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• Bionanotechnology Lab – research emphasizes colloidal and interfacial science, self-assembly, and lipid biophysics.
• Computational Intelligence and Self-Adaptive Systems Lab – designs intelligent computing systems that can think and act like a human brain.
• Corrosion and Surfaces Lab – corrosion and mechanical testing to investigate degradation of coatings.

Dynamics Photomechanics Lab – solid mechanics, optics and laser research and materials testing. High Performance Computing Lab – develops approaches to increasing the speeds of computers.

• Mechanics of Materials Research Lab – studies advanced engineering materials subjected to complex loading under extreme temperature and environmental conditions.
• Mechatronics Lab – provides state-of-the-art facilities and experimental setups related to field of Robotics.
• Micro and Nanoscale Energy Lab – emphasizes the study of nanoscale thermal transport phenomena and their engineering applications in energy conversion and harvesting systems.
• Microfluidics Lab – leverages the latest innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering to produce cutting-edge biological detection systems.
• Next Generation Sensing Technology Lab – incorporates cutting-edge advances in wave optics, microwave photonics, and related areas into novel sensor technologies.
• Pharmaceutical Engineering Lab – drug delivery research involving pharmaceutical engineering, biomedical engineering, physicochemical characterization of particle systems, and the development of in vitro cell models for evaluation.
• Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – a joint initiative between URI and Brown University to foster research collaboration and build infrastructure.
• Rhode Island Transportation Research Lab – research in the areas of intelligent transportation infrastructure and systems for all modes of transportation.
• Sustainable & Environmental Technologies Lab – develops, implements and evaluates efficient, safe and clean technologies to provide safe water.
• Thermomechanics and Tribology Lab – makes use of experiments and analytical models in the areas of continuum mechanics to solve real-world engineering problems by implementing rational design.
• Waterjet Lab – abrasive waterjet machining.
• Machine Shop – machining tools ranging from simple hand tools to highly accurate computer-controlled manufacturing equipment.
• Wearable Biosensing Lab – biomedical sensors and wearable embedded systems.
• Wave Tank – used for a broad range of testing, including work on tsunamis, wave energy extraction, acoustic measurement of surface waves and wave-induced forcing on marine structurs.