# MEERCAT Center > The Microelectronics Energy-Efficiency Research Center for Advanced Technologies (MEERCAT) — a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center uniting 8 research projects across national laboratories and universities to advance energy-efficient microelectronics for AI, neuromorphic computing, sensing, and edge processing. ## Pages - [Home](/): Overview of MEERCAT, its mission, and research focus areas. - [About](/about): Background on the center, its goals, and partners. - [Leadership](/leadership): MEERCAT leadership team and principal investigators. - [Working Groups](/working-groups): Cross-cutting research working groups. - [Workforce Development](/workforce): Education, training, and outreach programs. - [Industry Engagement](/industry): How industry partners can collaborate with MEERCAT. - [Resource Hub](/resources): Publications, presentations, and shared research resources. - [Events](/events): Upcoming conferences, workshops, and meetings. ## Projects - [All Projects](/projects): Index of the 8 MEERCAT research projects. - [ESTEEM](/projects/esteem): Energy-efficient sensing and computing co-design. - [BIA](/projects/bia): Bio-inspired architectures for low-power computing. - [DECODE](/projects/decode): Decoding neuromorphic signals with energy-efficient hardware. - [AMMEC](/projects/ammec): Advanced materials for microelectronic energy efficiency. - [NSR-CHIP](/projects/nsr-chip): Next-generation sensing and reasoning chip research. - [AUREIS](/projects/aureis): Adaptive ultra-low-power reconfigurable edge intelligence systems. - [Nanoscale Hybrids](/projects/nanoscale-hybrids): Hybrid nanoscale device architectures. - [El-Pho](/projects/el-pho): Electronic-photonic integration for efficient computing.