List of research centers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Further information: List of research groups at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

The following is a list of some research labs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst:

Life Sciences Laboratory

College of Natural Sciences

• Apiary Laboratory (entomology, microbiology)
• Genomic Resource Laboratory (molecular biology)
• Massachusetts Center for Renewable Energy Science and Technology
• Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions (physics) ^[1]
• Center for Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Computation
• Center for Geometry, Analysis, Numerics, and Graphics (www.gang.umass.edu)
• Pediatric Physical Activity Laboratory (PPAL)

College of Engineering (CoE)

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) labs

• Antennas and Propagation Laboratory
• Architecture and Real-Time Systems Laboratory ^[2]
• Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas (CASCA)
• Complex Systems Modeling and Control Laboratory
• Emerging Nanoelectronics Laboratory ^[3]
• Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
• Feedback Control Systems Lab
• High-Dimensional Signal Processing Lab ^[4]
• Information Systems Laboratory
• Integrated Nanobiotechnology Lab ^[5]
• Laboratory for Millimeter Wavelength Devices and Applications
• Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) ^[6]
• Multimedia Networks Laboratory
• Multimedia Networks and Internet Laboratory ^[7]
• Nanodevices and Integrated Systems Laboratory ^[8]
• Nanoelectronics Theory and Simulation Laboratory ^[9]
• Nanoscale Computing Fabrics & Cognitive Architectures Lab ^[10]
• Network Systems Laboratory
• Photonics Laboratory ^[11]
• Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory ^[12]
• Sustainable Computing Lab ^[13]
• VLSI CAD Laboratory ^[14]
• VLSI Circuits and Systems Laboratory ^[15]
• Wireless Systems Laboratory ^[16]
• Yield and Reliability of VLSI Circuits

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Labs

• Arbella Insurance Human Performance Laboratory (Engineering Laboratory Building)
• Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Multi-Phase Flow Simulation Laboratory
• Soil Mechanics Laboratories (located at Marston Hall and ELAB-II)
• Wind Energy Center (formerly the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory)

College of Information & Computer Sciences (CICS)

• Autonomous Learning Laboratory
• Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Center for e-Design
• Knowledge Discovery Laboratory
• Laboratory For Perceptual Robotics
• Resource-Bounded Reasoning Laboratory

Other

• Center for Economic Development
• Center for Education Policy
• Labor Relations and Research Center
• National Center for Digital Governance
• Political Economy Research Institute
• Scientific Reasoning Research Institute
• The Environmental Institute
• Virtual Center for Supernetworks

References

1. "Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions (ACFI) | Advancing research in theoretical and experimental physics at the interface of the Energy, Intensity, and Cosmic frontiers". www.physics.umass.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
2. "ARTS Lab". www.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
3. "Yang Research Group - The Ionic and Electronic Device and Materials (IEDM) Group". www.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
4. "High-Dimensional Signal Processing Group". www.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
5. "Guangyu Xu". people.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
6. "The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory | UMass". mirsl.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
7. "Multimedia networking and Internet Lab". rio.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
8. "Nanodevices & Integrated Systems Lab -- Qiangfei Xia Group at UMass Amherst". nano.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
9. http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/labs/ntsl/index.html?_ga=2.53470315.230215322.1569692561-1060091606.1569692561
10. "Nanoscale Computing Fabrics Lab | UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
11. "Photonics Laboratory".
12. "Reconfigurable Computing Group".
13. https://sustainablecomputinglab.org/
14. "VLSI CAD Lab | UMass Amherst". www.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
15. "VLSI Circuits and Systems Group". vcsg.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
16. "Wireless Systems Laboratory". www-unix.ecs.umass.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-04.