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Auditory Research Laboratory, M.A.Escabi - the functions of the laboratory deal with auditory signal processing and human perception of speech. The laboratory is equipped to record brain activity in the mammalian brain in response to acoustic stimuli. Brain regions of interest include the inferior colliculus, auditory thalamus and cortex. Equipment is also available for human psycho-acoustics. A number of approaches are employed including information theoretic, systems identification, and modeling techniques.
Central Laboratory for Imaging Research, M.D. Fox. This laboratory focuses on the visualization of three-dimensional medical images and scientific and engineering data. The lab has various ultrasound imaging setups and Doppler ultrasound instrumentation. Research is focused on optical glucose sensors, dual-energy radiography, drug delivery,early detection of breast cancer, and Lyme disease.
Electrical Insulation Research Laboratory, S. A. Boggs, Director. This laboratory operates in an interdisciplinary fashion with the Institute of Materials Science. It has high-voltage DC,AC, and impulse test equipment, a time domain spectrometer for the measurement of dielectric loss and complex permittivity, optical microscopes, infrared microspectrophotometers, a scanning electron microscope with EDX/WDX attachments,a computerized image analyzer, and an atomic absorption spectrometer.
Estimation and Signal Processing Laboratory,Y.Bar-Shalom.The ESP laboratory deals with signal and information processing for remote sensing and data fusion from multiple moving targets (as in air traffic control) using heterogeneous sensors (radar, sonar and electrooptical).
High-Speed Network and Device Laboratory, E. Donkor. This laboratory focuses on the research of optical network architectures and enabling components for high speed digital and terahertz RF signal transmission over optical fibers.
Optical Image Sensing, Communication, and Visualization Laboratory, B.Javidi, Director. This laboratory is dedicated to research and education on information systems,signal and image processing, neural computing, real-time image recognition, information security, data encryption, optical signal processing systems, three dimensional display, three-dimensional signal processing, ultrafast communication systems, ultrafast signal processing and computing, and optical data storage.The activities include both algorithms development, system design, and hardware implementation. The facilities include advanced computers,PCs, MACs, SUN workstations, extensive software packages, state of the art spatial light modulators, high definition display devices, high definition detector arrays, lasers, stable tables, optical benches, optical accessories,and holographic systems.
Manufacturing Systems Laboratory, Peter B. Luh. This Laboratory has been dedicated to manufacturing systems research. It works extensively with industry, and is well known for the planning and scheduling of manufacturing facilities to maximize on-time delivery of products while reducing work-in-process inventory. The facilities within the Laboratory include an Ethernet cluster of nine SunSparc workstations, up-to-date PCs, and two Power Macintoshes. The facilities extend to manufacturing plants of Cannondale, Toshiba, Sikorsky, Delta, J. M. Products, Pratt & Whitney,etc., as testbeds for developing advanced planning and scheduling methodologies. The Laboratory also works with Northeast Utilities to develop advancedpower system scheduling and transaction methodologies to minimize the total generation costs. The methods developed for manufacturing and power systems are in production use by many companies on a daily basis. The Laboratory is part of UConn's Taylor L. Booth Center for Computer Applications and Research.
Micro/Optoelectronics Research Laboratory, F.C. Jain.This laboratory is equipped with CVD reactors for Ge and Si growth; MOCVD reactors for ZnS, ZnMgSSe, ZnZnCdSe growth (including a quantum dot growth setup) and PL and X-Ray setups for characterization; a photolithographic clean room to process lasers, transistors and integrated circuits; measurement setups to characterize lasers, modulators, and filters; and dedicated workstations for computer-aided design (Cadence) and simulation. Current research is focused on 1.55 micron MQW optical modulators, tunable lasers, SiGe FETs, terahertz MODFETs and quatum interference transistors, quantum dot-based nanophosphors and lasers.
Nanotechnology Research, J. Ayers, F.C. Jain. Nanotechnology is, generally, the emerging ability to understand materials and products at the atomic level, and to exploit this understanding of how materials act and react during manufacture, in response to stimuli, etc., to create better performing and longer lasting materials and products.
Noise Lab, A.F. M. Anwar.This laboratory focuses on modeling and measurement of noise in quantum size effect electronic/photonic devices.
Neurosensor Control & Eye Movement, J. Enderle The long term objective of this research is the continued development of a neural network model for an integrated head and eye movement neurosensory controller driven by visual, auditory and vestibular stimuli.
Optical Lab, Q. Zhu. This laboratory is focused on biomedical applications of optical measurements and imaging, as well as ultrasound measurements and imaging.
System Optimization Laboratory, K.R. Pattipati. This laboratory is dedicated to research on systems theory and optimization techniques to solve industrial and national defense problems. Current research is focused on model-based and data-driven fault diagnosis & prognosis, graphical models, combinatorial optimization problems in automated testing, adaptive organizations for dynamic and uncertain environments, decision support systems for information-based maintenance, and fast near-optimal algorithms for multi-user detection in wireless communications. The laboratory is equipped with more than 20 high-speed computers, advanced software packages and enjoys a close relationship with local industries.
Sub-Micron Device Fabrication Laboratory, G.Taylor. This laboratory features a Class 100 clean room containing an MBE system or III-V material growth, reactive ion etching (RIE), refractory metal sputtering, metal and dielectric deposition, and rapid thermal annealing(RTA). Activities include device fabrication and characterization. Current research is dedicated to optoelectronic integrated devices for communications and optoelectronic computing.
Wireless Communications Research Lab, Shengli Zhou. This laboratory is focused on wireless communications.


