Research Labs and Groups
Electronic Circuits & Energy Systems
Energy, Data Analytics & Optimization Lab (eDAOL)
Energy Sustainability Policy and Natural Resources (ESPN)
jLab in Smart Sensing
Neuromorphic Computing Group
Pedrotti Research Group
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Pedrotti
Our current research interests are in the area of CMOS Mixed Signal integrated circuit and microsystem design particularly those systems involving optics and optoelectronics. Read More>>
Signals, Image Processing, & Communications
Broadband Communications Research Group
Energy, Data Analytics & Optimization Lab (eDAOL)
jLab in Smart Sensing
Photonics & Electronic Devices
Applied Optics Group
Principal Investigator: Holger Schmidt
The main research theme in our group is single particle optics. We develop new, highly sensitive methods to study single particles with optical methods. We use these and other established techniques to gain new understanding of these particles and light-matter interactions in general. Due to the versatility of optical methods, we can investigate different types of particles. Read More>>
Nonostructured Energy Conversion Techonolgy & Research (NECTAR) Group
Principal Investigator: Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi
The Nanostructured Energy Conversion Technology and Research (NECTAR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz conducts basic and applied research in exploring exotic physical properties emerging from materials tailored at the length scale ranging from 10-9 m to 10-3 m. Our target applications include harvesting, converting, storing, generating, and transmitting energy as well as cutting energy consumption by implementing new knowledge at material, device, and sub-system levels potentially offering resources required to drive just about every aspect of the rapidly emerging global economy. Read More>>
Rolandi Group in Bioelectronics
UCSC Nanoengineering Group
Robotics, Control, & Cyber-Physical Systems
The Autonomous Systems (ASL) Lab
Principal Investigator: Gabriel Elkaim
The ASL specializes in guidance, navigation, and control, path-planning, computer vision, and sensor fusion within the scope of autonomous systems. We aim to reduce the cost of autonomous systems through open-source development of both complete autonomous systems as well as their required onboard sensors. Read More>>
Tactile Manipulation Lab
Teodorescu Lab
Energy, Data Analytics & Optimization Lab (eDAOL)
Hybrid Systems Lab (HSL)
Principal Investigator: Ricardo Sanfelice
The Hybrid Systems Laboratory (HSL) at the Department of Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, focuses on the analysis of hybrid dynamical systems and the design of hybrid feedback control algorithms. The research approach is mainly theoretical with numerical validation via simulations (though experimental validations of findings at an on-site testbed are performed at times). Particular emphasis is given to dynamical systems with nonlinear hybrid dynamics, cyber-physical systems, and feedback systems with decision-making strategies emerging in the areas of robotics, aerospace, power systems, and biology. Read More>>