LED volume / video wall (virtual production) |
Post-production, color, and editing suites (3)
Search terms: editing suite, davinci resolve, color correction suite, adr suite, foley stage
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-016 — DePaul Cinespace Studios | On-site editing suites; Color correction suites (Cinespace) |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-003 — Jarvis Student Center for Innovation & Collaboration | Zoom-enabled classroom and conference spaces; Screen-mirroring monitors in collaboration spaces |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-020 — SCA Post-Production & Animation Labs | CDM Daley 201–204 editing suites; CDM 922 Advanced Editing Lab; CDM 724 Recording Sound Studio; CDM 600A Mixing Sound Studio; DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel; Mac Pro (12-core Xeon) edit stations; Color and editing suites at Cinespace (see CDM-016) |
Stage lighting (4)
Search terms: lighting console, stage lighting, moving light
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-003 — Holtschneider Performance Center & Allen Recording Suite | Concert hall lighting systems |
| 🟡 ✓ | TTS-001 — Scene, Prop & Costume Shops | Lighting laboratories; Movement studios |
| 🟡 ✓ | MUS-001 — Sound Recording Technology | Holtschneider Performance Center lighting systems |
| 🟡 ~ | TTS-002 — Theatre Performance Venues | Professional lighting grids and dimming |
Wireless video and remote focus (1)
Search terms: teradek, wireless video, preston follow focus, arri wcu
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-018 — Cinespace Camera Vault | Hollyland Mars 400S PRO; Teradek Bolt Pro 300 / 500; Teradek Bolt XT 500; Tilta Nucleus-M; ARRI WCU-4; Preston HU4 |
Laboratory & analytical instrumentation (19 categories)
Chromatography (3)
Search terms: chromatograph, gc, hplc, liquid chromatography, gas chromatography
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Teledyne Isco CombiFlash Rf flash chromatography (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 7820A gas chromatograph (McGowan-South 324); Varian CP-3800 gas chromatograph (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 7820A / 5977E GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 6890 / 5975 GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Waters Acquity UPLC (McGowan-South 309B); Rainin Dynamax preparative HPLC (McGowan-South 309B) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-003 — Environmental Science & Chemistry Building | GC and HPLC systems (shared core labs) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-014 — Maresh Research Group | Rainin Dynamax preparative HPLC (McGowan South 309B) |
Gloveboxes (1)
Search terms: glovebox, glove box, mbraun
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | MBraun gloveboxes (2) (McGowan-South 324) |
Lab ovens (1)
Search terms: lab oven, drying oven, isotemp
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Fisher Isotemp 675 oven (McGowan-South 324); Labline Model 3510 oven (McGowan-South 324) |
Lab sample processing (5)
Search terms: homogenizer, cell dismembrator, freeze dryer, lyophilizer, sonicator, sonification
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Fisher 500 cell dismembrator (McGowan-South 324); Labconco Freezone 1 freeze dryer (McGowan-South 324); Fisher Scientific FS110 sonicator (McGowan-South 324) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-017 — Karver Laboratory | Small-molecule synthesis and biochemical caspase inhibitor screening (McGowan South 325) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-015 — Kipp Laboratory | RNA laboratory; molecular and cellular biology workflows |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-014 — Maresh Research Group | Organic and biochemistry synthesis laboratory (McGowan South 314B) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-018 — Southern Laboratory | Fluorogenic caspase-substrate spectroscopic characterization |
Materials and detector testing (1)
Search terms: detector testing, materials testing, detector characterization
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-005 — Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories | Materials and detector testing infrastructure |
Materials mechanical testing (2)
Search terms: mechanical tester, tensile tester, materials testing, mts
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | MTS Qtest FLS 210 mechanical tester (McGowan-South 324) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-013 — Gonzalez Materials Laboratory | Transparent conducting oxide and hydroxyapatite characterization |
Microscopy (4)
Search terms: microscope, confocal, optical microscope
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-019 — Aguirre Laboratory | Geometric morphometrics and morphological variation studies |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-012 — Bell Lab | Light microscopy and immunohistochemistry (Leica DM2000 per published methods) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-004 — Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure | Confocal microscope; Communal microscopy rooms |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-011 — VIDA / MedIX / IMP Labs | Medical imaging analysis pipelines (neuroscience, ophthalmology, radiology datasets) |
NMR (3)
Search terms: nmr, nuclear magnetic resonance
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Bruker 300 MHz NMR spectrometer (McGowan-South 329); Nanalysis NMReady 60P benchtop NMR (McGowan-South 329) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-003 — Environmental Science & Chemistry Building | 300 MHz NMR (McGowan-South) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-016 — Grice Laboratory | Multinuclear NMR (¹H, ¹¹B, ¹³C, ¹⁹F, ³¹P) spectroscopy |
Optical tables and laser optics (1)
Search terms: optical table, optical bench, laser optics
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-005 — Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories | Optical tables; Department lasers (general optics research) |
PCR and thermal cycling (1)
Search terms: pcr, thermal cycler, mastercycler
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Eppendorf Mastercycler Pro S (McGowan-South 324) |
Photon counting and detector interfaces (1)
Search terms: photon counting, detector interface, photon-counting detector
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ? | CSH-007 — Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories | Photon-counting detector interfaces |
Sample preparation (lab) (2)
Search terms: sample preparation, sample prep area
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-013 — Gonzalez Materials Laboratory | Byrne Hall 114 materials synthesis and characterization lab |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-005 — Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories | Sample preparation areas |
Sequencing and genomics (3)
Search terms: dna sequencing, genomics, sequencer
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-019 — Aguirre Laboratory | Molecular markers and population-genetic analysis workflows |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-004 — Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure | DNA sequencing facility |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-015 — Kipp Laboratory | DNA and protein laboratory (McGowan North) |
Spectrometers (8)
Search terms: spectrometer, absorption, fluorescence, infrared, ftir
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Varian AA240FS Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Varian SPECTR AA-200 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop 3300 (McGowan-South 310); ABB FT-IR FTLA 2000 (McGowan-South 324); ABB FT-IR MB 3000 (McGowan-South 328); ABB FT-IR MB 160D (McGowan-South 315); Bomem DA3.02 high-resolution FT-IR (McGowan-South 315); Varian Cary 50 UV-Vis Spectrometer (McGowan-South 220 and 311); Beckman Coulter DU 730 UV-Vis (McGowan-South 220); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop 1000 (McGowan-South 310); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop Lite (McGowan-South 220) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-002 — Chemistry Teaching Laboratories | General and analytical chemistry teaching labs (3); Organic chemistry teaching labs (2); Upper-level synthesis laboratory; Physical chemistry laboratory — adjacent core instrumentation access; Flexible teaching laboratory spaces shared with other CSH units |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-003 — Environmental Science & Chemistry Building | Building-wide UV/Vis, FTIR, fluorescence spectrometers; Potentiometers for teaching and research |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-016 — Grice Laboratory | IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy; electrochemical methods |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-017 — Karver Laboratory | Fluorogenic peptide-substrate assays; FRET-based caspase activity monitoring |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-011 — Potosnak Lab | Low-cost wearable and field air-quality PM sensors |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-018 — Southern Laboratory | Fluorescence spectroscopy; single-molecule FRET instrumentation (McGowan South 320) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-009 — STEM Center Hub | Classroom astronomy and infrared spectroscopy education modules |
Sterilization (1)
Search terms: autoclave, sterilizer, sterilization
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Harvey Sterilemax ST75925 sterilizer (McGowan-South 324) |
Thin-film deposition (1)
Search terms: sputterer, sputtering, thin film deposition
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | Spelco SC-7 sputterer (McGowan-South 324) |
Tissue culture and environmental chambers (3)
Search terms: tissue culture, incubator, environmental chamber
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-012 — Bell Lab | Cell culture and molecular biology workflows (McGowan North 122) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-004 — Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure | Tissue culture equipment; Environmental growth chambers; Plant-science growth chambers (2) — McGowan science complex; Animal care facility; Greenhouse; Green roof (McGowan science complex; Urban Garden support) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-001 — Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop | New Brunswick Scientific Innova 44 incubator (McGowan-South 324); New Brunswick Scientific Innova E24 incubator (McGowan-South 324); Cold room, 4 °C (McGowan-South 318B); Warm room, 37 °C (McGowan-South 318A) |
Ultrafast and femtosecond lasers (1)
Search terms: femtosecond laser, ultrafast laser, laser timing, optical modulation
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ? | CSH-007 — Physics Laser Timing & FPGA Laboratories | Femtosecond laser systems (timing, optical modulation, detector synchronization) |
X-ray sources (1)
Search terms: x-ray tube, x-ray source
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-005 — Physics & Astrophysics Laboratories | X-ray tube sources |
Other equipment (1 categories)
Biometrics and physiological measurement (1)
Search terms: eye tracking, eye-tracking, neuromarketing, galvanic skin response, gsr, eeg, biometrics, heart rate sensor, consumer neuroscience
| Status | Resource | Specific equipment at this location |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-015 — Business Education in Technology & Analytics | Eye-tracking systems (Neuro-Business Lab); Galvanic skin response (GSR) sensors |
Resources with equipment via linked facilities
| Status | Resource | How equipment is accessed |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 ~ | ART-005 — Art, Media & Design | ART-001, ART-002 |
| 🟡 ~ | CDM-015 — Computing Academic Programs | CDM-001 (Rapid prototyping, 3D printing, laser cutting), CDM-004 (CSE capstones, electronics, robotics testbeds), CDM-003 (Collaboration and XR/game capstones), CDM-005 (Robotics B.S. research equipment), CDM-016 (SCA production stages (film students)), CDM-017 (Loop Equipment Center checkout (SCA)) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-023 — DePaul Cybersecurity Clinic | CDM-004 (Clinic engagements use School of Computing CyberLabs infrastructure) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-024 — Computational Biology & Applied Bioinformatics | CDM-025 (Affiliated Center for Data Science lab), CDM-011 (Sibling CDS imaging/informatics labs) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-025 — DePaul Center for Data Science | CDM-011 (MedIX/VIDA/IMP imaging and informatics), CDM-024 (CoBaAB bioinformatics lab), CDM-014 (HPCC GPU compute for data-science research) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-026 — RAISE Lab | CDM-014 (ML/AI compute for responsible-AI research) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-027 — Laboratory for Interactive Human-Computer Analytics | CDM-003 (XR and collaboration workspaces) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-028 — DICE Lab | CDM-014 (Research compute infrastructure), UNI-013 (Campus research network and datacenter) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-029 — Center for Web Intelligence | CDM-014 (Web-scale data and ML compute) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-030 — Divergent Design Lab | CDM-001 (Prototyping and fabrication via IRL) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CDM-031 — Technology for Social Good Research and Design Lab | CDM-001 (Community technology prototyping) |
| 🟡 ✓ | COM-002 — Center for Communication Engagement | COM-001 (VARC Lab VR/AR checkout pool) |
| 🟡 ~ | CSH-006 — Electronics Minor | CSH-001 (Circuits and instrumentation where applicable) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CSH-020 — Connolly Lab | CSH-004 (Shared biological sciences research infrastructure) |
| 🟡 ✓ | CSH-021 — Center for Community Research | Community research center; uses college resources; no standalone equipment catalog. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-001 — mHUB Chicago | External incubator — member fabrication labs at mHUB; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-002 — 1871 | External incubator — partner facilities; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-003 — Advanced Photon Source | DOE APS user facility at Argonne; beamline instruments are not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-004 — Argonne Leadership Computing Facility | DOE ALCF HPC user facility at Argonne; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-005 — Steans Family Foundation | External foundation; funds programs (e.g. SPARK); not equipment host. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-006 — The Plant Chicago | External nonprofit partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-007 — Aon and NFP — Beyond the Loan | External nonprofit partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-008 — Prysm Institute | External innovation institute; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-009 — Sinai Urban Health Institute — Sinai Chicago | External research institute partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-010 — Rush University | External university partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-011 — Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | External university partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ? | EXT-012 — Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System | DOE ATLAS facility at Argonne; separate access pathway from APS user agreement. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-013 — Chicago Public Schools | External school district partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-014 — Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | External hospital partner; not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-015 — Argonne National Laboratory | Argonne National Laboratory parent org; sub-facility access via user programs. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-017 — Pohang Accelerator Laboratory | Korean national accelerator lab; synchrotron/XFEL beamlines not DePaul inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-018 — Pohang Light Source | PLS synchrotron user facility at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. |
| 🟡 ~ | EXT-019 — PAL-XFEL — Pohang Accelerator Laboratory | PAL-XFEL user facility at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. |
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-002 — SRT Curriculum | MUS-001, MUS-003 |
| 🟡 ~ | MUS-004 — Music Performance Venues | MUS-003 |
| 🟡 ✓ | TTS-003 — Theatre Technology & Design Programs | TTS-001, TTS-002 |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-001 — Office of Research Services | Administrative service — no shared equipment inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-002 — Coleman Entrepreneurship Center | Entrepreneurship programs — mentoring and venture support; no fabrication equipment. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-004 — Steans Center for Community-Based Service Learning | Community engagement center — no fabrication or lab equipment inventory. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-005 — AI Institute | CDM-014 (GPU compute for model training and inference) |
| 🟡 ? | UNI-006 — Instructional Game & Innovation | CDM-003 (XR and game development collaboration), CDM-012 (Immersive and educational game prototyping) |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-007 — Steans Family Foundation Projects | Cross-center research initiative — uses partner lab data infrastructure (see SPARK, Steans, VIDA). |
| 🟡 ✕ | UNI-008 — Partnerships with Chicago incubators | External incubator partners — equipment varies by partner site. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-009 — Community Service Studies Minor | Academic minor — no dedicated equipment. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-010 — Entrepreneurship programs | Academic programs — see CEC and linked CDM facilities. |
| 🟡 ~ | UNI-012 — Center for Community Health Equity | CSH-004 (Health-equity research may use CSH infrastructure via faculty projects), EXT-010 (Joint center with Rush University) |
| 🟡 ✓ | UNI-016 — Kellstadt Career Management Center | Career services center; no research or fabrication equipment. |