UC Berkeley College of Engineering - Research Units

Research Units

All research facilities are managed by one of five Organized Research Units (ORUs):

  • Earthquake Engineering Research Center - research and public safety programs against the destructive effects of earthquakes
  • Electronics Research Laboratory - the largest ORU; advanced research in novel areas within seven different university departments, organized into five main divisions:
    1. Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
    2. Berkeley Wireless Research Center
    3. Gigascale Research Center - performs long-range research addressing the growing design productivity gap
    4. Berkeley Northside Research Group
    5. Micro Systems Group
  • Engineering Systems Research Center - focuses on manufacturing, mechatronics, and microelectro mechanical systems (MEMS)
  • Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering - focuses on applying basic research to current and future environmental problems
  • Institute of Transportation Studies - sponsors research in transportation planning, policy analysis, environmental concerns and transportation system performance

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