[11] The Engine, a new external innovation accelerator, was launched by MIT to help start-ups pursuing capital- and time-intensive technologies access patient capital, workspaces, equipment, and services needed to bring solutions from inception to the marketplace.

Early on in his research career, he worked on low-power chips for portable computers, which helped lead to the development of technology in small, energy-constrained devices like smartphones.

The group also works on projects that involving circuit design, wireless charging, security hardware, and energy harvesting in Internet of Things devices.

Chandrakasan was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2015) for the development of low-power circuit and system design methods.

Chandrakasan has been involved with the IEEE International Solid-state Circuits for a quarter-century since 1996 including the following leadership roles:[16] He has been recognized as having the highest number of publications in the history of the conference.