Laboratories
The interdisciplinary NSF-funded IGERT in Intelligent Diagnostics for Aging Civil Infrastructure is designed to advance the state of the art in diagnostics and to bridge the disciplinary gap between sophisticated sensing techniques and engineering diagnostics.
The Biomedical Signal Processing Laboratory develops signal and image processing algorithms to extract useful information from biomedical and biological signals.
The Northeastern University Computer Architecture Research Group (NUCAR) pursues research questions in the areas of Computer Architecture, Performance Evaluation, Emerging Software Technologies, and Advanced Storage Systems.
The Electron Devices Group Laboratory capabilities include microfabrication, microwave materials fabrication and characterization, plasma measurements and processing, noise measurements, microwave device characterization, and VLSI design.
The HPVLSI Laboratory focuses on methods and tools for the design of high-speed and low-power digital/analog integrated circuits.
The Laboratory for Information and Software Fusion (LISF) is pursuing a control theory based approach to self-controlling software.
The Optical Science Laboratory uses light in combination with another type of wave, such as microwave or ultrasound, for biological and medical imaging, landmine detection, and remote sensing of the environment.
The Power Electronics Research Group improves the performance and reliability of high-frequency switch-mode converters.
The Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory focuses on mapping image and signal processing applications to reconfigurable hardware.
The Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory's research includes brazing alloys, composite coatings, enhancement of forgings, hydrogen permeating membranes, and ultrasonic weldings.
The Bio-Nano Robotics Laboratory uses the tools of molecular biology and protein engineering to identify, express, and purify natural protein-based nanoActuator and nanoSensor motifs.
The Extracellular Matrix Engineering Research Laboratory (EMRL) determines how collagen is aligned naturally by cells and how we can align it ourselves.
The Quality and Productivity Laboratory conducts theoretic and applied research in statistical quality control, experimental design, process improvement, and probabilistic optimization in a wide range of industrial and service applications.
The Laminar Burning Speed Laboratory conducts fundamental research in flame speed measurement and autoignition using constant volume vessel with high speed photography.
The Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing (LRM) conducts research in areas such as Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Mass Customization, and Sensor-assisted Monitoring and Diagnosis.
The Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory specializes in the design, control and testing of novel robotic systems.
The Virtual Environments Laboratory builds virtual environments, develops and implements scenarios, measures driver performance and designs and develops driving simulators.
