Bourns Research Area Clusters

College faculty members have expansive research interests which can be categorized in broad clusters. Add to these the interdisciplinary faculty collaborations with the Materials Science and Engineering program and cooperating research faculty from the university and beyond and the college conducts a strong and relevant research program.

BIOENGINEERING

• Cellular Control and Regulation
• Mathematical and In-silico Computational Modeling
• Biophysics

CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

• Biotechnology
• Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
• Air and Water Quality Systems Engineering
• Energy Systems
• Theory and Molecular Modeling

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Algorithms, Bioinformatics Theory, and Logic
• Architecture, Embedded Systems
• Databases, Data Mining Software
• Systems and Networks
• Vision and Artificial Intelligence

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

• Nano Materials, Circuits and Devices
• Controls and Robotics
• Intelligent Systems
• Communications and Signal Processing

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Energy Processing
• Bio Transport
• Nano- and Micro-Devices
• Information & Design Engineering
• Materials Properties & Processing
• Multiphase Flow and Combustion
• Air Quality and Fire Engineering