Facilities
In addition to many undergraduate teaching labs, the department houses a large number of state-of-the-art research labs dedicated to graduate research. Detailed information about the centers and laboratories in the ECE department can be found at the following URL: http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/research/centers.php. We provide brief descriptions of some of these facilities as examples of labs, which will be used by the summer REU students.
- Nanoelectronics Facility - A member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, The NCSU Nanofabrication Facility (NNF) is located in the Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center (MRC) on NCSU Centennial Campus with a state-of-the-art cleanroom of 7,400 sq.ft. The facility is equipped for complete device and nanostructure fabrication processing a large variety of materials including semiconductors, optoelectronic, molecular and magnetic materials and ceramics. It is ranked amongst the best University facilities in the country, it is a member of the national nanotechnology infrastructure network (NNIN) featuring lithography capabilities below 100 nm.
- Opto-Electronics & Lightwave Engineering Laboratory – This laboratory focuses on light-matter interactions in soft-condensed matter. The lab is equipped for fabrication and testing of Liquid Crystal Displays (ultra-efficient) LCDs, Optofluidic Devices for Manipulation of Cells & Nanoparticles, Integrated Biophotonics, Spectral and Imaging Polarimetry and Spectrometers, Organic Lasers, Photonic Switches and Tunable Filters and Optical Beamsteering
Electronics Research Laboratory - This Laboratory is well equipped for RF and Microwave measurement, characterization and prototyping with over $7M equipment. It is one of the top four academic laboratories in the world for RF measurements with good coverage up to 110GHz and beyond. The major equipment in the laboratories includes Vector Signal Generators, Vector Signal Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers. Equipments are listed below in more detail. ERL also has excellent computing facilities with eight networked computers, which control the most measurements using LabView instrumentation control software. - Microelectronics Systems Laboratory – This is a state-of-the-art digital electronics laboratory for research projects in the areas of VLSI circuits, IC packaging, Molecular Electronics, and Micro-Electronic Mechanical Systems. Located in North Carolina State University's Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center (MRC) on Centennial Campus, the lab is equipped with the latest digital test equipment operating at GHz level.
- Semiconductor Power Electronics Laboratory - Research in carried out in a 8000 sq. feet research laboratory in NCSU's Centennial Campus. The research laboratory is equipped with the best power electronics and power system equipment that allows the center to conduct experimental power electronics system research from a few watts to more than 5 MVA.
- Advanced Diagnosis, Automation, and Control (ADAC) Laboratory - The Advanced Diagnosis, Automation, and Control Laboratory (ADAC Lab) is equipped for investigating, developing, prototyping, and implementing system health management, automation and control methodologies and technologies, ranging from computational intelligent, network-based distributed control approaches to conventional model-based techniques
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Biomedical Microsensors and Instrumentation Laboratories - Established in 1992, the microsensors laboratory designs and fabricates microsensors for use in medical applications. The instrumentation laboratory, established in 1999 designs and fabricates prototype medical instrumentation units based on the state-of-the-art microsensors. - Wireless Ad-Hoc and Local Area Networks Research Laboratory – This is a laboratory dedicated to research in the areas of wireless ad-hoc networks as well as local and metropolitan area networks. In the area of ad-hoc networks, Wireless Mesh Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Car-to-Car Communications are emphasized. In the area of local and metropolitan area networks the focus is on the IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1) and IEEE 802.16. The lab is located in the new Engineering Building II and utilizes state-of-the-art wireless equipment, routers and mobile nodes.
Many our our facilites are located on NCSU's Centennial Campus. You can view a video of a flyover of Centennial Campus here.