GSI is committed to advancing research in support of national and global security.
Research Centers
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
CNCE focuses on developing the next generation of carbon management technologies with a focus on carbon recycling and disposal and the economic and policy implications of air capture.
Center for Environmental Health Engineering
CEHS aims to better understand and manage key environmental determinants of human health and global sustainability.
Adaptive Intelligent Materials & Systems Center
AIMS Center works to solve large-scale problems that benefit the economy and society through research on intelligent materials and adaptive systems.
Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation
AzCATI harnesses algae technology to produce renewable energy, food, feed and other valuable products.
ASU Energy Efficiency Center
ASU Energy Efficiency Center is a DOE Industrial Assessment Center committed to identifying sustainable technology, systems, and productivity.
Water and Environmental Technology Center
WET promotes molecular and environmental research aimed at enhancing the quality of water.
Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology
The Swette Center at ASU manages microbial communities that promote the environmental sustainability of our society.
Sensor, Signal and Information Processing Center
SenSIP an ASU research center advances next-generation integrated multidisciplinary sensing applications in various fields.
Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics Center
STAM focuses on active investigations of new microelectronics in the expanding landscape of the semiconductor industry.
Center for Human/Artificial Intelligence/Robot Teaming
CHART focuses on developing methods to assemble the most effective human-synthetic agent teams in support of national security with a multidisciplinary approach.
Power Systems Engineering Research Center
PSERC research at ASU addresses new energy sources as well as complex and diverse problems faced by the electric power industry.
Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering
Metis Center at ASU focuses on learning how engineered and built systems are integrated with natural and human systems.
National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations
NCE SMART at ASU seeks to quantify complex climate-energy system interactions and develop cost effective solutions to reduce negative impacts.
Flexible Electronics and Display Center*
FEDC is an ASU research center that aims at bridging the resource-intensive gap between innovation and product development.
Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures
WISCA aids the development of advanced fluid protocols and mixed software-defined radios with hardware accelerators, based at ASU.
Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks
TOMNET is an ASU research center that focuses on developing and advancing transportation forecasting models for mobility of people and goods.
Center for Research Advancing Racial Equity, Justice and Sociotechnical Innovation Centered in Engineering
RARE JUSTICE is a nexus at ASU focused on the research and implementation of anti-racist technologies, educational practices and impact.
Center for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems
EVSTS aims to yield transformational improvements in the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of ground vehicles.
Center for Photonics Innovation*
CPI focuses on research related to the fundamental study of photon-matter interactions and practical optical sensors for medical and biological impacts.
Center for Hydrologic Innovations
CHI focuses on water science and engineering that advances the mission of water managers and decision-makers for the benefit of industry and society.
Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing
CUbiC facilitates multimedia computing through sensing and processing, recognition and learning, interaction and delivery to develop applications for assistive, rehabilitative and healthcare applications.
Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations
CTF focuses on developing the next generation of cyber-reasoning systems that can automatically find vulnerabilities, synthesize exploits, and create patches of real-world software.
Center for Complex System Safety
CCSS transforms safety assurance through prognostics-based risk management based on an approach combining information fusion, probabilistic physics-based learning, and large network computing and communication.
Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation*
CBDA studies cell dynamics in diseases, technology for measuring cellular events and microorganisms’ responses to harsh environmental changes.
Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors
The BB Center aims to develop next-generation platforms to improve technologies in the health industries.
Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society
CBSS translates insights between computer science and biology to understand and mitigate malicious behavior in complex systems, with application in managing cancer and repairing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency
CAOE develops and applies advanced analytical tools and technologies to enhance planning, information sharing and real-time decision-making in homeland security operations.
ASU–Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging
AMCII aims to improve patient care by developing innovative therapeutic technologies, imaging acquisitions, imaging analytic tools, machine learning, and artificial intelligence algorithms.
ASU–Starbucks Center for the Future of People and the Planet
The ASU-Starbucks Center emphasizes research on developing greener stores, community betterment, food and wellness, and innovation test stores.
Center for Assured and Scalable Data Engineering
CASCADE bridges industry and academia, translating research in data processing and analysis into impactful technological solutions for sectors like energy, healthcare, security and finance.
Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub
The Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub, or SWAP Hub, is a microelectronics innovation and prototyping hub funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, based at ASU.
Center for Embedded Systems
CES enables sensing, communications, computing, and control in everyday objects, with applications in many areas, including personalized healthcare, consumer electronics, aerospace, industrial automation, automotive and transportation and security.
Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology
BRAIN centers on an innovation ecosystem that studies human interaction with medical device technologies.
Connection One
Connection One’s research focuses on developing technologies for cellular, environmental and defense applications.
Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
CBBG focuses on biologically based design and sustainability to develop ecologically friendly, cost-effective solutions, inspired by nature, for development and rehabilitation of resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems.
Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center
NEWT works on water treatment systems that facilitate access to clean water anywhere.
ASU Center for Semiconductor Microelectronics
ACME focuses on research on devices, circuits and architectures, through strategic collaborations with industry partners.
Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies*
QESST emphasizes research that provides improvement in the efficiency, economic viability and sustainability of photovoltaic systems.
Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon – EPIXC
Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon – EPIXC is the DOE’s 7th Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute, based at ASU.