Focus Areas

Advanced Materials Enabling Novel Devices (AMEND)

Driving beyond conventional CMOS, creating emerging nanophotonic, power and high frequency devices, and synthetic materials and ceramics.
Leads: Profs. Paul McIntyre & Srabanti Chowdhury

Design Productivity

Improving how engineers and industry manage increasingly complex systems while shortening innovation cycles.
Lead: Prof. Mark Horowitz

Heterogeneous Integration

Integrating new materials and devices for 2D and 3D nanosystems and flexible electronics.
Lead: Prof. Eric Pop

Photonic and Quantum Technologies

Developing the processes and hardware needed to use photonics and quantum mechanics to enable the next big leap in information technology.
Lead: Prof. Jonathan Fan

Computation for Data Analytics

Exploring architectural and technology approaches for today, for tomorrow and for the day after in this era of Big Data and machine learning.
Lead: Prof. Subhasish Mitra

Energy/Power Management Systems

Engineering highly efficient systems that require less energy, and implementing new systems, like smart grids, to transform energy markets.
Leads: Profs. Juan Rivas & Debbie Senesky

Internet of Everything (IoE)

Integrating all the many devices in our lives into coherent, manageable and secure networks that improve our lives.
Leads: Profs. Tom Lee & Amin Arbabian

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Developing AI-enabled robots and autonomous systems that safely interact with humans.
Leads: Profs. Grace Gao & Monroe Kennedy