Research
Research Areas
Biomedical Engineering
Circuit Design, VLSI, and EDA
Electromagnetics, Microwaves, and Antennas
Embedded Systems
Computer Architecture and High-Performance Computing
Information Theory, Coding, and Compression
Microelectronic Packaging and Interconnects
Modeling and Simulation
Networking and Distributed Systems
Optical Imaging Systems and Devices
Robotics
Signal Processing and Image Analysis
Wireless Communications
ECE Centers
Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling & Simulation
The Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS) is devoted to research and instruction that advance the use of modeling and simulation as means to integrate disparate partial solution elements into coherent global solutions to multidisciplinary problems. To do this, the Center advances the concepts, tools, and methodology of modeling and simulation so that it can make the enormous computation power available today applicable to emerging problems requiring multidisciplinary solutions.
Connection One
Connection One is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center working closely with private industry and the federal government on various projects in RF and wireless communication systems, networks, remote sensing, and homeland security. The Center's mission is to develop the technology to enable end-to-end communication systems for a variety of applications, ranging from cellular to environmental and defense applications. One aspect of the research is the development of integrated RF and wireless circuits-on-a-chip to simplify and enable a small, portable, all-in-one communication device. An additional research focus is the development of efficient architectures and routing techniques for networked applications. The industry/university partnership combines an academic environment with state-of-the-art research initiatives and real-world applications. Currently, Connection One has about 18 industry members, and 4 university members: Arizona State University, University of Arizona, University of Hawaii, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Center for Electronic Packaging Research (CEPR)
The Center for Electronic Packaging Research (CEPR) performs funded research in the areas of electrical and thermal characteristics of electronic device packages, and interconnected devices. The main activity is in modeling and simulation of electrical and thermal characteristics of Level 1 and Level 2 packaging, and experimental verification of the modeling results. Support for the program has been provided primarily by research contracts from Semiconductor Research Corporation (1984-date).
Center for Autonomic Computing
The Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC) is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center that focuses on special- and general-purpose computing systems, components, and applications that are capable of autonomously achieving desired behaviors. CAC research activities will advance several disciplines that impact the specification, design, engineering and integration of autonomic computing and information processing systems. They include design and evaluation methods, algorithms, architectures, information processing, software, mathematical foundations and benchmarks for autonomic systems. Solutions will be studied at different levels of both centralized and distributed systems, including the hardware, networks, storage, middleware, services and information layers. The industry/university partnership combines an academic environment with state-of-the-art research initiatives and real-world applications. Currently, CAC has 14 industry members and 3 university members: The University of Florida, The University of Arizona, and Rutgers.
ECE Labs
Antenna and Packaging Laboratory
Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory
Autonomic Computing Laboratory
Computer Vision Laboratory
Computer Aided Design Laboratory
Digital Image Analysis Lab
Condensed Matter Photonics Laboratory
Package and Interconnect Modeling Lab
Embedded Systems Design Laboratory
High Performance Computing Architectures & Technologies Lab
Information Processing & Decision Systems Lab
Integrated System Design Laboratory
Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Lab for Engineering Non-Traditional Sensors
Lab for Sensor and Array Processing
Millimeter Wave Circuits and Antenna Laboratory
Microwave Engineering Laboratory
Model Based System Design Laboratory
Nanostructures and Circuit Simulation Lab
Numerical Computing Laboratory
Optical Communication Systems Laboratory
Optical Computing and Processing Laboratory
Numerical Computing Laboratory
Optical Materials Research Laboratory
Photonics Systems Lab
Reconfigurable Computing Lab
Signal and Image Laboratory
Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory
Neuromorphic Vision and Robotics Systems Lab
Tissue Optics Laboratory
Ubiquitous & Embedded Computing Systems Lab
VLSI Design Laboratory
Wireless and Advanced Networking Group
Robotics and Neural Systems Lab