Rensselaer excels in frontier research, and has achieved international distinction in many fields.

The Institute supports many academic and research centers, on and off campus:

Institute Research Centers:

Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS)
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Center for Cultural Design (CCD)
Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)
Center for Integrated Electronics (CIE)
Within the CIE:

• Center for Advanced Interconnect Systems Technologies (CAIST)
• Center for Broadband Data Transport Science and Technology
• Center for Microcontamination Control
• Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES)
• The Focus Center - New York, Rensselaer: Interconnections for Gigascale Integration

Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking
Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory
Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI)
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Inverse Problems Center (IPRPI)
Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center

• NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center

Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC)

Dean of Undergraduate Education Research Centers:

The Anderson Center for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
Center for Initiatives in Pre-College Education (CIPCE)

School of Architecture:

Lighting Research Center (LRC)

School of Engineering:

Center for Image Processing Research (CIPR)
Within the CIPR:

• NSF Industry/University Co-Operative Research Center for Next Generation Video (CNGV)
• NSF Center for Sub-surface Sensing & Imaging (CenSSIS)

Center for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research (CFCHR)
Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies (CITS)
Center for Multiphase Research (CMR)
Center for Services Research and Education (CSRE)
Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory (CoSMIC)
Electronics Agile Manufacturing Research Institute (EAMRI)
Flexible Manufacturing Center (FMC)
Geotechnical Centrifuge Research Center
Rensselaer Statistical Consulting Center (RSCC)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences:

Center for Ethics and Complex Systems (CECS)
Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory (SBRL)

Lally School of Management & Technology:

Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship

School of Science:

The Bioinformatics Center at Rensselaer and Wadsworth
Center for Terahertz Research
Margaret A. and David M. Darrin ’40 Fresh Water Institute (DFWI)
New York State Center for Studies of the Origin of Life
New York State Center for Polymer Synthesis
Rensselaer Exploratory Center for Cheminformatics Research (RECCR)