IMR Shuttle Service | Institute for Materials Research

IMR Provides Free Weekday Shuttle Service to Kinnear Road Research Facilities

Notice: The IMR shuttle route scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5. at 5:30 p.m. has been cancelled due to the Ohio State Homecoming Parade and resulting road closures. Friday’s 4:30 p.m. route will run as expected. All shuttle schedules will return to normal Monday, Oct. 8 at 8:30 a.m.

The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) offers a weekday shuttle between central campus and West Campus’s Nanotech West Laboratory and the Center for Automotive Research on Kinnear Road.

The shuttle service is a key part of IMR’s commitment to improving connectivity to the many state-of-the-art research facilities on OSU’s West Campus. This shuttle is used by those conducting research at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS), Nanotech West Laboratory, the Center for Automotive Research, or other West Campus facilities on Kinnear Road, such as the ElectroScience Laboratory.

Join the IMR email list for shuttle updates

Join one of IMR’s email lists for any changes or announcements regarding the shuttle service. We have three email lists to choose from: students, faculty, and technical and administrative staff.

To receive up-to-the-minute updates, please contact Joanna Gardner, our Administrator and Grants Developer, at gardner.306@osu.edu with your name, email address, and list you would like to join.

Please feel free to email OR-IMR@osu.edu with any inquiries.

The shuttle runs ten times every weekday as follows, leaving central campus to arrive at CEMAS and Nanotech West approximately 10-15 minutes later, continuing to CAR, and immediately returning to central campus:

The IMR shuttle departs Dreese Labs every hour on the half hour:

8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 AM

11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:30 PM

2:30 PM 3:30 PM 4:30 PM

5:30 PM

IMR suspends shuttle service during observed holidays.