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The Aquaculture
Research Institute (ARI) promotes, supports,
directs, and coordinates aquaculture research activities at the University of
Idaho, the Hagerman Station, and throughout the state. Research is
conducted in both commercial and conservation aquaculture sciences and
technologies such as fish culture and production efficiency, fish breeding and
genetics, fish nutrition and growth physiology, fish pathology and health, fish
waste management and water quality assurance, aquaculture marketing and
economics, and rehabilitation of endangered species.
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ARI's Hagerman
Fish Culture Experiment Station is located in the heart of Idaho's
aquaculture industry in the Magic Valley, and the close proximity of the
research facility provides opportunities for industry partnerships.
Research at the station is conducted within its two centers; the Center
for Sustainable Aquaculture and the Center for Salmonid and
Freshwater Species at Risk
The Center for
Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research (CAMBR) creates
advanced electronics for government and commercial use. Many CAMBR-designed
processors are currently flying in the Hubble Space Telescope, XTE and other
NASA and DoD space missions. CAMBR also creates special purpose VLSI,
especially those with high data rate low power applications or those with high
density electronics. A new focus area combines molecular biology with
microelectronics in the development of electronic sensors.
The Center for Applied
Thermodynamic Studies (CATS) is a research
center in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The research in the
center is focused on the development of scientific, reference quality
mathematical models, correlations, tables, diagrams, and computer programs for
the determination of fluid properties of engineering interest based on
experimental data. Faculty researchers from the UI mechanical and chemical
engineering departments and the chemical engineering department at Washington
State University staff the center.
The Center for Hazardous Waste Remediation Research is
organized into bioremediation, geochemical remediation, and characterization of
hazardous waste sites. Through the Center, 33 UI scientists from
biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemistry, geology, hydrology, metallurgy,
microbiology, plant science, and soil science study the use of microbial and
chemical technologies to remove toxic chemicals from industrial-process streams,
soils, surface waters, and ground waters.
The Center for Secure and Dependable Software (CSDS) is a research unit of the
Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at the University
of Idaho. Professors Jim Alves-Foss and Deb Frincke founded the center in
1998 to respond to the overwhelming need for computer-related security education
and research. CSDS conducts research in the areas of computer network
security, evolutionary algorithms, computer reliability, and computer fault
tolerance.
The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) supports
environmental and ecological research at the University of Idaho in areas such
as microbial physiology and genetics, subsurface microbiology, ecosystem
processes and dynamics, bioreactor design, microbial community characterization,
and bioremediation of soils and water contaminated by toxic chemicals. Among
its many other capabilities and services, ERI has full capability for
recombinant DNA research as well as experimentation with oligonucleotide arrays.
Idaho Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit cooperates with the U.S.
Geological Survey and the Wildlife Management Institute in Washington, D.C., to
conduct research related to the management and viability of fish and wildlife
resources, to provide in-service training for conservation agency employees, and
to provide technical assistance and information to federal and state
organizations and the public.
The Idaho
Cooperative Park Studies Unit cooperates with the National Park Service
to conduct research related to the mission of the NPS and management of the
national park system. The unit provides technical assistance to park staffs and
works directly with resource managers to help solve management problems.
The Idaho Forest,
Wildlife and Range Policy Analysis Group was created by the Idaho
Legislature to provide timely and objective analyses of natural resource issues
of importance to the citizens of Idaho.
The Idaho Water
Resources Research Institute (IWRRI) has operated at UI since
1963 as a national institute program established to stimulate, sponsor,
coordinate, and supplement research, education, and outreach programs in the
field of water resources. The institute develops and coordinates water research
programs intended to assure adequate supplies of high quality water.
The Institute for
Materials and Advanced Processes (IMAP) supports, directs, and
coordinates research in the areas of materials and advanced processing. The
former area includes both structural (i.e., load bearing) and functional (e.g.,
electronic/magnetic devices) materials. The latter includes research on
materials processing using high energy sources such as plasma, laser, and
electron beam, processing of polymer, ceramic, and composite materials.
The Microelectronics Research
and Communications Institute (MRCI),established at UI in 1983, focuses its research efforts on the application, development,
design, and testing of high performance electronic circuits and systems. Since
1995, MRCI's capabilities have expanded into other disciplines such as avionics,
computer security, neurocomputing, communications and information engineering,
electromagnetics, and intelligent controls systems. Two research centers reside
within the MRCI:
- The Center
for Intelligent Systems Research (CISR) focuses on the development of
intelligent autonomous systems including self-propelled autonomous vehicles
operating under on-board intelligent computer control and other
computer-controlled electrical, mechanical, and chemical systems.
- The Center for Secure and Dependable Systems (CSDS), one of the
National Security Agency’s initial seven Centers of Excellence in Information
Assurance Education, conducts research in the areas of system defense, intrusion
detection, critical infrastructure protection, secure protocols, network
security, evolutionary algorithms, computer forensics, reliability, and fault
tolerance.
The National Institute
for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT) works with industry,
government, and research institutions to develop, evaluate, and market
technologies that will improve the design and operation of transportation
systems and vehicles. Four distinct centers currently operate under the
umbrella of NIATT, each with a unique mission related to transportation:
- The Center for
Clean Vehicle Technology focuses on electric and hybrid electric
vehicles, models of alternative vehicles, and software models for vehicle
performance.
- The Center for
Traffic Operations and Control conducts research concerning traffic
detection, control, surveillance, simulation and optimization.
- The Center for
Transportation Infrastructure focuses on erosion control, bridge
construction, and pavement design, as well as planning methods, design
practices, and software development.
- The Idaho
Technology Transfer Center provides leadership to support and enhance
the overall effectiveness of local transportation agencies through
communication, consultation, technical support, and training programs.
The Science, Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (SiMM) is home to a number of interesting research projects, including:
- Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Flow Visualization in Internal
Cavities
- Freezing Point Determination of
Chemical Weapons
- Bicycle Wheel Design
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