College of Arts and Sciences

• Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success (CARSS)

The Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success (CARSS) < http://www.albany.edu/news/release_4296.shtml> aims to strengthen the U.S. workforce and research sectors and to provide a model program for the nation's higher education institutions to address dramatic nationwide workforce shortfalls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by reversing the problem of low enrollment in STEM majors. The Center is supported by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

The Center's goals include an assessment process to provide information through published work for other academic institutions to increase STEM graduation rates. The Center specializes in tutoring and mentoring services for all STEM majors. It includes career counseling, faculty mentoring, and a recruitment component that involves consultation with student families, and various financial incentives. Contact: Rabi Musah

Family Summer Camp
A highlight of the CARSS program is the "Family Summer Camp" for prospective university students from Albany High School who plan to study in STEM field areas. The collaborative Family Summer Camp component targets recruitment and retention of students mainly from historically under-served populations, and facilitation of their retention in STEM fields throughout their college career at UAlbany.  Contact: Rabi Musah

• Department of Economics

Econometric Research Institute
Using funding from the New York State Division of Budget, the Econometric Research Institute – a research arm of the UAlbany Economics department – has been conducting surveys of business firms and economic professionals since 2000. The main purpose of these surveys is to monitor the economic health the New York economy in real time, and the results are used in New York State revenue forecasting process. The Econometric Research Institute’s two major projects equip business and other leaders with important information. One is the development of a transportation index to be used as a leading economic indicator. The second involves conducting two economic surveys to monitor the state’s economy: a quarterly Blue Chip type survey of economic experts, and a bi-annual establishment survey. Many undergraduate and graduate students assist with the research of these projects on a regular basis.  Contact: Kajal Lahiri

College of Computing and Information

NYS Council for Universal Broadband
All New Yorkers, including those in under-served rural and urban area, should be able to obtain high-speed Internet service. The New York State Council for Universal Broadband will recommend ways to extend high-speed access beyond traditional methods and to extend broadband connections throughout the state. Tim Lance, Professor of Informatics, Chairs the Broadband Network Infrastructure Access Action Team. Peter Bloniarz, Dean of the College of Computing and Information serves on the Governmental Initiatives Action Team.  Contact: Tim Lance, Peter Bloniarz

NYS Public/Private Sector Cyber Security Workgroup
Private- and public-sector executives who represent critical industry sectors -- such as telecommunications, financial and economic, utilities, public safety, health, and food -- are concerned with maintaining the continuity of critical infrastructure. The NYS Public/Private Sector Cyber Security Workgroup is examining the current state of cyber readiness of the entities within each sector, assessing vulnerabilities, and identifying mitigation strategies. Peter Bloniarz, Dean of the College of Computing and Information serves on this workgroup.  Contact: Peter Bloniarz

TechConnex /CCI Innovation Forum
In partnership with the Center for Economic Growth (CEG), the College of Computing and Information (CCI) has launched a new series of Innovation Forums, designed to highlight ways in which information technologies are making a difference in business and industry. This new series encourages people to think about ways in which IT can have a transformational and sometimes disruptive influence on their lives and their activities. It emphasizes areas that are relevant to the development of the IT industry in Tech Valley, and ones in which UAlbany and other educational institutions in the area can play a role.  Contact: Linda Bearup

• Department of Informatics

Program for Financial Market Regulation
Recent upheavals in the mortgage and financial markets have drawn attention to issues about how they are regulated. The Program in Financial Market Regulation educates students and conducts research in financial market regulation. It is a cooperative project of the financial services industry, regulatory organizations, and major law firms with the College of Computing and Information, School of Business, and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, and Albany Law School.  Contact: David McCaffrey

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education, and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience, and nanoecomonics. CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex is the most advanced research facility of its kind at any university in the world: a $4.2 billion, 450,000-square-foot complex that attracts corporate partners from around the world, and offers students a one-of-a-kind academic experience. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/ or contact Kristin Wolf.

Applied Materials R&D Center (AMAT)
The $300 million Applied Materials (AMAT) R&D Center located at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's Albany NanoTech Complex represents AMAT's only R&D facility located outside of its main headquarters in San Jose, California. It involves the installation of the complete spectrum of alpha- and beta-type AMAT tools, placement of AMAT researchers and engineers from Europe, Israel, and the U.S., and joint R&D activities on a variety of advanced computer chip programs, with emphasis on advanced process technology for the 32nm node and beyond. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/applied_materials_rd.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Apprenticeship Programs
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering helps appropriate organizations in expanding and enhancing traditional specialized apprenticeships to retrain trade union workers to match the skills needed for cleanroom construction and machine tool fit-up. A case in point is the Center for Construction Trades Training, a joint venture involving the New York State Assembly, M+W Zander, the Arsenal Business and Technology Partnership and CNSE. This $3.5 million office and cleanroom construction training center located at the Watervliet Arsenal to date has trained more than 600 trade union members with the skills necessary to meet the area's immediate need for personnel to construct and maintain cleanroom facilities and install precision machinery. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/workforce/apprenticeships.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (CATN2)
The Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (CATN2) is a strategic partnership between premier research universities and the nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, telecommunications, defense, and nanobiotechnology industry clusters in New York State. The mission of the center, located at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, is to provide industry with critical research and development, business assistance, workforce training, and economic outreach within a technically aggressive and financially competitive environment. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/catn2.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
The Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology (CENN) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's Albany NanoTech Complex is a fully-integrated technology deployment, product prototyping, manufacturing support, and workforce training resource for emerging generations of integrated circuitry (IC). Its targeted portfolio of nanoelectronics-based products ranges from emerging microprocessor and memory computer chips with higher functionality and complexity, to the rapidly evolving areas of micro- and nanosystem based "systems-on-a-chip" (SOC) technologies, including biochips, optoelectronics and photonics devices, and nanosensors for energy and the environment. The overarching goal of the CENN is to act as a world-class center for pre-competitive and competitive technology deployment, quick turn-around prototyping, and workforce training and development using universal 200mm and 300mm wafer platforms. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/center_of_excellence.html or contact Kristin Wolf,

Center for Nanoscale Lithography
The Center for NanoScale Lithography (CNL) is designed to act as a world-class resource for advanced research and development in emerging nanoscale lithography techniques, such as electron-beam lithography. The mission of the center is several-fold: to provide advanced patterning capabilities to university and global corporate partners within the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech complex for the creation of diverse nanoscale patterns; to extend the state of the art in e-beam optics and lithography through a close working relationship between CNSE and Vistec Lithography; and to establish a world-class center for research and education in nanometer-scale bottom-up lithography. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/nanoscale_lithography.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Center for Semiconductor Research (CSR)
The Center for Semiconductor Research (CSR), a $500 million partnership with the leading companies in the semiconductor industry, was established at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering as a long-term, multi-phase, joint R&D cooperative program on future computer chip technology nodes beginning with the 32nm computer chip device node. Industry partners within the CSR include IBM, Advanced Micro Devices, SONY, Toshiba, Tokyo Electron, and Applied Materials. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/csr.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies
The Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies provides critical design and analysis, pilot prototyping, and proof of concept to enable advanced systems and structures for integration within a host of renewable energy technologies, including fuel cells, solar energy, hydrogen, biofuels, wind, and hydropower. The research complements the applications-based programs of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center ("E2TAC"), providing additional capabilities and expertise to accelerate the path to commercialization for next-generation alternative energy technologies. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/ or contact Kristin Wolf.

CNSE-LeBoeuf Lamb Program on Nanotechnology Issues
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (“CNSE”) of the University at Albany conduct a unique joint program designed to help prepare law students to address the complex legal and business issues related to the emerging field of nanotechnology. The annual “CNSE-LeBoeuf Lamb Program on Nanotechnology Issues” is hosted jointly by CNSE and LeBoeuf Lamb, a global law firm with more than 650 lawyers practicing in 19 offices worldwide. Faculty and scientists at the UAlbany NanoCollege share their expertise on technological, business and economic issues related to nanoscale science and engineering with a select group of law students serving as the firm’s Summer Associates. The new collaborative program is part of an annual summer series offered by LeBoeuf Lamb that allows its Summer Associates to gain insight into various legal and business issues and experiences. Contact: Kristin Wolf

Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC).
The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) addresses the needs of advanced energy and environmental applications by leveraging the intellectual power base and state-of-the-art infrastructure at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and making use of its extensive capabilities in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Working with a growing list of collaborators, E2TAC is also at the forefront in business acceleration, education and outreach activities in the increasingly important areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency. For more information, visit http://www.e2tac.org/ or contact Kristin Wolf

Focus Center New York (FC-NY).
The National Interconnect Focus Center is a research consortium addressing long-term challenges in the development of next generation computer chips. The University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering was designated as the headquarters of the Focus Center - New York (FC-NY), a partnership between leading research organizations in New York. The Focus Center - New York develops the science and technology of interconnects, the complex signal-carrying conduits in the computer chip that are universally recognized as the technology driver for increased chip speed and performance. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/focus_center_ny.html or contact Kristin Wolf

Global Education and Training for Nanotechnology (GetNANO)
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and Hudson Valley Community College joined with Einhorn Yaffee Prescott ("EYP") Architecture & Engineering PC of Albany to develop the Global Education and Training for Nanotechnology ("GetNANO") program. The GetNANO initiative is designed to ensure the development of the highly skilled workforce necessary for the design and efficient operation of state-of-the-art nanoelectronics research, development and manufacturing facilities. This initiative includes the creation of a collaborative program that trains architects and engineers to design high-tech buildings and facilities with sustainability and zero energy, focusing on areas such as building information modeling, energy simulation, and system monitoring and control. Contact: Kristin Wolf

Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX)
The Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery and Exploration (INDEX) – one of just four such nanoelectronics research institutes in the country – is located at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's Albany NanoTech complex. The INDEX institute focuses on cutting-edge research in the field of nanotechnology, including the development of nanomaterials, fabrication technologies, nanochip designs and architectural integration schemes for realizing the computer nanochip designs of the future. The INDEX institute, under the leadership of CNSE, partners leading university researchers from Harvard University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with on-site corporate researchers from leading semiconductor companies such as Intel, Micron, AMD, IBM, Texas Instruments and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/index_center.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

International Multiphase Program for Lithography Science and Engineering (IMPLSE)
The $400 million International Multiphase Program for Lithography Science and Engineering (IMPLSE) was established at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering as a collaborative effort between CNSE, ASML and IBM, with a focus on 193nm immersion and EUV technologies. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/implse.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

International SEMATECH
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering was chosen as the location for the global headquarters and operations of International SEMATECH (ISMT), a 12-member global consortium of major computer chip manufacturers. This historic expansion of SEMATECH's operations in Albany will result in the creation of 450 new program-related jobs and retention of 250 existing jobs, as well as creation and retention of 4,550 high-tech jobs within the "ecosystem" of over 500 partner, supplier and contractor companies throughout New York. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/sematech.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

International Venture for Nanolithography
The International Venture for Nanolithography (INVENT) initiative is a first-of-its-kind, global industry-university consortium for research and development, education and technology deployment for future generations of nanolithography applications at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. This highly synergistic approach will accelerate product development and quicken the time to market, making New York’s statewide high-tech economy more competitive than ever. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/invent.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

National Institute for Sustainable Energy (NISE)
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott (“EYP”) Architecture and Engineering PC of Albany have created a world-class center for zero energy and sustainability that serves as both a catalyst for energy technology innovations and as a magnet for the attraction of clean energy businesses and industries to the Capital Region and New York State. EYP's business group, EYP/energy – including 15 EYP executives, managers, architects, designers and engineers – is located at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech complex as part of the $3.5 million National Institute for Sustainable Energy (“NISE”), a leading-edge center for zero energy and sustainability research and development, business advancement, commercialization and workforce training. Through NISE, personnel from EYP and CNSE collaborate to convert zero energy concepts and innovations into actual business opportunities and revenue generating initiatives in established markets, including integrated building modeling and energy simulation, energy efficiency, new energy technology, and monitoring and control. In addition, programs in education, workforce training and development, and public policy have been established. Contact: Kristin Wolf

NY Center for Advanced Interconnect Science and Technology (CAIST)
The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has designated the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) as the headquarters and lead of its Center for Advanced Interconnect Science and Technology (NY CAIST), a $7.5 million program funded jointly by SRC and New York State. The mission of CAIST is to bring together a critical mass of intellectual capital and state-of-the-art infrastructure to implement a multi-phased basic science strategy to address medium range computer chip challenges. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/caist.html or contact Kristin Wolf

Program Partnerships with Community Colleges
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering assists community colleges with the development of an associate’s degree in nanotechnology that is articulated with programs at the secondary school level (2 PLUS 2) and with 4-year colleges and universities. Examples include CNSE’s involvement in the creation of Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC)’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology program and Dutchess County Community College’s Equipment Support Technician Program. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/workforce/community_colleges.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL)
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is host to a $300 million R&D center established by Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL). TEL, the second largest manufacturer of computer chip-making tools, and its partners invested $200 million in the project. New York State committed to contribute $100 million over seven years in capital construction, equipment and specialized tools for research. The TEL Technology Center, America facility is the company’s only research and development facility outside of Japan. TEL expects the research center to eventually support 300 researchers. For more information, visit http://cnse.albany.edu/business_resources/centers_programs/tel.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
Each year, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering hosts a highly competitive Undergraduate Summer Internship program, which provides opportunities for hands-on research experience to qualified undergraduate students who wish to pursue careers in nanosciences, nanoengineering, and the nanotechnology industry. Applicants come from colleges and universities all over the world and have academic backgrounds in the physical, chemical, biological or computer sciences, mathematics, or engineering. For more information visit, http://cnse.albany.edu/academic_programs/internships.html or contact Kristin Wolf.

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

• Center for Policy Research

System Dynamics Society
Overview:  The System Dynamics Society is an international nonprofit organization devoted to the development and use of systems thinking and system dynamics.  Contact: Roberta L. Spencer

School of Business

Advisory Council
The School of Business Advisory Council consults corporate leaders on a variety of issues related to the School, its academic programs and students. The Council also helps improve the visibility and enhance the reputation of both the school and university in the region’s business community. Contact: Don Siegel

Fieldwork
Students conduct consulting projects for local clients in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.  These projects are conducted by teams of graduate students, under faculty supervision.  The students receive academic credit for working on these projects.  Examples of projects include the design and implementation of human resource management and information technology systems, performance measurement and evaluation, and strategic planning.   

Full Time MBA Program
The fulltime MBA students are involved in various volunteering activities ranging from teaching students in school to participating in UAlbany’s campus clean-up day. UAlbany is closely involved with Junior Achievement and offers students the opportunity to volunteer to teach at various local schools each semester. UAlbany students teach at local schools about the importance of staying in school, earning money and economic development. The students also plan on organizing a professional clothing drive, where they will donate unused or lightly used professional wear to underprivileged people. Contact: Linda Krzykowski

Interns
Graduate and undergraduate students from UAlbany work as interns across an array of organizations ranging from GE, IBM, Wachovia and MTI, to government authorities like the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), NYS Police and the NYS Office of the State Comptroller. Teams of graduate students, under faculty supervision, conduct field projects for local clients in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. The students receive credit while their clients receive valuable services.  Many students perform unpaid internships where they use their skills to add value to not-for-profit and public organizations. The School of Business reaches out to the local business community through these internships, and offers local employers an opportunity to choose from a pool of talented individuals. Contact Deirdre F. Sweeney

A student from the second year MBA program works as an intern with NYSERDA’s Saratoga Technology and Energy Park (STEP) which is a 280 acre site located in Malta, NY. STEP houses manufacturers, labs and office space for organizations that focus on clean energy and environmental technology. In addition to office space, STEP has a walking path open to the community that is lit with energy efficient lights.
“One of the greatest things about the Technology Park is that it provides the business community with clean energy efficient space as well as increases the number of job opportunities in the area”.
To learn more about STEP and NYSERDA, check them out on the web: http://step.nyserda.org. or Contact Deirdre F. Sweeney

Junior Achievement
Through the School of Business, UAlbany has provided more than 50 K-12 classrooms in the Capital Region with Junior Achievement volunteers.  JA provides a curriculum that uses hands-on experiences to prepare young people for success in a global economy.  Student volunteers (both undergraduates and MBAs) use the curriculum to teach students about free market economics, money management, and entrepreneurialism.  Since 2000, approximately 100 undergraduate and graduate students per year from the School of Business participate in an annual bowl-a-thon fundraiser for JA.  The School of Business hopes to expand UAlbany’s partnership with JA through participation from students in other UAlbany schools and colleges.  Contact: Linda Krzykowski

MBA Field Projects
A field project is a year long, off-campus assignment, pertinent to the student's area of study. Second year full time MBA students work off campus with various not for profit organizations, and apply their knowledge and skills to improve their business processes. For example, as a part of their field project, a team of three MBA students works with The New York Association of Homes and Services for the aging (NYAHSA), an organization that represents not-for profit and public long-term care providers. NYAHSA has developed and markets, a web-based quality improvement and risk management software program called EQUIP for Quality to its members. After a thorough market and competitor analysis, the team has developed a marketing strategy that will target potential customers, create awareness and differentiate EQUIP from its competitors. This task has been challenging for the NYAHSA team in the past, due to the financial constraints faced by a not-for-profit organization. The MBA team not only focuses its efforts on marketing the software, but also assists the IT department in understanding the needs of the business. The team applies their academic learning and business expertise to make NYAHSA’s business model more successful. Contact: Prof. Lakshmi Mohan

Research
Prof. Miesing, a faculty at the School of Business, teaches and conducts research in strategic management broadly including executive vision and leadership; organizational learning and transformation; technology transfer; cross-culture management and organization; corporate social responsibility and business ethics; and strategic and pedagogical use of information technology. Contact: Paul Miesing

Technology Transfer Society Conference
The Technology Transfer Society's annual conference will be held at the University at Albany October 17-18, 2008.  The theme of the conference is "Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clusters".  Contact: Don Siegel

Undergraduate Group Projects
Students completed an integrated group project (prepared in teams of 3 persons) prepared for a community-based not-for-profit or in this case, The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and the New York State Coalition against Sexual Assault. 

Students met with representatives and: (1) determined what information they need that can best meet the enterprise's needs, (2) designed the information solution, (3) implemented the solution, and (4) presented the solution to the representatives of the enterprise. Throughout the process, the teams kept a log documenting their external communications with the enterprise as well as their internal communications at team meetings.  Contact: Ingrid Fisher

• Department of Accounting

Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) Camp
The Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) will partner with the State University of New York at Albany to offer the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program to about 20 area minority high school juniors from June 29 through July 2. COAP educates minority high school students on the many facets of the accounting profession and builds skills to help them succeed in college and the business world. This year, Albany students will tour Pricewaterhouse Coopers and participate in a panel discussion about accounting. Albany business professionals will lead sessions on interviewing and networking skills, and students will learn to craft an effective resume during a workshop. They will learn the finer points of etiquette at a special dinner. Historically, minorities have been underrepresented in the accounting profession, and the COAP program aims to increase diversity. A survey of COAP alumni has revealed that almost 100% of respondents have gone on to college and that 70% are majoring or enrolled in accounting or business programs. Contact: Suzanne Traylor.

• Department of Information Technology Management

Undergraduate ITM Program
Undergraduate students at the School of Business who are enrolled in ITM 434 work for a not for profit organizations off campus for the entire semester. They are involved in analyzing problems and determining solutions for their clients for free. In the past students have worked for the St Anne Institute, Family and Children Services Albany Symphony and the firefighters in the Catskills. In 2006, students enrolled in ITM 434 worked extensively for the St Anne Institute, a not for profit organization that works to improve the emotional well being of children and families across the state. They created a database to track student information and ensured it was secure and password protected which was critical to their day to day functions. They also designed a database to store exit interview data, thus making St Anne’s user interface easy to use and efficient at the same time. Contact: Jakov J. Crnkovic

• Department of Management

Full time MBA (HRIS) Program
Field projects are year long, off-campus assignments, pertinent to the student's area of study. They provide the opportunity for students to apply their knowledge of HR and technology in organizational setting.
Field projects represent a significant business outreach activity for the School. Students work with local, regional, national, and international firms.  They work with state and local government agencies, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. These projects provide a mechanism for us to work with our primary business audience and provide support for the economic development of the Capital Region.  Projects also encourage the retention of highly skilled alumni in the Capital Region by getting students involved with local businesses and not-for-profit agencies. Recent field project clients include GE, Deloitte Consulting, Living Resources (pro-bono, 15 year relationship), SAP America, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barclays Bancorp, Barclays Bancorp, PeopleSoft, Oracle, The Center for International Programs, The United Group of Companies, CDPHP and SEFCU.  Contact: Hal Gueutal

• Department of Marketing

Undergraduate Programs
The marketing department offers American Marketing Association scholarships ($2,500) for students who exhibit marketing talent; speakers and panels such as representatives from Pepsi and Smith Barney in 2008, and hosts AMA luncheons for students to meet local marketing professionals. The department plans to have students compete in university and local competitions and eventually a national AMA conference or competition. Faculty take students enrolled in summer courses to Media Logic, a local marketing firm, for a field trip.  There, students participate in research surveys, tour the offices, and attend a presentation by Media Logic staff members.  Contact: Valentin Demarco

•Small Business Development Center

The Small Business Development Center, University at Albany (SBDC, UA) offers no-cost, one-to-one counseling, assisting start-up and existing businesses in developing strategic business plans, identifying appropriate sources of funding, providing market research, management information and financial analysis.

The SBDC, UA places emphasis on providing needed services to manufacturers, women, veterans, minority, and physically challenged individuals, or on business impacting distressed and targeted areas.  By assisting new and existing small business firms, the SBDC, UA directly contributes to local, regional, and state economies, promoting stability and growth. Since inception, the SBDC, UA has provided business assistance to 17,000 entrepreneurs with 142,461 counseling hours.  These efforts helped access $211,052,585 in local economic investment and 8,299 jobs were saved or created during the period. Programmatic Milestones (FY 2007) include:

• 822 clients counseled
• $16,924,317 in capital accessed
• 366 jobs saved or created
• 21 Training Events
• 430 Training Attendees
• Of the 23 SBDC's Statewide, the UAlbany program has been consistently ranked within the top three Centers in New York State over the last 3 years. This is calculated from a matrix of efficiency, quality, and quantity measures.
• Awarded pilot funding to launch a Technology Entrepreneur in Residence Program to employ serial entrepreneurs to assist high potential technology companies.
• Coordinated the Veteran's Business Outreach Center to provide specialized outreach to veterans.
  

For more information, contact William Brigham

Office of Technology Development

The Office of Technology Development (OTD) is responsible for campus intellectual property issues. The OTD works with campus faculty, staff, and students to identify, protect, and license intellectual property (such as inventions and original works of authorship) that has potential for commercial application or broader use outside the university. The OTD also helps to ensure equity and clarity of roles and responsibilities in relationships with companies and other external organizations. The OTD is particularly interested in working with companies who can develop new technology emerging from U Albany research to grow their businesses in New York State. The OTD negotiates Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Option Agreements, License Agreements and other agreements related to intellectual property. Contact: Theresa Walker