This region is a national powerhouse for academic R&D. There’s more than $1 billion in university R&D research projects going on regionally right now...
Cortland County is located close to world class technology centers that represent a leading edge collaboration between universities, private industry and government. Through these Centers for Advanced Technology, researchers at prestigious universities work side-by-side with large and small companies to develop and commercialize new technologies.
New York State Centers for Advanced Technology in the Cortland region include:
- Cornell University Center for Life Science Enterprise and Biotechnology
- State University of New York at Binghamton Integrated Electronic Engineering Center
- Syracuse University CASE Center (Computer Applications/Software Engineering Center)
- Center for Environmental Quality Systems
- Center of Excellence in Environment and Energy Systems
Cornell University has the world's only center for nanobiotechnology, combining sophisticated devices even smaller than the molecular level, with biology and medicine. The new center has the potential to spawn new jobs through technology that rivals the microelectronics industry that developed in the Silicon Valley. Cornell is also one of the nation's four supercomputing centers and one of the top research universities in the world. Cornell is moving ahead with a new $600 million life sciences initiative -- the largest R&D and building project in the university’s history.
Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center just won a competition to establish and operate the first Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM). The USDC is providing more than $10 million in equipment and funding to establish the center, which will be a collaborative effort between Binghamton, the USDC and other academic, government and industry partners. The center will help speed microelectronics manufacturing research and technology transfer.
Within 30 minutes of the Finger Lakes East Build Now NY Business Park is SUNY Upstate Medical University, an academic medical center with programs in four colleges, as well as nearly 500 graduate physicians in residency and fellowship training programs. Its faculty in both the basic and the clinical sciences are currently engaged in more than 400 funded research projects. University Hospital currently has a $100 million capital expansion program underway.
SUNY Upstate Medical University is partnering with SUNY ESF in nearby Syracuse on The New York Environmental Quality (NYIEQ) Center, that pursues collaborative research and economic development projects related to indoor environmental quality. More than 50 companies, as well as numerous academic, medical and research institutions are involved with the NYIEQ Center. Other key partners include the NYSTAR Center for Environmental Quality Systems and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environment and Energy Systems. This region is developing as a national center for environmental quality. SUNY - ESF, located just 30 minutes away, is consistently recently ranked among the nation's top universities in US News and World Report's annual list of America's best colleges, particularly in the field of environmental research. ESF is considered a national leader in both graduate and undergraduate fields related to science, engineering, policy, design and planning.
Cortland County is a founding partner in The Emerging Technology Alliance, an education-industry partnership that is helping leverage the following nearby resources:
Cornell University:
College of Engineering Cornell’s College of Engineering consistently ranks among the nation's top ten engineering schools in both research and education. The College offers cutting-edge programs in: Applied and Engineering Physics, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and Biomedical Engineering.
The Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) is an NSF supported Materials Research, Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), and the second largest of 28 such centers nationwide. CCMR supports interdisciplinary materials research groups in different nanoscience fields, from polymers and nanocomposites to micromechanics, including glass and thin-films, electric and magnetic spin transport properties.
The Cornell Nanofabrication Facility (CNF), an NSF-supported Center, is part of the National Nanofabrication Users Network, and can work with companies on technology development at nanometer and micrometer dimensions.
The Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) is an NSF supported Science and Technology Center that supports emerging areas that meld nano-microfabrication and biosystems to the benefit of both.
The Center for Advanced Technology in Lie Science Enterprise and Biotechnology (CAT) is a NYSTAR Center for Advanced Technology established by Cornell and the State of New York. The Cornell CAT pursues programs that address specific economic development needs of biotechnology and life sciences industries. These needs include research and development, education and training, and technology development and transfer.
The Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technology (CNS) is the largest of six newly established NSF supported Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers. CNS is focused on the integration of systems of nanoscale electronics, photonics and/or magnetic devices and phenomena. These studies are expected to impact future high-performance electronics, information storage, communications and sensor technologies.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering/CASE Center, is a NYSTAR Center focused on research areas such as systems assurance, networked and distributed computing, RF and wireless information systems, and applied computing. The CASE Center works with businesses, from startups in its incubator, to multinational small and mid-sized companies, particularly in areas related to a Central New York signature technology called SAID (Sense, Analyze, Interpret and Decide). It has a strong economic development partnership with business development organizations such as the Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO). For more information: www.syracuse.edu
Syracuse University Center of Excellence in Environmental Systems, an exciting public-private partnership, is helping to establish a new $170 million Center of Excellence at the nearby Syracuse University Research Park. The Center is a collaborative venture between New York State, private industry, Syracuse University, local development agencies and other academic and research partners. Corporate partners in the effort include Pyramid, Niagara Mohawk, Carrier, McQuay International, Welch-Allyn, the New York Indoor Environmental Quality Center and others. Academic and research partners include Alfred University, Clarkson University, Cornell University, RPI, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Albany, the Upstate Freshwater Institute, and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Other programs include the Syracuse University Corporate Access Partnership Program, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, and School of Information Studies, as well as the School of Management and its Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Program.
Binghamton University
Binghamton University Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC), a NYSTAR Center, pursues research in electronics packaging, the process of bringing a semiconductor chip, with its resident circuitry, to a form that can be integrated effectively into a larger microelectronics assembly. The IEEC performs leading edge research in electronics packaging and transfers results to New York State and US packaging industries, through a highly effective economic development partnership. For more information: www.binghamton.edu
Other programs include the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Center for Computing Technologies, Institute for Biomedical Technology, Institute for Materials, Center for Science, and Mathematics and Technology Education Program.
The Emerging Technology Alliance also partners with the Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO) based in Syracuse, and the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology (AM&T) based in Binghamton. Both are designated Regional Technology Development Centers (RTDC’s) funded by New York State and the federal government. Both work with companies throughout the region to help with the development and funding of new technologies and practices. Services include strategic planning, lean manufacturing, process improvement, sales and marketing, ISO and QS, grant assistance, technology transfer and export training. More information is available on-line at: www.tdosolutions.com
Companies also have access to SATOP, the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, made up of NASA Centers and Sub-Contractors, Space Alliance Partners, universities and colleges, and provides area businesses with technical support. The program enables local companies to work with space industry technical teams, utilizing the vast technical resources of NASA and engineering expertise of nearby participating NASA contractors like Lockheed Martin. Typical projects include mechanical, chemical, electronics, electrical and fluids engineering, as well as testing, robotics, manufacturing, statistical analysis and materials requirements. For more information: www.spacetechsolutions.com