Institutes, Centers, and Laboratories

Developing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to tackle 21st century challenges in agriculture related to labor, water, weather, and climate change.

Working to understand the fundamental and general reaction mechanisms on surfaces and in pores for rational design and synthesis of nanostructured materials with unique functionality and high performance.

Promoting industry-wide acceptance of bioplastics and increase the use of sustainable materials.

Applying innovative technologies and management tools to the challenges of global climate change and environmental sustainability.

Developing new building materials from recycled and virgin resources, as well as innovative structural systems.

Uniting research faculty, business leaders, and governmental organizations to address the demand for clean, reliable energy, including using Smart Grid technology to make the power system more efficient, responsive, and secure.

Finding interdisciplinary answers to advanced materials science problems.

Examining and understanding physical and chemical changes in solids and liquids under very rapid and large compressions.

Providing the organizational framework to stimulate innovation in the use of earth abundant materials within an established and emerging industrial sector.

Conducting air quality research, emphasizing biosphere/atmosphere interactions and regional air quality measurements and modeling.

Working to maintain longer-lasting transportation infrastructure and to preserve a durable and resilient transportation system.

Training the next generation of military and national defense-aligned civilian workforce in cybersecurity.

Making the environments in which we live and work safer, healthier and more productive through advanced data analytics and adaptive systems.

Investigating the dynamics of bat and ball collisions to help regulating agencies better understand equipment performance through experimental testing and numeric models.

Conducting and facilitating applied water-related research, educating future water professionals, and connecting the academic community, water resource managers, and water stakeholders.

Developing innovative, economical, and reliable technologies for highway and airport pavements.

Coordinating transportation research efforts — both state and commercial, public and private — and developing research opportunities both nationally and locally.

Enhancing the resilience of the power grid to withstand all hazards, including natural disasters and malicious threats.

Combining comprehensive analytic tools with plant sciences, biotechnology, catalysis, and materials science to create innovative, economical, and environmentally friendly, engineered, bio-based materials and value-added chemicals.