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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's North American research organization.

MERL does application-motivated basic and applied research and advanced development in physical simulation & modeling, optimization, control, signal processing and Artificial Intelligence. We are an open lab, publishing our results, collaborating with the world-wide research community, and measuring our performance by the impact we have on Mitsubishi Electric and the world.

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Featured Research

Multi-Physical Modeling: Optimal design & robust control through multi-physical modeling.

Our work involves the development of state-of-art modeling and simulation tools for complex, heterogeneous systems. We apply these models for the optimal design and robust control of a variety of systems including HVAC systems, zero-energy buildings, automobiles, and robotic systems. [learn more]

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MERL Seminar Series

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News & Events

  • NEWS  MERL researchers present 13 papers at ACC 2025Released: Jul 23, 2025

    MERL researchers presented 13 papers at the recently concluded American Control Conference (ACC) 2025 in Denver, USA. The papers covered a wide range of topics including Bayesian optimization for personalized medicine, machine learning for battery . . . [read more]

  • AWARD  Mitsubishi Electric Team Wins Awards at GalFer ContestReleased: Jul 18, 2025

    The MELSUR (Mitsubishi Electric SURrogate) team, consisting of a group of MERL and Mitsubishi Electric researchers, ranked first in two out of three categories in the GalFer Contest.

    The GalFer (Galileo Ferraris) contest aims to . . . [read more]

  • NEWS  MERL contributes to 2025 European Control ConferenceReleased: Jul 10, 2025

    MERL researchers contributed to both the technical program and workshop organization at the 2025 European Control Conference (ECC), held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from June 24 to 27. ECC is one of the premier conferences in the field of control.
    . . . [read more]

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    Internship Openings

    Year-round openings for graduate students interned in a research internship.

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    Employment Openings

    We are always on the lookout for exceptional scientists and engineers to join MERL.

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    Unique opportunity for early career scientists to pursue their own research agenda.

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    Visiting Faculty

    University faculty members are invited to spend part or all of their sabbaticals at MERL.

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