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From tiny weather satellites that peer inside hurricanes to non-invasive tools for melanoma detection, our research is changing the world in ways both big and small.

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Featured Research

Reaching into the Cosmos

ECE researchers develop new mirror coatings to increase detection of gravitational waves
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ECE Tied to $20M NSF Artificial Intelligence Center

CSU will work to greatly expand how AI is used in environmental research
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Bringing Light to Melanoma Detection

Learn how we are advancing virtual biopsy techniques
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Developing next-generation satellite technologies for NASA

CSU is developing new technologies that could transform weather prediction
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University Distinguished Faculty

Carmen Menoni, Distinguished Professor
Jorge Rocca, Distinguished Professor
V. Chandrasekar, Distinguished Professor
Branislav Notaros, Distinguished Teaching Scholar

We are home to three University Distinguished Professors and one University Distinguished Teaching Scholar – the highest distinctions on campus for professors.  

Rocca awarded $3M fellowship from U.S. Department of Defense to lead research that holds promise for transformative impact

“I want people to know that research is fun. Give it some time and it will reward you. Because when it works, either the idea or the instrument, it’s so cool.”
Professor V Chandrasekar sits among multiple radar systems
University Distinguished Prof. V. Chandrasekar Read about his election to the National Academy of Inventors
“I am excited to empower others to make a difference.”
Professor Carmen Menoni and research students posing for picture in laboratory
University Distinguished Prof. Carmen Menoni Read about her election to president of IEEE Photonics Society

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