A Department of Veterans Affairs-run Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Research and Development, focusing on the practical medical needs of individuals disabled by sensorimotor dysfunction, cognitive deficits or limb loss.
Develops new advanced and functional multiphase complex materials and optimizes the performance of existing ones by integrating the most advanced experimental and computational capabilities.
An NSF Science and Technology Center advancing the nation's science and technology agenda through the development of new materials and material systems
Using a cross-discipline approach to bring creativity, knowledge and expertise to the creation of robotic systems, with a specific focus on exploration, intelligence, movement, manufacturing and health care
Provides expert staff and specialized analytical equipment to solve materials characterization challenges encountered in education, research and industry.
Providing platforms via three wind turbines for the development of wind power supply chain products and long-term educational and training opportunities
Develops image analysis methods (registration, machine learning, etc.) for detection, staging and treatment evaluation of patient cardiovascular disease, and develops cryo-imaging methods for preclinical research in cancer and stem cells.
Develops next-generation implantable device technologies to restore human function by interfacing with the nervous system, and point-of-care monitoring platforms for personalized healthcare.
Develops computational neuro-informatics methods to analyze imaging for characterizing physiological, molecular and pathological phenotypes to predict patient outcome and evaluate response to treatment.
Develops advanced control engineering solutions for renewable energy, wind turbines, power systems, water treatment plants, radio telescopes, spacecraft and industrial applications.
Advances fundamental fire science (e.g. microgravity combustion, solid pyrolysis) and studies the fire behaviors in unique conditions (e.g. aircraft, spacecraft, forest fire).
Studies and engineers novel robotic mechanisms, sensor-network systems and distributed intelligent systems for human-robot collaborative applications.
Develops novel electrochemical processes to deposit, fabricate and manipulate materials that have applications in energy storage, nano-electronics and electro-metallurgy.
Trains newcomers on the fundamentals of wholesale electricity and futures markets, and develops the first electricity market simulator aimed at pedagogical use.
Develops nanoscale devices for computing building blocks using emerging semiconductors, as well as silicon carbide materials, hardware for harsh environments, and biomedical, photonic and quantum technologies.
Applies computational modeling to study neuroscience and develops high-performance computing and parallel programming methods for scientific applications.
Investigates systems biology and neuroscience, including the link between heart and brain in epilepsy, and the development of biomarkers for autism from brain activity.
Explores novel sensor physics and electronics to create precise, miniaturized and low-cost instrumentation that closely integrates sensing, computation and actuation.
Develops algorithms and computational solutions to problems in systems biology, computational genomics and other applications that involve complex networks.
Seeks to improve deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of movement disorders and provide technology for the application of DBS to new clinical arenas
Develops medical applications of robotics and other information technologies, specifically robotic systems for surgery and interventional medicine, human-machine interfaces, haptics, virtual reality surgical simulators and modeling and simulation of complex biological systems.
Creates experimental techniques to develop a physical understanding of processing-structure-property relationships of crystalline and amorphous materials
Conducts heat transfer and data analytics related research pertaining to areas such as thermal insulation, thermal management and building energy efficiency
Uses optical coherence tomography, optical mapping and light sheet microscopy to improve image-guided treatment and gain a better understanding of biological systems.
Studies multi-scale mechanisms of vascular and cancer pathologies, and develops bio-inspired materials and drug delivery systems to treat these disease conditions.
Explores stimulation and recording devices, and systems and techniques for advanced interfaces with neural tissue for novel prosthetics, neuromodulation devices and their clinical implementation.
Develops novel imaging agents for early detection and diagnosis of cancer, and explores simple, smart and clinically translatable delivery systems for gene therapy.
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