The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Headquarters: Atlanta , GA
Description:
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) provides the resources to foster innovative research in behavioral neuroscience, with a specific focus on the neurobiology of social behavior. Research areas are organized into collaboratories, which include: Fear, Aggression, Affiliation, and Reproduction Behaviors. The collaboratories are supported by cores which will be established in Molecular, Cellular, Systems, and Computational neuroscience, as well as in Imaging and Behavioral Technologies.
The Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology
Headquarters: Sacramento , CA
Description: The Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology (CBST) has a mission to improve the quality of life by dramatically expanding the use of photons in and the development of technology for the life sciences, bioengineering and health care. Biophotonics is the science of generating and harnessing light (photons) to image, detect and manipulate biological materials. Research areas include: Bioimaging, Biomaterial & Biomembranes, Medical Devices, and Sensors & Assays.
The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
Headquarters: Los Angeles , CA
Description: The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) is developing Embedded Networked Sensing (ENS) Systems and applying this revolutionary technology to critical scientific and social applications. ENS systems are massively distributed collections of smart sensors and actuators embedded in the physical world. Research areas include: Adaptive Self-Configuring Wireless Systems, Coordinated Actuation, Collaborative Signal Processing, and Micro/Nano Sensor Technology. The societal applications of this research includes: Habitat Sensing, Seismic Sensing and Structural Monitoring, Contaminant Transport Monitoring, and Monitoring of Marine Microorganisms.
The Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes
Headquarters: Chapel Hill , NC
Description:
The Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes (CERSP) vision is to enable a
revolution in green chemistry through cutting-edge, integrated physical science/engineering; social
science; and educational programs. CERSP will explore the fundamental science and engineering
principles associated with the CO2 technology platform, exposing students to research that makes a
difference to society. CERSP: Research areas include Macromolecular Synthesis and Engineering,
Synthesis and Processing of Nanocolloids, Crystals and Wires Nanocoatings, Technologies Enabling
"Dry" Processes for Microelectronics, and Separations.
The Center for Adaptive Optics
Headquarters: Santa Cruz , CA
Description:
The Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) will concentrate on astronomical and vision science
applications of adaptive optics and will reach out to other adaptive optics communities to
share technologies. It will develop new instruments optimized for adaptive optics. Adaptive
optics is a method for removing the blurring of images caused by changing distortions within
optical systems. Research areas include: AO for Extremely Large Telescopes, Extreme Adaptive
Optics enabling ultra-high-contrast astronomical observations, and Compact Vision Science
Instrumentation for Clinical and Scientific Use.
The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling
Headquarters: Boston , MA
Description:
The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM) will create computer models able to
provide advance warning of potentially harmful space weather events that could put astronauts at
risk, disable satellites, disrupt communications, or cause costly damage on earth. "Space weather"
includes a wide range of phenomena that arise in space near the earth through the interaction of
powerful forces associated with the sun, the earth, and the constant outward flow of material from
the sun known as the solar wind. Research areas include: Solar/Interplanetary Activity,
Magnetospheric Modeling, Ionosphere/Thermosphere/Mesosphere, and Computation.
The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research
Headquarters: Seattle , WA
Description:
The Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR) will become
a national research and education resource for the photonics and information technology
communities by providing innovative solutions to the ever-changing challenges that the
information technology industry and the broader society will experience in the next decades.
Research areas include: Theory, Electro-Optic (E-O) and All-Optical-Switching (AOS) Materials
and Devices, Light Sources and Organic Electronics, Microfabrication and Nanoengineered
Materials.
Headquarters:
Ithaca , NY
Description: The Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) is characterized by its highly
interdisciplinary nature and features a close collaboration between life scientists,
physical scientists, and engineers. Nanobiotechnology is an emerging area of scientific
and technological opportunity that integrates nano/microfabrication and biosystems to
the benefit of both. Research areas include: Biomolecular Devices and Analysis,
Biomolecular Dynamics, Cellular Microdynamics, Cell-Surface Interactions, Nanoscale
Cell Biology, and Nanoscale Materials.
The National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Headquarters: Minneapolis , MN
Description:
The National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics (NCED) develops integrated models of the physical
and ecological dynamics of the channel systems that shape Earth's surface through time, in support
of river management, environmental forecasting, and resource development. Research areas include:
landscape evolution, fluid dynamics, river food web ecology, and morphodynamic processes across
environments and scales.
The Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
Headquarters: Tucson , AZ
Description:
The Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas(SAHRA's) mission is to
promote sustainable management of water resources in semi-arid regions, through stakeholder-driven
interdisciplinary research, aggressive public outreach and strong education initiatives, which
leads to the rapid dissemination and application of cutting-edge scientific knowledge. Research
areas include: Spatial and Temporal Components of the Water Balance, Basin Scale Water and Solute
Balances, Functioning of Riparian Systems, Multi-Resolution Integrated Modeling, and the Analysis
of Water Resources Competition, Conflict, Planning and Policy.
The Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water with Systems
Headquarters: Urbana , IL
Description:
The mission of the Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water with Systems
(WaterCAMPWS) is to develop materials and systems to purify the earth’s waters for drinking,
agricultural, industrial, and ecological applications. The WaterCAMPWS’ congruent mission is to
develop diverse human resources to enhance the scientific research, educational, and industrial
workforce for water purification. Research areas include: membrane science and processes;
adsorption science and processes; chemical oxidation-reduction science and processes; biochemical
processes; and active aqueous transport processes.
