Research Centers

We house more than a dozen college-based research centers and participate in a variety of university-based centers and institutes.

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College of Engineering Research Centers

• Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems (CARS)
• Center for Composite Materials (CCM)
• Center for Research in Soft Matter & Polymers (CRiSP)

• Biomolecular Interaction Technologies Center (BITC)
• Center for Applied Coastal Research (CACR)
• Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB)
• Center for Biomanufacturing Science and Technology (CBST)
• Center for Biomechanical Engineering Research (CBER)
• Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST)
• Center for Cybersecurity, Assurance and Privacy (CCAP)
• Center for Fuel Cells and Batteries (CFCB)
• Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials (CHARM)
• Center for Neutron Science (CNS)
• Delaware Center for Transportation (DCT)
• Mid-Atlantic Industrial Assessment Center (MIAC)
• Sociotechnical Systems Center (SSC)

University-wide Centers, Institutes and Initiatives with Engineering Faculty

• National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
• Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
• Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID)
• Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI)
• BADER Consortium
• Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI)
• Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research (DCMR)
• Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN)
• Disaster Research Center (DRC)
• Delaware Rehabilitation Institute (DRI)
• Delaware Energy Institute (DEI)
• Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC)
• UD ADVANCE Institute
• UD Data Science Institute (DSI)
• UD Nanofabrication Facility (UDNF)