Ultra Low Power, High Speed, Massively Integrated Logic and Memory Devices: This laboratory is developing novel nanoscale signal restoration and inversion without the use of semiconductors. The research is relevant to both environmental monitoring and space exploration.
Thermal, Micro-Imaging Computation: This laboratory is pursuing computational methods for understanding the behavior of nano-materials under extreme conditions with the objective of developing tunable, thermal conducutivity materials.
Biological and Chemical Detection Laboratories: Offering the potential to affect many aspects of human life, ranging from medicine and national security to food safety and the environment, researchers are working on various types of diagnostic devices that could be reliable, portable and affordable. One team is developing a novel fiber optic sensor employing metal nanostructures that could allow for single molecule detection. Another is working on a fast nucleic acid detection assay that would allow for fast (15 minutes), accurate detection of microbial pathogens in a hand held portable device.