About Us

About Us

The University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC)

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEAC) of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona is a research, teaching, and outreach program. Through its faculty, staff, and students, the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center focuses on innovating technologies for the generation of food, bioenergy, and bioproducts to:

  • Develop challenging research programs with application in science, engineering, and practice
  • Educate students in a variety of settings and for varying purposes in best practices, creative approaches to problem-solution, engineering, and the methods of science
  • Facilitate programs, events, and materials for the industry and general public to learn more about the importance which controlled environment agriculture (CEA) has in meeting current and future problems with creative, practical, and highly successful solutions

Our facilities are located at the Campus Agricultural Center, in Tucson, Arizona, on East Roger Road at North Campbell Avenue, 3 miles north of The University of Arizona campus. The CEAC includes advanced technology greenhouses and growth chambers, as well as office, laboratory and teaching facilities.