Research Institutes and Centers enhance member capacity to successfully pursue research in existing and emergent topical areas. Each brings together researchers with diverse backgrounds and disciplines from multiple colleges and/or departments. Institutes and Centers provide members with various forms of support to garner external funding in a particular research area. Below is a list of our eight Institutes and their affiliated Center(s).
- Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
- Center for Technology & Training (CTT)
- Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
- The Center for Innovation in Sustainability and Resilience (CISR)
- Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
- Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI)
- Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture (IPEC)
- The Elizabeth and Richard Henes Center for Quantum Phenomena (CQP)
- Keweenaw Research Center (KRC)
- Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
- New Institute - Coming Soon
- Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
- Michigan Tech Aerospace Engineering Research Center (MARC)
- Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
- Research and Innovation in STEAM Education (RISE)