Prof. Bhattacharjee has been selected for the 2017 Rutgers-New Brunswick Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, an annual award conferred upon one faculty member in the New Brunswick campus for achievements in scholarship. Prof. Bhattacharjee received this award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the entire computer architecture research community, impact on the computer hardware industry, and exploration of a new research direction that holds great promise in improving our understanding of the human brain".
Prof. Bhattacharjee's current research objective is to design computer systems that enhance our understanding of the brain and offer treatments for neurological disorders. His research vision is enabled by his PhD students Guilherme Cox, Jan Vesely, Zi Yan, and his undergraduate mentee, Karthik Sriram.