Research
Welcome
Norma Alcantar, Associate Dean for Research
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (USF) is continuing its exciting research agenda and addressing the world’s most pressing problems in these challenging times. USF's annual research expenditures have exceeded a half-billion dollars in recent years and the College of Engineering has played a vital role in contributing to the university’s research enterprise both in terms of research expenditures and the intellectual contributions of its faculty, researchers and students.
The College of Engineering currently has more than 190 faculty and researchers conducting research in its seven departments and 11 centers. The College's 11 research centers have garnered national and international recognition, including the outstanding contributions of the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) and the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). With its tens of millions of dollars in annual, externally funded research expenditures, the College's faculty, researchers and students have made remarkable economic, societal, and intellectual contributions (The published works of the faculty alone have been cited more than 100,000 times in prominent citation databases such as Scopus®.). With emerging challenges facing societies throughout the world, and an ambitious plan for research expansion to address these challenges at the University and College levels, the College of Engineering's research enterprise continues to be poised for unprecedented growth and impact.
Major Areas of Research
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Synfuels Production Process and Design | Biofluidics | Nanotechnology | Electrochemistry
Supercritical Fluids | Fuel Cells | Smart Materials |Hydrogen Production and Storage
|Drug and Gene Delivery| Surface Science and Technology |Advanced Materials|Engineering
Materials Corrosion|Neuroengineering
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Structural Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Sustainability | Materials | Water Resources|Transportation Engineering | Geoenvironmental Systems |Engineering Mechanics | Geotechnics
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Computer Vision | Algorithms Graphics | Networks Bioinformatics | Distributed Systems
Computer Security | VLSI Design | Image Processing|Databases|Robotics | Artificial
Intelligence|Pattern Recognition | Computer Architecture
Department of Electrical Engineering
Precision Navigation | Small Satellites and Mission Design | Guidance Navigation and Control | Circuits |Aerospace Engineering | Materials | Nano Electronics |Bioengineering | Networking | RF Microwave EM | Energy Power | Communications | Biomedical Systems | Systems Controls | Signal Processing | MEMS | VLSI | Clean Energy | Sustainability
Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
Health Care Systems | Disease Diagnosis and Prevention | Smart Electricity Grids | Additive Manufacturing | Natural Resources | Sustainability of Critical Infrastructure | Analytics and Decision Support | Education Innovation | Resource Allocation and Utilization | Transportation | Logistics and Inventory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Robotics | MEMS | Composite Materials | Clean Energy Technologies | Compliant Mechanisms |Biomedical and Tissues Engineering | Sustainable Design | Heat Transfer and Thermo Fluids| Biosensors and Biofluids | Nano Materials and Manufacturing |Engineering Education Research|Rehabilitation Engineering | System Dynamics and Vibrations
Department of Medical Engineering
Nanomedicine | Cardiovascular Sciences | Hearing-Impaired Systems | Nanowire-based Imaging |Medical Diagnostic Systems | Biomedical Instrumentation and Imaging Techniques | Micropumps for Localized Drug Delivery | Oncology Biomedical Engineering | Novel Biomedical Imaging Systems |Brain Signals and Neuroplasticity| Vascular Surgery Device Development