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Research

Smart Research for Large-Scale Improvement

From borders in the UA’s back yard to debris in space, systems and industrial engineering researchers are working to make the world safer and more secure.

Partnering with the Arizona Department of Transportation, renowned researchers are developing technology for connected vehicles and making emergency response quicker. Working closely with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, they are creating an autonomous surveillance system to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. And, cooperating with Air Force Research Laboratory and an international alliance, they are developing a cyberinfrastructure to monitor satellites and manage traffic in space.

Focus Areas

SIE is conducting research in the following primary areas:

  • Data Analytics, Informatics and Machine Learning
  • Energy, Water, Environment and Sustainability
  • Health Care Systems
  • Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems
  • Optimization
  • Smart Transportation and Manufacturing Logistics
  • Space, Defense and Security

 

Project Highlights

The Road to Success

Systems and industrial engineering associate professor Vignesh Subbian established eCAMINOS, a specialized program to provide scholarships, research opportunities and mentoring for students in engineering.

"Sometimes, students are challenged to visualize themselves in engineering… This model helps them realize what they’re bringing to a sphere that initially feels alien."

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Advanced Algorithms

Assistant professor of SIE Afrooz Jalilzadeh won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance distributed power systems, the backbone of modern energy infrastructure.

"This research will have lasting effects on both students and the industry."

 

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Featured Videos

 

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications 

 

Roberto Furfaro | 2021 da Vinci Fellow

Research Centers and Facilities

Much of SIE’s transportation engineering research takes place at the UA’s interdisciplinary Transportation Research Institute, which addresses the mobility, safety and environmental challenges of a rapidly evolving transportation ecosystem.

Further facilitating SIE discovery are a number of multidisciplinary labs, including the Space Systems Engineering Lab, which is supporting to the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission in the Lunar & Planetary Laboratory.

See UA College of Engineering-affiliated Research Centers and Institutes.