Information Infrastructures- Wireless network architecture; Next-generation Internet; Quality of service and network traffic engineering; innovative telecommunications systems; Wireless signal processing; Modeling and assessment of interdependencies among computer networks, telecommunications, and energy systems.

Embedded Energy - Distributed energy generation and storage systems; Renewable energy resources; Electric and gas utility deregulation issues; Vehicle power supplies; Autonomous energy for integrated mechanical and electronic (mechatronic) equipment; Power electronics.

Sustainable Society - Water, mineral, and energy resource engineering; "Green" buildings; Innovative public transit systems; Energy efficiency and demand-side management; Material and labor-efficient industrial processes and manufacturing; Environmental impacts of electric power generation; Climate change impacts and mitigation.

Lifelong Learning - Distance education for high-tech workforce training; "Just-in-time" information; Web-based virtual laboratories; Digital library networks.

The following research programs are active at the Alexandria Research Institute:

CBIL

Computational Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Laboratory
CBIL undertakes molecular analysis of human diseases such as cancer and Type II diabetes via micro-array gene expression profiling and data analysis. CBIL uses a systems approach to molecular imaging of cancer therapy and the discovery of gene regulatory networks and utilizes/develops tools based on machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition, multivariate & information visualization, grid technology, integrative intelligence, functional & molecular imaging & analysis, computer graphics & vision.

Critical Infrastructure Modeling and Assessment Program
The Critical Infrastructure Modeling and Assessment Program (CIMAP) is a new initiative undertaken by the Virginia Tech Center for Energy and the Global Environment (CEAGE) to assess critical infrastructures in Northern Virginia. The aim of this program is to provide state policymakers and legislators - along with citizens, state and federal agencies as well as industry partners - with long-term perspectives and guidance on the various issues that affect the planning, commissioning and operation of infrastructures.

Digital Library Network for Engineering and Technology
DLNET is a digital library project funded by the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) initiative of the National Science Foundation. It is a repository of "Learning Objects" (LOs) as well as a platform for information discovery, interaction, content-building and distribution that will support pedagogy and learning in Engineering and Technology.

Laboratory for Advanced Networking
LAN research is focused on wireless networks, with a strong emphasis on mobile ad hoc networks or MANETs that adopt a self-organizing, distributed architecture, with nodes acting as independent decision making entities. Research on ad hoc networks also covers areas such as security, energy-aware routing for heterogenous nodes, policy based network management, game theoretic applications for resource management and application of smart antennas.

Sustainably Energized, Adaptive, Biomimetic, Oceanic and Terrestrial Swarms
SEABOTS is developing enabling technologies for ocean, earth, and space scientists to conduct relatively inexpensive, in situ observation of remote environments using mobile sensor swarms that are renewably energized by the monitored environment. SEABOTS systems are intended to be sustainable, affordable, and usable, thereby providing a broad population of researchers and educators with a persistent - even perpetual - presence for exploration and monitoring of challenging environments.