Graduated, Self-sustaining Engineering Research Centers by Technology Cluster — as of April 2011

Biotechnology and Health Care

• ERC for the Engineering of Living Tissues, Georgia Tech (lead) –Class of 1998 (to 2008)*
• Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, Johns Hopkins University (lead) – Class of 1998 (to 2008)
• Biotechnology Process Engineering Center, MIT – Classes of 1985 & 1995 (to 2005)
• Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University – Class of 1990 (to 2001)
• VaNTH ERC for Bioengineering Educational Technologies, Vanderbilt University (lead) – Class of 1999 (to 2007)
• Engineered Biomaterials ERC, University of Washington – Class of 1996 (to 2007)
  

Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure

• Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, Brigham Young University/University of Utah – Class of 1986 (to 1997)
• Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, The University at Buffalo (lead) – Class of 1997 (to 2007)
• Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California at Berkeley (lead) – Class of 1997 (to 2007)
• Mid-America Earthquake Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (lead) – Class of 1997 (to 2007)
• Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, Lehigh University – Class of 1986 (to 1997)
• Offshore Technology Research Center, Texas A&M/University of Texas – Class of 1988 (to 1999)

Micro/Optoelectronics, Sensing, and IT

• Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering, Caltech – Class of 1995 (to 2006)
• Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon – Class of 1990 (to 2001)
• Microelectronics Packaging Research Center, Georgia Tech – Class of 1995 (to 2006)
• Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics, Illinois – Class of 1986 (to 1997)
• Center for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State – Class of 1990 (to 2001)
  
• Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California – Class of 1996 (to 2007)
• Center for Power Electronics Systems, Virginia Tech (lead) – Class of 1998 (to 2008)
  

Manufacturing

• ERC for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing, University of Arizona (lead) – Class of 1996 (to 2006)
• Engineering Design Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University – Class of 1986 (to 1997)
• Center for Advanced Engineering of Fibers and Films, Clemson University (lead) – Class of 1998 (to 2008)
• Particle Engineering Research Center, University of Florida – Class of 1995 (to 2006)
• Systems Research Center, University of Maryland – Classes of 1985 & 1994 (to 1997)
• ERC for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, University of Michigan – Class of 1996 (to 2007)
• Wireless Integrated MicroSystems, ERC, University of Michigan (lead) – Class of 2000 (to 2010)
• Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota – Class of 1988 (to 1999)
• Gordon ERC for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, Northeastern University (lead) – Class of 2000 (to 2010)
• ERC for Net Shape Manufacturing, Ohio State – Class of 1986 (to 1997)
  

* Period of funding by NSF as an ERC.

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