National Rankings
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) was ranked the world's No. 1 college for nanotechnology and microtechnology by Small Times magazine (May 2007).
Major Highlights
CNSE published more than 200 scientific papers and technical reports, hosted and/or participated in more than 100 conferences worldwide, and secured over $1 billion in external funding. CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex produced 105 patents, 256 patent applications, and 16 intellectual property licenses.
Governor Eliot Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno announced that International SEMATECH agreed to a major expansion of its existing research and development program at the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology at UAlbany CNSE.
CNSE's Albany NanoTech complex was cited as a key factor in AMD's plan to build and operate the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world at the Luther Forest Technology Park.
Vistec Lithography Inc. announced it would move its global headquarters, research and development, manufacturing and business operations from the United Kingdom to CNSE's Albany NanoTech complex and the Arsenal Campus in Watervliet.
CNSE took delivery of the world's first extreme ultraviolet Alpha Demo Tool, and later produced the world's first exposed images using the tool.
CNSE played a critical role in a major breakthrough by IBM for building the next generation of computer chips.
Scientists and faculty at SEMATECH's Mask Blank Development Center reached a milestone in advancing the use of extreme ultraviolet lithography.
CNSE partnered with Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture and Engineering of Albany to create the National Institute for Sustainable Energy.
Qualified students at Albany High School will study nanotechnology at CNSE through a pilot program called "NanoHigh."
CNSE selected 22 undergraduates from 15 academic institutions in the U.S., Canada and Russia for its 2007 Summer Internship Program.
Grants
NYSTAR, nearly $2 million to help spur development of an Energy Test Farm.
NYSTAR, $750,000, to support a CNSE joint research initiative with Vistec Lithography Inc.
National Cancer Institute, $2 million, to researchers at CNSE and Albert Einstein College of Medicine to develop the world's smallest cancer detection device.
Faculty and Staff Appointments
Noted scientist and researcher Dr. Ji Ung Lee joined the CNSE faculty.
Dr. Timothy Groves was appointed to head the Center for NanoScale Lithography.
Major Gifts
KeyBank and the Key Foundation, $250,000, to launch "NEXSTEP."
Dr. Clinton Ray Carpenter, $300,000, to establish an endowment to support scholarships.