Students have the opportunity to work, one-on-one, with faculty researchers pursuing projects in cutting edge technologies at such state-of-the-art centers and labs as the Advanced Networking Laboratory;

• Center for Communications and Signal Processing Research;
• the Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory;
• the Device and Material Characterization Laboratory (Silicon Nano Electronics);
• Electronic Imaging Center, the Microelectronics Research Center;
• and the NSF IUCRC in Information Assurance.

Ongoing research projects are well funded by federal funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation, US Army, Department of Defense, NIH, ONR, and leading industries. Students have opportunities to conduct thesis research with participating industry, hospitals, and university centers and departments.