Research Areas
UT boasts a vigorous research agenda engaging scholars and students with expertise in issues vital to local and global interests. East Tennessee is the hub of a vibrant research community that includes Oak Ridge National Laboratory, industry partners, and other academic partners and UT campuses.
The Tickle College of Engineering is home to the Engineering Research Office, which provides faculty with concierge-level proposal development and support services to facilitate faculty success with their research submissions.
Research Concentrations
Browse the following research areas to discover more about the research and specific faculty members at EECS.
Intelligent Systems
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Agents, Distributed Intelligence, Data Mining, Emergent Computation, Evolutionary Algorithms, Neuromorphic Computing, Robotics, Visual Analytics, Visualization, Computer Vision, Natual Language Processing, Adversarial Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning
Faculty: Akrout, Ding, Gregor, H. Huang, J. Huang, W. Li, F. Liu, Mockus, Plank, Qi, Rose, Santos-Villalobos, Schuman, Suya, Taufer, Xiao
High Performance Computing
Distributed Computing, Mathematical Software and Software Repositories, Numerical Linear Algebra, Parallel Processing, Software Tools
Faculty: Beck, Berry, Emrich, Gregor, J. Huang, Langston, Peterson, Taufer
Microelectronics and Electromagnetics
Analog Circuits, Antennas and Microwave, Bio-Electronics, Embedded Systems, Integrated Circuits, MEMS, Microelectronics, Mixed-signal VLSI, Nano-Electronics and Emerging Technologies, Sensors, Electromagnetics
Faculty: Aziz, Blalock, Fathy, Gu, McFarlane, Rose, Saligram, Wu
Power Systems and Power Electronics
Distributed Energy Conversion and Control, Electric Machines, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Packaging and High Temperature Power Electronics, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Power Quality and Active Power Filters, Power Systems Engineering and Economics, Motor Drives, Smart Grid Technologies
Faculty: Bai, Costinett, H. Huang, Liu, Pulgar, K. Sun, Tolbert, F. Wang
Sensors, Networked, and Embedded Systems
Cyber-Physical Human Systems (CPHS), Networked Sensing Systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Wearable Sensors, Edge Computing, Real-Time Embedded Systems, Wireless Networks, Intelligent Sensing Systems
Faculty: Burns, Cao, F. Liu, McFarlane, Swaminathan, Wu, Xiao
Communications & Signal Processing, Control & Robotics
Communications, Control Systems, Dynamical Systems, Information Theory, Robotic Systems, Signal and Image Processing
Faculty: Akrout, Castellanos, Ding, Djouadi, F. Liu, Pulgar, Qi, K. Sun, Wilson
Software Engineering and Systems
Software Engineering, Computer Architectures, Data Storage, Software Systems, Compilers, Operating Systems
Faculty: Jantz, J. Huang, Marz, Mockus, Peterson, Plank
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Cybersecurity
Software Security, Network Security, Infrastructure Security, Human-Centered Security and Privacy, Hardware Security, Trustworthy Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems Security, Quantum-Resilient Security, Mobile and IoT Security, Data Security and Privacy