Research and Academic Facilities
The faculty at SIUE engage in a wide range of research and sponsored projects. Most of the research programs provide special opportunities for graduate students to further their education. Additionally, these activities provide challenging intern and practicum experiences for graduate students through affiliation with businesses in the greater St. Louis area.
Lovejoy Library
Lovejoy Library offers assistance to students, faculty, and staff, and acquaints users with procedures for locating information and resources for papers, theses, or other research projects. The library’s resource-sharing agreements make it possible for University students to use other academic, public, and special libraries in the St. Louis area. Electronic access also is provided to the collections of other libraries in Illinois and throughout the world. Materials from these collections may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Visit the Lovejoy Library website for more information.
National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) located in University Park of SIUE is the only public entity of its kind.
The NCERC is Unique in that it is the only facility in the world to house the following all under one roof:
- Analytical Laboratory
- Fermentation Laboratory
- Pilot Scale Ethanol Production Process
- Workforce Development Training Programs
In addition to the installed processes, the layout and piping design of NCERC allow adequate floor space and utilities to support either additional or substitutionary equipment and systems.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center (STEM)
STEM Research, Education and Outreach (STEM Center) offers research and evaluation services for STEM education and outreach programs targeting K-12 and public audiences, and evaluation plans that integrate research on learning and meet agency requirements for broader impacts and dissemination of project findings to stakeholders. The STEM Center has expertise in K-12 teaching, curriculum development, instructional design, and outreach to schools and teachers, including underserved populations. We also have a comprehensive evaluation strategy for assessing undergraduate research programs. Additionally, the STEM Center has experience creating digital Citizen Science initiatives and in providing support and training in communicating science through new and social media.
School of Business
Services include:
- SIUE Center for Business Analysis
- International Trade Center
- Small Business Development Center
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Academic User Rate: $50/hr.
Industrial User Rate: $186/hr.
- NMR spectra, our faculty performs service
- X-Band EPR at 298 K
- X-Band EPR at 77 K
- IR-Microscope
- Raman Microscope
- EPR=electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
School of Dental Medicine
Services include:
- Give Kids a Smile
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- Madison County Oral Health Education Program
- Oral screenings and oral health education in the community
- Special Needs Patient Care
- Geriatric Dentistry
- Dental Clinic
SIUE Early Childhood Center
The Early Childhood Center (ECC), located on the beautiful campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), provides full-day, year round early childhood care and education for the children of students, faculty, staff, and others in the University community, ages two through five.
East St. Louis Center
SIUE ESL Charter High School. The mission of the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School is to prepare students, who are career- and college- ready, upon graduation. To achieve this mission, the school and its staff will positively impact the educational and economic lives of East St. Louis, IL.
SIUE Head Start / Early Head Start. The SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program is a nationally recognized quality early childhood education program that promotes school readiness for children and self-sufficiency for families. Services are available to St. Clair County expectant parents and families of children ages six weeks to five years old.
ESL Upward Bound Math & Science. The Upward Bound Math and Science Program is designed to prepare participants for post-secondary education and motivate their exploration of science, mathematics and related educational professions.
ESL Upward Bound EC and Upward Bound BEM. The Upward Bound Programs (EC & BEM) are committed to developing year-round education programs which will excite, motivate and prepare selected high school students from the program’s target areas. The quality services provided will prepare the students for successful high school completion and entrance into post-secondary programs.
School of Education, Health & Human Behavior
Services include:
School of Nursing
SIUE WE CARE Clinic
SIUE WE CARE clinic is a nurse-managed primary care clinic sponsored by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing to provide care to diverse clients in the metro-east. The professional nursing staff consists of advanced practice nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist faculty.
School of Pharmacy
Express Scripts Drug Information and Wellness Center
The Wellness Center:
- Assists pharmacists to attain knowledge and skills to enable them to deliver the best pharmaceutical care to their patients
- Improves the health education of patients in the community
- Focuses on prevention of disease through screenings and health promotion through education
