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Clarkson sets a world-class standard in research by concentrating its strengths and leveraging expertise through cross-disciplinary centers of excellence.

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Computer Engineering: Research Opportunities

Clarkson faculty members conduct world-class research in areas of vital importance — and involve undergraduates as well as graduate students in the process. You can become involved with their research projects and you can get real-world research experience through one of our 16 SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) teams. Through the SPEED program, Clarkson students sharpen their skills in creative problem solving, collaboration, communication, and leadership through team competitions.

Professors work closely with industry and government on research that is exciting and critical in advancing the state of the art. Current topics include:

  • Robotics and control systems
  • Multiagent systems
  • Software engineering
  • Intelligent tutoring
  • Microelectronics
  • Pattern recognition and image processing

Undergraduate Research
Computer engineering majors participate in a wide range of research projects funded by government and corporate sources. Several of our faculty have undergraduate students working in their labs over the summer and during the academic year. Recent student projects include:

  • Automated tutoring for C++
  • Multiple processors interacting in a Unix environment
  • Multiagent system coordination testbed
  • Object oriented design in basic circuits
  • J2EE workload application development
  • Voice-driven software development
  • Autonomous robot

Our Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) has over 70 labs with state-of-the-art equipment, and students often find themselves in these research labs. In lab facilities dedicated to undergraduate instruction, each bench is fully equipped with modern instrumentation, digital data acquisition and analysis tools, and a computer connected to the campus network and the Internet. You can do experiments, design your systems, validate your designs, and build your apparatus right in the lab.