- Polymeric materials theory and modeling (Forest, Mitran, Mucha, Rubinstein)

- Energy - home of the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC)

- Photovoltaics and solar fuels (Ashby, DeSimone, Lin, Lopez, McNeil, Meyer, Samulski, You)

- Nanofluidic devices (Ramsey)
- Nano-medicine - PRINT nanoparticles for drug delivery (DeSimone); carbon nanotube X-ray devices (Zhou); nanoscale surfaces for capturing cells (Juliano, Allbritton); magnetic nanoparticles (Lin)- Fuel cells - DeSimone

- Supercapacitors and electrets (Murray, DeSimone)
- Fuel Cells (DeSimone)

- Batteries