Research Centers & Labs

University Institutes & Centers

• Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering
• Information Sciences Institute
• Institute for Creative Technologies
• The Energy Institute

NSF Engineering Research Centers

• Integrated Media Systems Center
• Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems

NIH Centers

• Biomedical Simulations Resource (BMSR)
• Center for Genomic and Phenomic Studies in Autism
• Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology (UTRC)
• Biomedical Information Research Network (BIRN) Coordinating Center

Department of Homeland Security Centers

• Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
• Center for Knowledge Integration and Discovery (CKID)

DoD University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)

• Institute for Creative Technologies (also listed under University Institutes & Centers)
• The Stevens-USC Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)

DoE Energy Frontiers Research Centers (EFRC)

• Center for Energy Nanoscience

DoE Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)

• Cracking Under Stress
• Performance Engineering Research

DoT Research Center

• National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS)

Center Partnerships With Industry

• Aerospace Institute for Engineering Research (AIER)
• Infosys Center for Advanced Software Technologies (CAST)
• Korean Air/General Electric Institute for International Collaboration (KAGERIIC)
• Pratt & Whitney Institute for Collaborative Engineering (PWICE)
• USC-Chevron Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft)
• USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center
• TCC Institute for Emissions Reduction in Marine Diesel Engines

Organized Research Units

• Biomedical Simulations Resource
• Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT)
• Center for Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis (CEMMA)
• Center for Megacities
• Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology (CQIST)
• Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES)
• Center for Systems and Software Engineering
• Center for Vision Science and Technology
• Gill Foundation Composites Center
• Microsatellite Systems Center (MSC)
• Photonics Center
• Space Engineering Research Center 
• Center for Computer Systems Security

Other Centers

• Center for Neural Engineering
• Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT)
• Communication Sciences Institute
• Digital Government Research Center
• Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
• Postel Center at USC/ISI
• Signal and Image Processing Institute
• USC Water Institute
• Ming Hsieh Institute

Research Laboratories and Groups

• Advanced Interconnect and Network Technology Group
• Analysis of Network Traffic Lab
• Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control
• Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory
• Biophotonics Lab
• Brain-Body Dynamics Laboratory
• Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations
• Compound Semiconductor Laboratory
• Computational Behavior Group
• Computational Learning and Motor Control Laboratory
• Computer Graphics and Immersive Technologies (CGIT) laboratory
• Computer Vision Group
• Dynamics and Control Cluster
• Earthquake Engineering - Strong Ground Motion Group 
• Embedded Networks Laboratory
• GamePipe Laboratory  
• IMPACT Laboratory
• Innovation In Integrated Informatics LAB (i-LAB)
• The Interaction Laboratory
• K12@USC Project
• Magnetic Resonance Engineering Laboratory
• Multimodal Communication and Machine Learning Laboratory
• Nanophotonics Laboratory
• Natural Language Dialogue Group
• Natural Language Processing Project
• NIDRR Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
• Optical Communications Laboratory (OCLab)
• Plasma Accelerator Group
• Postel Center at USC/ISI
• Robotics Research Laboratory
• Sensor Networks Cluster
• Structural Laboratory
• Sustainable Cities Program
• System Power Optimization and RegulationTechnology Lab (SPORT)  
• Tsunami Research Group
• Teamcore Research Group