The Innovation Research Center (IRC) laboratory is a research and instructional facility of the UP-EEEI which provides technology solutions in managing production resources, health care, and education. Its research thrusts are biomedical engineering; traffic, structural, and environmental monitoring; wireless sensor networks; and embedded systems and mechatronics; and hardware interfaces for interactive learning. It is the development arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- UP Enterprise Center for Technopreneurship.

Laboratory Head: Luis Sison, PhD

Laboratory Contact Number: +632.8981.8500 loc 3360/3361

Some of the researches under IRC include:

• eNAI: Electronic natal assistive intervention (Published on TENCON 2012 – 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference, pp.1-6, presented in Cebu, 19-22 Nov. 2012.)
• Device interoperability and authentication for telemedical appliance based on the ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health device (PHD) standards (Published on Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 1270 – 1273, presented in San Diego, California, Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012)