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Even when classes are not in session, UAlbany students find ways to gain valuable experience through a variety of summer internships, research, volunteer, and other applied learning opportunities.

The College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering has launched three new graduate certificate programs in semiconductor engineering. The programs are designed to meet the demand for a skilled workforce in the U.S. and global semiconductor industry, a market which is expected to reach $1 trillion annually by the end of the decade.

UAlbany junior Alma Kolakji is spending her summer tying to help make rocket fuel more environmentally friendly. She is one of 24 students taking part in the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering's Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

A team from the UAlbany joined colleagues at Columbia University and GIS firm Esri at BEF’s request to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of the current uses and future challenges and opportunities of employing AI to counteract the harm being done to Earth’s natural systems.

UAlbany Associate Professor of Nanobioscience Ben Boivin from the Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering has been awarded more than $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further explore the role of PTPs in disease progression.

Abram Magner, an assistant professor in the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, has recently been awarded a $584,993 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project, “CAREER: Theoretical Foundations for Learning Network Dynamics.”

UAlbany scientists have patented the design of a new system to treat water for PFAS—synthetic chemicals known to contaminate ground and surface waters which threaten environmental and human health.

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