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)

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