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Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory ACSEL Summary Center
  - surface engineering, modeling and modification; laser surface treatments; wear, tribology, corrosion and oxidation resistance development; decorative coatings and color control; structural and mechanical property development and characterization; semiconductor, electronic, magnetic, and optical thin film processing; photovoltaic thin film systems; physical and chemical vapor deposition; extensive thin film characterization and property determination
Advanced Control of Energy and Power Systems ACEPS Summary Center
  -  intelligent control systems; Neuro-F fuzzy control; real-time monitoring and advanced diagnostic systems; artificial intelligence; advanced acoustic, optical and electromechanical sensors; pollution reduction; transformers and breakers monitoring; smart substations; power quality; nondestructive evaluation; advanced power electronics; remote sensing, security, and control
Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center ASPPRC Summary Center
  -  alloy and process design of steels; formability and failure analysis; mechanical property evaluation; fatigue and fracture evaluation; low C sheet steels, medium carbon forging steels carburized steels, stainless steels, zinc-coated steels
Center for Automation, Robotics, and Distributed Intelligence CARDI Summary Center
  -  neural networks; robotics; sensor/actuator development; artificial intelligence; smart materials; intelligent control; advanced signal processing; computer vision; networking and distributed intelligence
Center for Combustion and Environmental Research CCER Summary
  -  chemical kinetics and reacting flow modeling; basic flame, flow reactor and combustion vessel research; novel optical diagnostic techniques, laser spectroscopy
Center for Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space CCACS Summary Center
  -  commercial opportunities in space; combustion in space; combustors; fire safety and suppression; advanced materials; sensors and controls
Center for Engineering Education CEE Summary Center
  -  organization of student an dteacher knowledge; using technology to improve learning; educational assessment; engineering education; engineering; engineering design; engineering ethics; gender issues in science and engineering
Center for Environmental Risk Assessment CERA Summary Center
  -  exposure assessment, dermal absorption; hazard identification, fate and transport; cost/benefit analysis, risk management; statistics; risk communication
Center for Intelligent Biomedical Devices and Musculoskeletal Systems IBDMS Summary Center
  -  implant design, implant simulator (hip, knee, TMJ, etc.); fluoroscopic imaging of joint motion; in vivo measurements of implants dynamics; advanced biocompatible materials; modeling and simulation of musculoskeletal system; micro-electromechanical (MEM) sensors and actuators; electronically controlled implants; artificial sensory systems; automatic control; telemetric implants; spinal injuries and implants
Center for Research on Hydrates and Other Solids in Hydrocarbon and Aqueous Fluids CHS Summary Center
  -  equilibria and transport properties of aqueous crystals; kinetic rates of formation of crystals; inhibition of crystal formation; detection, production, and processing techniques; hydrates in reservoir production; spectroscropy and diffraction of crystal structures; analytical and molecular dynamic modeling; disciplines of chemistry, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, physics, and geology; hydrates in food industry
Center for Solar and Electronic Materials CSEM Summary Center
  photovoltaics; semiconductors; electrophotography; polymer science; surface science; structural characterization; thin film materials; electronic materials processing; mechanical and electronic systems design
Center for Wave Phenomena CWP Summary Center
  seismic exploration research, computational seismology; applied mathematics; imaging technology
Center for Welding, Joining, and Coatings Research CWJCR Summary Center
  metallurgical engineering; physical metallurgy of joining processes; engineered materials processing; welding, soldering, and brazing science
Colorado Advanced Materials Institute CAMI Summary
  provides seed grants to university researchers in Colorado to work on materials problems defined by State industries
Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics CCAC Summary
  ceramic materials science; ceramic synthesis and processing; ceramic-metal composites; ceramic films, fibers and composites; oxidation and corrosion; dielectrics, ferroelectrics, and magnetics; glass/glass crystallization; materials for fuel cells and batteries; porous materials and substrates; electronic and optical ceramics; gas-solid interactions; ceramic-metal joining; combustion synthesis; powder and whisker synthesis
Colorado Institute for Fuels and High-Altitude Engine Research CIFER Summary Center
  heavy-duty engine and vehicle test method development; environmental and energy policy; catalysts for air pollution control; fuels and petrochemicals processing (catalysts, reaction engineering); in-use emissions measurements from heavy-duty vehicles; alternative and renewable fuels
Colorado Institute for Macromolecular Science and Engineering CIMSE Summary
  polymeric materials science; design and synthesis of new macromolecular species; polymer rheology and processing; polymers at surfaces and interfaces; directed self-assembly of colloidal particles; theoretical methods; biological fluids
Energy and Minerals Field Institute EMFI Summary Center
  provides intensive on-site educational opportunities on energy and mineral resource exploration, extraction, benefaction, and utilization operations and issues
Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute EMI Summary Center
  mine mechanization and automation; civil underground construction; geotechnical engineering; tunneling; mechanical mining; advanced drilling systems; novel rock excavation systems
International Ground Water Modeling Center IGWMC Summary Center
  geohydrological characterization; groundwater model formulation and application; groundwater hydraulics and engineering; software development and testing; groundwater modeling training 
M. King Hubbert Center for Petroleum Supply Studies HUBBERT Summary Center
  assembles, studies, and disseminates data concerning global petroleum supplies
Petroleum Exploration and Production Center PEPC Summary
  development and application of exploration techniques for conventional and unconventional reservoirs; characterization of stratigraphic architecture and flow behavior of petroleum reservoirs at multiple scales; evaluation of petroleum reserves and resources on a national and worldwide basis
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council PTTC Summary Center
  identifies priority technical problems of oil and gas producers; transfer upstream environmental and protection technologies to help domestic producers reduce costs, improve operating efficiency, increase ultimate recovery, enhance environmental compliance, and add new oil and gas reserves
Reservoir Characterization Project RCP Summary Center
  integration of geophysics, geology, and petroleum engineering; multicomponent 3- and 4-D seismology
W. J. Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy KROLL Summary
  -  mineral processing; extractive metallurgy (pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy); chemical processing of materials including materials synthesis; treatment of waste materials

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