The Coordinated Science Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research unit in the College of Engineering that emphasizes programs providing graduate thesis research in the areas of analog and digital circuits; applied computation theory; communications; decision and control; reliable and high-performance computing; supercomputing research and development; semiconductor physics; signal and image processing; surface studies; and thin-film electronics. Faculty members in CSL hold joint appointments in a wide range of departments including Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, General Engineering, Library and Information Science, and Materials Science and Engineering.

   The mission of the Coordinated Science Laboratory is to foster excellence in multidisciplinary engineering research, to enhance the educational experience of our students, to provide an environment that encourages creativity and development of basic engineering research, and to provide effective technology transfer from research laboratories into government laboratories and private industries. Established in 1951, CSL laboratories and centers support approximately 132 research faculty and administrative staff and 350 graduate research assistants in interdisciplinary research projects that would be unavailable to individual faculty members operating solely within their respective departments.

   Support for CSL is provided by major government agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Significant support is also provided by approximately 50 corporations, including AT&T, Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, NCR, Nokia, and Sony.

   CSL faculty members are nationally recognized through numerous awards and editorships of major publications. Several have been named fellows in the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and a significant number have received teaching awards from the university and hold endowed chairs in the College of Engineering.

Faculty associated with CSL are listed below. Research projects conducted in the College of Engineering are described in the respective departmental sections.

Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

P. Voulgaris

Department of Computer Science

D. F. DeJong
M. E. Williams

Department of Electrical And Computer Engineering

I. Adesida
N. Ahuja
M. T. Basar
R. Blahut
Y. Bresler
D. J. Brown
F. Bullo
N. Carter
K.-Y. Cheng
S.-L. Chuang
J. J. Coleman
S. Franke
C. S. Gardner
B. E. Hajek
I. N. Hajj
K. Hess
T. S. Huang
B. J. Hunsinger
W. W. Hwu
R. K. Iyer
W. K. Jenkins
D. Jones
S. Kang
R. Koetter
E. Kudeki
P. Kumar
M. J. Kushner
Z.-P. Liang
J.-P. Leburton
M. C. Loui
S. Lumetta
J. W. Lyding
U. Madhow
M. Médard
S. P. Meyn
P. Moulin
D. Munson, Jr.
F. N. Najm
G. Papen
J. H. Patel
W. R. Perkins
C. Polychronopoulos
K. Ramchandran
U. Ravaioli
E. Rosenbaum
E. Rudnick
W. H. Sanders
D. V. Sarwate
P. W. Sauer
J. E. Schutte-Aine
N. R. Shanbhag
A. C. Singer
B.-S. Song
R. Srikant
G. E. Stillman
G. R. Swenson
T. N. Trick
J. R. Tucker
B. Vaduvur
B. Wah
Y. Zhao

Department of General Engineering

J. V. Medanic
M. W. Spong
R. Sreenivas

Department of Library and Information Science

L. C. Smith

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

J. R. Abelson
L. H. Allen
D. Cahill
G. Ehrlich
J. E. Greene
A. A. Rockett