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Microelectronics, Sensing, and Information Technology

Currently Funded Centers

NSF ERC for Human AugmentatioN via Dexterity (HAND)

Award No. 2330040

Northwestern University (lead institution) in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, Florida A&M University, and Texas A&M University, and with engagement of MIT

HAND will revolutionize the ability of robots to augment human labor by transforming dexterous robot hands into versatile, easy-to-integrate tools.

http://hand-erc.org
Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3)

Award No. 2133516

Columbia University in partnership with Florida Atlantic University, Lehman College, Rutgers University, and the University of Central Florida

The mission of CS3 is to fo

rge livable, safe and inclusive communities through real-time, hyperlocal technologies for streets and their surroundings.
https://cs3-erc.org/
ERC for Quantum Networks (CQN)

Award No. 1941583

 

University of Arizona in partnership with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yale University

Create foundations for the future quantum internet by developing key quantum technologies and new functional building-blocks connecting quantum processors over local and global scales

http://cqn-erc.org
ERC for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag)

Award No. 1941529

 

University of Pennsylvania in partnership with Purdue University, the University of California, Merced, and the University of Florida

Ensure food, energy and water security with new systems to increase crop production while minimizing energy and water use and environmental impacts of agricultural practices

http://iot4ag.us/
ERC for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS)

Award No. 1449548

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Howard University, Stanford University, and the University of Arkansas

The aim of the POETS ERC is to improve the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by integrating novel 3-D cooling circuitry, power converters, and algorithms for smart power management. 
http://poets-erc.org/

Graduated Centers (Self-sustaining)

Nanosystems ERC for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems

TANMS works to engineer a revolution in miniature electromagnetic electronics through development of a new class of nanoscale multiferroic materials.

http://www.tanms-erc.org
Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems

Advance the design, fabrication, and breadth of the applications for sensor-driven microsensors and systems through research, education, and interactions with industry

http://wims2.org
The Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems

Revolutionize existing technology for detecting and imaging biomedical and environmental-civil objects or conditions that are underground, underwater, or embedded in the human body to solve important real-world problems such as non-invasive breast cancer detection, underground pollution assessment, and explosives threat detection

http://www.censsis.neu.edu
Center for Power Electronics Systems

Provide leadership through global collaborative research and education for creating electric processing systems of the highest value to society

http://www.cpes.vt.edu
Integrated Media Systems Center

The mission of IMSC is to realize "Geo-Immersion," a new computing paradigm that enables humans to capture, model, and integrate real-world BIG data into a geo-realistic virtual replica of the world for immersive data access, querying, and analysis

http://imsc.usc.edu
High Performance Computing Collaboratory

Advancing the state-of-the-art in computational science and engineering using high performance computing; a common approach to research that embraces a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented concept; and a commitment to a full partnership between education, research, and service

http://www.hpc.msstate.edu
Micro and Nanotechnology Lab

Provide advanced equipment to create, support, and sustain an environment that facilitates advanced research in nanophotonics, micro and nanoelectronics, MEMS and NEMS, and biomedical applications of nanotechnology

http://mntl.illinois.edu
3D Systems Packaging Research Center

Exploratory research by faculty and graduate students with particular focus on: 1) leading-edge electronic and bio-electronic systems research, 2) cross-discipline education of students, and 3) industry collaborations with global companies focusing on a transformative systems technology called System-On-Package, pioneered by the Center

http://www.prc.gatech.edu
Data Storage Systems Center

Developing innovative technologies for the next generation of hard disk drives and nonvolatile memory systems

http://www.dssc.ece.cmu.edu
ERC on Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment

MIRTHE develops knowledge, technologies, and engineered systems based on mid-infrared (mid-IR) trace-gas spectroscopy that will provide unprecedented optical and chemical sensing capabilities for environmental monitoring, homeland security and medical diagnostics.

http://www.mirthecenter.org

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