Our college is home to numerous centers, institutes and laboratories that are dedicated to building strategic collaborations with academia, industry,
government, and other stakeholders while seeking innovative solutions that improve lives in Iowa, the nation, and the world.
Centers and Institutes
College of Engineering (CoE)
- ARA Wireless Living Lab
- Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach (CyIO)
- Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)
- Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE)
- Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE)
- Center for Smart Design and Manufacturing (CSDM)
- Electric Power Research Center (EPRC)
- Microelectronics Research Center (MRC)
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)
- VRAC: Visualize. Reason. Analyze. Collaborate.
- Center for Wireless, Communities and Innovation (WiCI)
- Quad Cities Smart Design and Manufacturing Lab (QCSDM)
University (with CoE Expertise)
- AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture
- Ames National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy
- BioCentury Research Farm
- Bioeconomy Institute
- Bridge Engineering Center
- NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
- Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
- Institute for Transportation
- Nanovaccine Institute
- Office of Biotechnology
- Plant Sciences Institute
- Translational AI Center