Overview
In 2020, the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign supported the creation of an intellectual home for interdisciplinary research aimed at addressing fundamental physics questions related to the universe. This research sits at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, astronomy and physics disciplines, such as nuclear physics, high energy physics, gravitation and cosmology. The ICASU is primarily an effort in theory and computation, but it is special in that all such work is driven by potential verification through experiment and observation. As such, the ICASU collaborates closely with experimental scientists in condensed matter and nuclear experiment, as well as with astrophysical observers in gravitational waves, particle astrophysics and traditional electromagnetic observations.