National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers

CURRENT ERCs

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE

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 Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC (lead institution) in partnership with the University of Cincinnati and the University of Pittsburgh

ERC 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

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

ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

ERC for Biorenewable Chemicals
Iowa State University, Ames, IA (lead institution) in partnership with Rice University, the University of California, Irvine, the University of New Mexico, the University of Virginia, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison

ERC 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

ERC for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (lead institution) in partnership with Arizona State University, Florida State University. Florida A&M University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology

Smart Lighting ERC
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (Lead institution) in partnership with Boston University and the University of New Mexico

MICROELECTRONICS, SENSING, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ERC for Integrated Access Networks
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (lead institution) in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, Norfolk State University, Stanford University, Tuskegee University, the Universities of California at Berkeley, San Diego, and Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California

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

Wireless Integrated MicroSystems ERC
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (lead institution) in partnership with Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University

Gordon Engineering Research Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (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 Johns Hopkins University, Texas A&M University, the University of Maryland–Baltimore County, and Rice University

SELF-SUSTAINING ERCs

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE

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

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 (established in 1998 and self-sustaining from 2008)

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 selfsustaining 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 selfsustaining from 2007)


ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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 (established in 1997 and self-sustaining from 2007)

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
Headquartered at the University at Buffalo, NY (lead institution) 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. (established in 1997 and self-sustaining from 2007)

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

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 (established in 1997 and self-sustaining from 2008)

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

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


MICROELECTRONICS, SENSING, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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 selfsustaining from 2001)

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

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

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

Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (established in 1986 and selfsustaining 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, Raleigh, NC (lead institution) & other North Carolina institutions (established in 1988 and self-sustaining from 1999)

Integrated Media Systems Center
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2007)

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 (established in 1998 and selfsustaining from 2008)

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 selfsustaining from 2006)

ERC for Engineering Design, current title: Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (established in 1986 and selfsustaining from 1997)

Center for Advanced Engineering of Fibers and Films
Clemson University, Clemson, SC (lead institution) in partnership with MIT (established in 1998 and self-sustaining from 2008)

ERC for Particle Science and Technology
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (established in 1996 and self-sustaining from 2007)

Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland/Harvard University, College Park, MD (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)

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

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

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