Smart Systems and Cities
Imagine a wireless wonderland where smart homes communicate digitally with a smart grid that distributes the right amount of power exactly when and where it’s needed. Or gridlock-free city streets where traffic lights are controlled by real-time data.
We’re leveraging the power of the Internet of Things and advanced sensor technology to make homes, manufacturing plants, energy and transportation infrastructure, and even entire cities more efficient, more responsive and more resilient.
Centers and institutes that conduct research in Smart Systems and Cities
Faculty who conduct research in Smart Systems and Cities
M. Cenk Cavusoglu
Develops next-generation medical robotic systems for surgery and image-guided interventions
Philip Feng
Explores fundamental physics and new engineering of nanoscale solid-state structures and devices
Robert Gao
Develops multi-physics sensing and stochastic modeling methods for improving observability in dynamical systems
YeongAe Heo
Promotes the resilience of structural systems and communities against natural and man-made hazards
Mingguo Hong
Develops control and optimization strategies for modern electric power systems
Ming-Chun Huang
Researches directions in mobile health, wearable sensor technologies, deep learning on mobile platforms and IoT
Richard Kolacinski
Develops advanced control systems for complex nonlinear systems
Mehmet Koyuturk
Develops algorithms for transforming "big" biological data into systems biology knowledge
Pan Li
Investigates big data computing and analytics, security and privacy, and their applications in complex systems and networks
Yue Li
Designs and improves resilient buildings and infrastructure
Wei Lin
Creates modeling, estimations and advanced control techniques for smart grid and power systems
Kenneth Loparo
Develops real-time data analytics and control algorithms for industrial, energy and physiological systems
Behnam Malakooti
Develops models for asymmetric measure and decision making; industrial and manufacturing systems; and manufacturing operations, decisions and optimization
Chris Papachristou
Designs and develops hardware and software for embedded systems and IoT devices
Mike Pollino
Examines performance of structural systems and components subjected to loading and develops design approaches for resilience and sustainability
Vikas Prakash
Engineers lithium-metal batteries, designs carbon nanomaterial composites for aerospace applications, and develops characterization techniques form materials subjected to multi-axial thermo-mechanical extremes
Soumya Ray
Develops and analyzes algorithms for intelligent adaptive systems
Daniel Saab
Models and simulates digital systems, and verifies integrated circuit designs
Bill Yu
Advances geosystems, infrastructure and geotechnical engineering with expertise in smart and multifunctional materials and multi-scale multiphysics processes
Xiangwu Zeng
Develops geotechnical solutions for earthquake design, space exploration, wind turbines and vibration attenuation