Building Information

Building Overview

Shain Research Tower

Rooms in Shain Research Tower number 11XX to 81XX and include room/office numbers where the second digit is 1.

• Floor 1 includes an atrium, departmental administrative offices, and the mail room.
• Floor 2 includes the graduate admissions and careers office and parts of the Chemical Instrumentation Center.
• Floors 3 and 4 are not generally accessible.
• Floors 5 to 8 house research labs, offices, and seminar rooms.

Due to different floor-to-floor spacing, the Shain and Mathews sections are connected only on floors 1, 2 (a few stairs), and 5.

Mathews Building

Rooms in the Mathews Building number B2XX to 62XX and include room/office numbers where the second digit is 2.

• The basement houses the physical chemistry instructional laboratory, classrooms, and offices.
• Floor 1 includes the shipping and receiving room and the General Chemistry TA offices
• Floor 2 includes the Electronic Shop and part of the Paul Bender Chemical Instrumentation Center.
• Floors 3 to 6 houses research labs, offices, and seminar rooms.

The Mathews and Daniels wings are connected on floors B through 6.

Daniels Building

Rooms in the Daniels Building number B3XX to 93XX and include room/office numbers where the second digit is 3.

• The sub-basement houses the machine shop.
• The basement includes the Chemistry Learning Center, instructional laboratories, and classrooms.
• Floor 1 includes the front lobby, lecture halls, seminar hall, instructional laboratories, and classrooms.
• Floor 2 includes the Chemistry Library (at the north end), instructional laboratories, and classrooms.
• Floor 3 includes research labs, offices, and the glass shop.
• Floors 4 to 7 house research labs and offices.
• Floor 8 includes the Theoretical Chemistry Institute, research labs, and offices.
• Floor 9 includes the research computing center, lounge, and offices.

Seminar Hall - Room 1315

Although effectively part of the Daniels wing, the Seminar Hall was added to the building when the Shain Research Tower was built.