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The Clark School is home to almost 200 facilities dedicated to world-class research. A comprehensive listing of the Clark School's research laboratories, centers, major projects and consortia appears below. Facilities are categorized by their affiliated department or institute.

Research Facilities by Department
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Fire Protection Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Reliability Engineering

Research Facilities by Institiute
Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
Institute for Systems Research

Research Facilities by Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Centers
Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center
Center for Hypersonics and Research

Laboratories
Advanced Propulsion Research Laboratory (APRL)
Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory (AVL)
Composites Research Laboratory (CORE)
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel (GLMWT)
Space Systems Laboratory

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Centers
Bridge Engineering Software and Technology Center
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
Center for Geotechnology Centrifuge Modeling
Center for Technology and Systems and Management
Maryland Transportation Technology Transfer Center

Laboratories
Consortium for ITS Training and Education
Advanced Traffic Safety and Operations Laboratory

Major Projects and Consortia
Aladdin Matrix and Finite Element Analysis

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Centers
Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Interconnections and Packaging

Laboratories
AI Laboratory
Bionanosensors Lab
Charged Particle Beam and Accelerator Research
Comcast Multimedia Signal Processing Laboratory
Communications and Signal Processing Lab
Computational Sensorimotor Systems Laboratory
Computer-Aided Design of Digital Signal Processing
Computer Security Laboratory
Computer Vision Laboratory
Electron-beam Lithography Lab
FabLab
Global Land Cover Facility
Gyroklystron Lab
Integrated Biomorphic Information Systems Lab
Intelligent Servosystems Lab
Intense Laser Matter Interactions
KECK Lab for the Analysis of Visual Motion / Keck Multi-Camera Capture Facility
Laboratory for Ion Beam Research and Applications
Laboratory for Parallel and Distributed Computing
Magnetics Laboratory
MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab
Microwave Circuits Laboratory
Microsystems Lab
Mixed Signal VLSI Design Lab
Molecular Beam Epitaxy Lab
Nanoelectronics Lab
Nanomagnetics Research Group
Nano Materials and Structures Lab
Nanophotonics Lab
Neural Systems Lab
Optical Communications & Sensors Lab
Photocathode Development
Photonic Switching and Integrated Optoelectronics Lab
Photonics Research Lab
Pseudospark Lab
Quantum Computing Lab
Quantum Devices Lab
Quantum Transport Lab
Scanning Probe Lab
Semiconductor Research Lab
Semiconductor Simulation Lab
Signals and Information Group
Speech Communication Lab
System Engineering and Integration Lab

Systems & Computer Architecture Lab
University of Maryland Electron Ring
Wireless Sensor Laboratory

Affiliated Centers
Engineering Research Center (ERC)
Center for Auditory and Acoustic Research
Center for Control and Dynamics of Smart Structures
Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet)
Center for Automation Research
Microelectronics Research Center
Center for Superconductivity Research
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

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Department of Fire Protection Engineering

Laboratories
Fire Dynamics Laboratory
Fire Risk Assessment and Pyrometrics Laboratory
CCI Computation and Fire Modeling Laboratory

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Laboratories
Microelectronics Devices Laboratory
The Laboratory for Radiation and Polymer Science
The University of Maryland 2x4 Thermal Hydraulic Loop Facility
The Polymer Characterization Laboratory
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Centers
CALCE Electronic Packaging Research Center
Center for Technology Risk Studies
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Center
Space Lidar Technology and Materials Center

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Laboratories
CALCE Electronic Packaging Manufacturing Laboratory
CALCE Microelectronics and Emerging Technologies Thermal Lab
CALCE Mechanical Behavior Laboratory
CALCE Material Analysis Laboratory
CALCE Environmental Testing Laboratory
CALCE Microelectronic Packaging Laboratory
CEEE Energy Laboratory
CEEE Computation Laboratory
CEEE Heat Pump Laboratory
CEEE Heat Transfer Enhancement Laboratory
CEEE Refrigeration Laboratory
Combustion Diagnostics and Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Combustion Engineering Laboratory
Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory
Designer Assistance Tool Laboratory
Dynamics Effects Laboratory
Electronic Systems Cost Modeling Laboratory
HydroDynamics Laboratory
Intelligent Control Engineering Laboratory
Machine Tool Dynamics Laboratory
Manufacturing Automation Laboratory
Mems and Microsystems Laboratory
Multiphase Transport Laboratory
Phase Change Heat Transfer Laboratory
Photomechanics Laboratory (SMSRC)
Optomechanics and Multi-Layer Systems Laboratory
Polymer Processing Laboratory
Precision Engineering Analysis Laboratory
Reacting Flow Laboratory
SAE Engine Testing Laboratory
SAE Projects Laboratory
Sensor Fabrication Laboratory
Turbulence Research Laboratory
Vibrations Laboratory
Vibration & Noise Control Laboratory
Virtual Reality Laboratory

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Reliability Engineering

Centers
CALCE Electronic Packaging Research Center
Center for Machine Condition Monitoring at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Center for IC Failure Analysis and Reliability

Major Projects and Consortia
Functional Modeling

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Research Facilities by Institute

Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics

Laboratories
Charged Particle Beam Research
University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER)
Gyroklystron Program
Microwave Processing Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Harmonic Gyrotron Laboratory
Maryland Infrared Free Electron Laser (MIRFEL)
Ion Beam Research and Applications
Plasma Processing of Materials
Nonlinear Dynamics (Chaos)
Nonlinear Dynamics Dynamo Laboratory
Sodium Laboratory
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems
Pattern Formation: Optical
Pattern Formation: Granular Media and Alloys
Experimental Plasma Physics
Maryland Centrifugal Experiment (MCX)
Microwave and Chaos Effects on Electronics (MURI 2001)

Major Projects and Consortia
Plasma Theory Group

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Institute for Systems Research

Centers
Center for Auditory and Acoustic Research
Center for Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures
Center for Satellite and Hyrbrid Communication Networks

Constituent Labs
Chemical Processes Lab
Communication and Signal Processing Lab
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab
Intelligent Servosystems Lab
Neural Systems Lab
Systems Engineering and Integration Lab

Affiliated Labs
Avanced Design and Manufacturing Lab
Autonomous Mobile Robotics Lab
Computational Sensorimotor Lab
Human Computer Interaction Lab
Hybrid Networks Lab
Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing
Maryland MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) Lab
Space Systems Lab

Major Projects and Consortia
Advanced Telecommunications and Information Distribution Research Program
Center for Engineering Learning Systems
Collaborative Agent Technology System Project
FAA NEXTOR: National Center of Excellence in Aviation Operations Research
Interactive Maryland Platform for Agents Collaborating Together
Integrating Product Dynamics and Process Models— Operational Methods in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Learning and Intelligent Systems br> Process Control and Neural Network Consortium

 

 

   
 

 

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