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Federal
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Army Research Office (ARO), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Education (ED), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior (Interior), Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), National Aeronautic and Space Administration Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NASA EPSCoR), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Security Agency (NSA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval Research (ONR), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Regional
Boeing, Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE; source funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Space Grant Consortium (ISGC; source funding from NASA), Micron Technology, the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the NIH Institutional Development Award (IDeA)—funding both the Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) and Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) programs, Pilgrim Africa
In Boise & the State of Idaho
City of Boise, Department of Commerce (ID DOC), Department of Education (ID ED), Higher Education Research Council (HERC), Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission (IGEM), Secretary of State, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Action Center, State Board of Education, Transportation Department (ITD), Workforce Development Council
Research Locations
We conduct research across nine Boise State campus locations. To get there, search by code or name at the Campus Map. Locations include: City Center Plaza (CCP) and the U.S. Bank Building next door (U.S. Bank); Charles P. Ruch Engineering (RUCH); the Environmental Research Building (ERB); Harry Morrison Civil Engineering (HML); the Micron Center for Materials Research (MCMR); the Micron Engineering Center (MEC); the Multipurpose Classroom Building (MPCB), and the Yanke Family Research Park (YFRB).
Research Areas & Labs
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Civil Engineering
Investigators use the Environmental Research Building (ERB).
| Research Area or Lab | Contact |
|---|---|
| Advanced Transportation Management Lab | Mandar Khanal |
| Air Quality Lab | Sondra Miller |
| Clean Soils Lab | Arvin Farid |
| Geo-Mechanics and Geo-Imaging Lab | Nick Hudyma |
| Hydroclimate Modeling and Analysis Lab | Mojtaba Sadegh |
| Hydrologic Interfaces and Processes Lab | Kevin Roche |
| MicroMechanics and Smart Infrastructure Lab | Yang Lu |
| Sustainable and Resilient Geotechnical Engineering Lab | Bhaskar Chittori |
Computer Science
The department maintains this research overview.
| Research Area or Lab | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence-based Security Lab | U.S. Bank | Edoardo Serra, Francesca Spezzano |
| Computer Graphics and Visualization Group | CCP | Steven Cutchin |
| Computing and Artificial Intelligence Lab for Physical Sciences | CCP | Min Long |
| Cybersecurity for Cyber-physical Systems Lab | CCP | Huadi Zhu |
| Data Security-preserving Computing Lab | CCP | Jyh-haw Yeh |
| Human-computer Interaction and Kidsteam Lab | CCP | Jerry Alan Fails |
| Idaho Election Cybersecurity Center | CCP | Hoda Mehrpouyan |
| Information Security, Privacy, and Mining Lab | CCP | Gaby Dagher |
| Performant, Intelligent, Scalable Computing with Evolving Systems Lab | CCP | Jianshu Liu |
| Privacy and Industrial Control Systems Security Lab | CCP | Hoda Mehrpouyan |
| Program Analysis for Software Verification | CCP | Elena Sherman |
| Software Engineering and Analytics Lab
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CCP | Nasir Eisty |
| Speech, Language & Interactive Machines Group | MEC | Casey Kennington |
| Trustworthy and Robust Artificial Intelligence Lab | MEC | Jun Zhuang |
Construction Management
WorkConstruction.org is in the RUCH facility. Anthony Perrenoud directs this multi-institutional group that conducts and applies research to promote the construction industry, educate its workers, and attract future workers.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The department maintains this research overview.
| Research Area or Lab | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Magnetics and Photonics Laboratory | RUCH | Karthik Srinivasan |
| Biomedical Imaging Research Laboratory | RUCH | Neal K. Bangerter |
| Electronic and Neuromorphic Devices and Systems Lab | MEC | Kurtis Cantley |
| Electronics and Natural Sciences Research Lab | MEC | Kris Campbell |
| Hartman Systems Integration Lab | MEC | Sin Ming Loo |
| Heterogeneous and Memory-centric Computing Lab | MEC | Purab Sutradhar |
| High Performance Systems on Reconfigurable Chips | MEC | Nader Rafla |
| Integrated Bioelectronic Medicine Lab | MEC | Benjamin Johnson |
| Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems Laboratory | MEC | Omiya Hassan |
| Plasma and Vacuum Electron Devices Lab | MEC | Jim Browning |
| Power Research Lab | MEC | Said Ahmed-Zaid, Emeritus Faculty |
| Sensors for Agriculture and the Environment (SAGE) | MEC | Carol Baumbauer |
| Smart Energy and Control Systems | MEC | Eklas Hossain |
| Translational NeuroTechnology Lab | MEC | Omid Yaghmazadeh Starts January 2025 |
| Transport Characterization Lab | MCMR, RUCH | Kurtis Cantley, David Estrada (MMSE) |
Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
The department maintains this research overview. The College of Health Sciences Center for Orthopaedic & Biomechanics Research (PI Tyler Brown) is affiliated, and several faculty members share equipment.
| Research Area or Lab | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Boise Applied Biomechanics of Infants Lab | Yanke | Erin Mannen |
| Biomaterial & Musculoskeletal Engineering Lab | MEC | Sophia Theodossiou |
| Computational Biosciences Lab | MEC | Clare Fitzpatrick |
| Computational Materials Design Lab | MEC | Mahmood Mamivand |
| Digital Design and Automation Lab | RUCH | Daicong Da |
| Mechanical Adaptations Lab | MEC | Gunes Uzer |
| Northwest Tissue Mechanics Lab | MEC | Trevor Lujan |
| Robot Control Lab | MEC | Aykut Satici |
| Smart Materials and Systems Lab | MEC | Zhangxian “Dan” Deng |
| Thermal Transport and Solar Energy Lab | MEC, HML | Todd Otanicar |
Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering
The school maintains this research overview.
Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning
The department maintains this research overview.
| Research Area or Lab | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Human Resource Development and Strategic Partnerships Lab | RUCH | Jelena (“Yelena”) Pokimica |
| Interactive Learning Design Lab | RUCH | Rafael da Silva |
| Learning Strategy Lab | RUCH | Seth-Aaron Martinez |
| Performance Support for Accessibility Lab | CCP, RUCH | Donald Winiecki |
| Process Management Lab | RUCH | Steve Villachica, Emeritus Faculty |
| Workplace-Oriented Research Central Lab | RUCH | Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung |