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California
NanoSystems Institute
CNSI is a joint effort between UCLA and UCSB to facilitate the
development of the information, biomedical and manufacturing technologies
that will dominate science and the economy in the 21st century.
Center
for Embedded Networked Sensing
CENS is developing embedded networked sensing systems and applying
this revolutionary technology to critical scientific and social
applications.
Center
for High Frequency Electronics
The CHFE was established to provide resources to faculty, researchers
and industry for research that requires state-of-the-art design,
fabrication and use of microwave/millimeter wave instrumentation.
Center for Information and Computation Security
CICS is pursuing techniques and solutions for securing national and private sector information
infrastructures, including long-term foundational work and short-term applied research.
Center for Nanoscience Innovation
for Defense
CNID is a joint effort with UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside
to facilitate the rapid transition of research in the nanosciences
into applications for the defense sector.
Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing
SINAM will transform laboratory science
into industrial applications in nanoelectronics and biomedicine,
creating the next generation of nanotools and systems that will
enable cost-effective nanomanufacturing.
Center
for Systems, Dynamics and Controls
SyDyC serves to foster the increasingly multidisciplinary nature
of dynamics and controls research. Activities at SyDyC span a
wide range of engineering technologies, from micro-gyros to large-scale
multi-vehicle networks.
F
Flight
Systems Research Center
Established in 1985, the FSRC is a joint effort between the Dryden
Flight Research Center and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science to encourage cooperative research in the area
of aeronautical flight systems.
Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics Focus Center
Based on the latest advances in nanotechnology, molecular electronics
and quantum computing, FENA will extend semiconductor technology
further into the realm of the nanoscale.
Fusion
Science and Technology Center
The Center includes a number of state-of-the-art experimental
facilities for conducting research in fusion engineering in the
areas of liquid metal magnetohyrodynamic fluid flow; thick and
thin liquid metal systems exposed to intense particle and heat
flux loads; and metallic and ceramic material thermomechanics.
I
Institute for
Cell Mimetic Space Exploration
By mimicking a cell’s information processing abilities,
CMISE will establish a model for space-system design that will
redefine space exploration technology.
Institute for Technology Advancement
The Institute for Technology Advancement (ITA) is an off-campus
technology development center established by the UCLA Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science to accelerate the transition
of high-impact innovative research from UCLA to technology development
and commercialization.
N
Nanoelectronics
Research Facility
The facility offers expertise in micro- and nano-technology fabrication
equipment, as well as professionally managed use of clean room
facilities to UCLA researchers, industry users and other interested
parties.
Network
for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
(NEES) is a national, networked collaboration of geographically-distributed,
shared-use experimental research equipment sites. NEES@UCLA is
an equipment site specializing in field testing and monitoring
of structural performance.
S
Southern
California Particle Center and Supersite
The SCPCS brings together outstanding scientists from leading
universities in Southern California to identify and conduct the
highest priority research for airborne particulate matter (PM)
to ensure protection of the public health.
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Wireless Internet for
Mobile Enterprise Consortium
A UCLA-based university-industry collaborative activity whose participants develop
technologies and business related research and educational issues of relevance to the
wireless and mobile industries. |