Centers & Institutes
Learn more about SMU Lyle's centers and institutes, where we are advancing work in the areas of engineering leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, digital and human augmented manufacturing, engineering for humanity, and more.
Centers & Institutes
Caruth Institute for Engineering Education
Empowering U.S. high school graduates with enthusiasm and knowledge to pursue the engineering careers required to compete in a global economy.
Center for Digital and Human-Augmented Manufacturing
Combines research innovation and industry partnerships to explore how digital twins, AI, virtual reality, and more will shape the future of manufacturing.
Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security
Advancing the science, policy, application and education of cyber security through basic and problem-driven, interdisciplinary research.
Hart Center for Engineering Leadership
At the Hart Center, we pair an elite technical education with exceptional leadership and professional development skills to produce world-changing engineers.
Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
A co-venture of SMU Cox and SMU Lyle, founded to provide students opportunities to create new products/ processes for the marketplace and develop business plans to determine how to take these products to the world.
Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity
A national and international hub partnering with business leaders, academia, NGOs and government to develop solutions for local and global challenges.