National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers

CURRENT ERCs

BIOENGINEERING

Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center
University of California at Berkeley, CA (lead institution) in partnership with Harvard University, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Prairie View A&M University, and the University of California at San Francisco

Quality of Life Technology ERC
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (lead institution) in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh

ERC for the Engineering of Living Tissues
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (lead institution) in partnership with Emory University

Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (lead institution) in partnership with the Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, MIT, and Shady Side Hospital

ERC for Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems
University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles,
CA, in partnership with California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Santa Cruz

MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING

Center for Advanced Engineering of Fibers and Films
Clemson University, Clemson, SC (lead institution) in partnership with MIT

Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (lead institution) in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology,
Purdue University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Vanderbilt University

Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (lead institution) in partnership with Purdue University, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Mid-America Earthquake Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (lead institution) in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology,
the University of Memphis, MIT, St. Louis University, Texas A&M University, and Washington University

MICRO/OPTOELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science & Technology
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (lead institution) in partnership with the University of Colorado at
Boulder and the University of California at Berkeley

ERC for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (lead institution) in partnership with Colorado State University,
University of Oklahoma, and University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems
University of Michigan (lead institution) in partnership with Michigan State University and Michigan
Technological University

Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems
Northeastern University (lead institution) in partnership with Boston University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI), University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

ERC on Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (lead institution) in partnership with the City University of New York, the John
Hopkins University, Texas A&M University, the University of Maryland–Baltimore County, and Rice University

Center for Power Electronic Systems
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA (lead institution) in partnership with North
Carolina A&T State University, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and
University of Wisconsin at Madison

SELF-SUSTAINING ERCs

BIOENGINEERING

ERC for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies
Duke University & other North Carolina institutions (established in 1987 and self-sustaining from 1998)

Biotechnology Process Engineering Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (established in 1985 and self-sustaining from 2005)

Center for Biofilm Engineering
Montana State University, Bozeman, MO (established in 1990 and self-sustaining from 2001)

VaNTH ERC for Bioengineering Educational Technologies
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (lead institution) in partnership with Northwestern University, the Harvard
University-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and the University of Texas at Austin (established in
1999 and self-sustaining from 2007)

Engineered Biomaterials Engineering Research Center
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2007)

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

ERC for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (lead institution) in partnership with Arizona State University, the University of
California at Berkeley, Cornell University, MIT, and Stanford University (established in 1996 and self-sustaining
from 2006)

ERC for Engineering Design, current title: Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
Carnegie Mellon University (established in 1986 and self-sustaining from 1997)

Particle Engineering Research Center
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2005)

Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland/Harvard University (established in 1985 and self-sustaining from 1996)

ERC for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2007)

Center for Interfacial Engineering
University of Minnesota (established in 1988 and self-sustaining from 1999)

ERC for Net Shape Manufacturing
Ohio State University (established in 1986 and self-sustaining from 1997)

ERC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, reestablished as the ERC for Collaborative Manufacturing
Purdue University (established in 1985, reestablished in 1994, and self-sustaining from 1999)

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
University of California at Berkeley, CA (lead institution) in partnership with California Institute of Technology,
Stanford University, University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, University of California at Los
Angeles, University of California at San Diego, the University of Southern California, the University of Washington,
and nine affiliate institutions

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
Headquartered at the University at Buffalo, in partnership with Cornell University, University of Delaware, University
of Nevada at Reno, and University of Southern California, as well as other collaborating institutions and private
entities throughout the U.S.

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center
Brigham Young University/University of Utah (established in 1986 and self-sustaining from 1997)

Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems
Lehigh University (established in 1986 and self-sustaining from 1997)

Offshore Technology Research Center
Texas A&M University/University of Texas (established in 1988 and self-sustaining from 1999)

MICROELECTRONICS, COMPUTING, AND COMMUNICATION

Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2005)

Data Storage Systems Center
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (established in 1990 and self-sustaining from 2001)

Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center
University of Colorado/Colorado State University (established in 1987 and self-sustaining from 1998)

Center for Telecommunications Research
Columbia University (established in 1985 and self-sustaining from 1996)

Packaging Research Center
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2005)

Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics
University of Illinois (established in 1986 and self-sustaining from 1997)

Center for Computational Field Simulation
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (established in 1990 and self-sustaining from 2001)

Center for Advanced Electronic Materials Processing
North Carolina State University & other North Carolina institutions (established in 1988 and self-sustaining from 1999)

Integrated Media Systems Center
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

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