Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Centers and Institutes

• Academy of Electronic Media  - Facility created to develop interactive multimedia, pedagogy, and technologies that facilitate learning.
• Center for Advanced Interconnect Systems Technologies  - Privately-supported and -funded center. Undertakes studies on electronic scattering at Cu-interconnect surfaces, novel pore sealing for ultra low-temperature materials, and direct electrodeposition of copper on barrier layers.
• Center for Automation Technologies and Systems  - NYSTAR designated center for advanced technology. Site provides information on the research efforts undertaken, facilities, and programs.
• Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies  - Advanced research facility focusing on the application of engineering and the physical and information sciences to the life sciences.
• Center for Broadband Data Transport Science and Technology  - Undertakes research in optical and electrical data transport, switching, and processing to enable massive scaling in IT systems. Find information about facilities.
• Center for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CEES)  - Engineering facility involved in experiments related to the behavior of soils and foundations under cyclic and dynamic loads. Includes upcoming events and video.
• Center for Future Energy Systems  - Research facility dedicated to developing renewable energy and promoting energy efficiency.
• Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies  - Facility established to create a collaborative environment for multidisciplinary research on systems that make societal activity possible within the built environment.
• Center for Integrated Electronics  - Aims to advance technologies for electronic devices, architecture, and packaging.
• Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking  - Multidisciplinary group of researchers collaborating to promote pervasive computing and the embedding of computer systems on various devices.
• Center for Power Electronics Systems  - Advanced power device research laboratory. Site provides information on research activities, faculty, staff, and students.
• Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS)  - Unified, multidisciplinary research center dedicated to revolutionizing the ability to detect and image biomedical and environmental-civil objects.
• Center for Terahertz Research  - Rensselaer facility dedicated to exploring and exploiting the unique advantages of terahertz (THz) radiation.
• Darrin Fresh Water Institute  - Center for research dedicated to undertaking all-encompassing studies on fresh water systems and ecological processes.
• Inverse Problems Center (IPC)  - Site provides information on IPC's research groups, participants, conferences, and seminars.
• Lighting Research Center  - University-based education and research center dedicated to energy use and lighting technologies and applications.
• NSF - Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures  - Research, education, and technology dissemination facility. Serves as an international resource for knowledge and applications in nanoscale science and technology.
• RPI Focus Center  - Component of the SIA/DARPA driven Focus Center Research Program (FCRP). Engages in activities aimed at discovering and inventing new solutions for the semiconductor industry.
• Scientific Computation Research Center  - Develops simulation technologies for engineers, scientists, medical professionals, and other practitioners.
• Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory  - Applied and basic research facility specializing in computer-mediated communication, human-computer interaction, psychology, cognitive science, and community informatics.