Major Research Centers
- Alfred Mann Institute - business incubator for medical device development in preparation for commercialization
- Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems - National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
- Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) - interdisciplinary national research center funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Collaborative High Altitude Flow Facility (CHAFF) - Space and Vacuum Science research group, a funded Air Force Research Laboratory
- Information Sciences Institute (housed at a separate facility in Marina del Rey, California) - played a major role in the development of the Internet, and continues to be a major research center in computer science
- Institute for Creative Technologies - conducts research in virtual reality and immersive digital environment
- Integrated Media Systems Center - National Science Foundation's Exclusive Engineering Research Center for multimedia and Internet research
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Partner Institution - Current Research
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