GE Aerospace’s Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet Capital Region tech firms are developing advanced materials that can withstand high temperatures, ranging from those experienced by hypersonic vehicles, rockets and hydrogen-powered long-haul tucks. Starfire Systems Last year, Starfire Systems in Glenville was granted its first patent in a decade. The
Contract manufacturing operations in the Capital Region’s Life-Sciences Cluster have been expanding their abilities to produce kilogram-scale batches of small molecules and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in facilities that are compliant with good manufacturing practices (GMP). At the University of Albany’s Health Sciences Campus in East Greenbush, two biotech firms
An EUV workstation at the Albany NanoTech Complex. Even before the Albany NanoTech Complex was designated a National Semiconductor Technology Center flagship facility for standard and high numerical aperture (NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) research and development, the Capital Region already had an advantage over most states when it came to
UAlbany’s new supercomputer for its AI Plus initiative Capital Region business research and development spending increased at its fastest rate in years in fiscal year 2022, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of new data from the National Center for Science and Engineering statistics. In 2022, businesses spent
The amount of federal seed funding that Capital Region small businesses received in fiscal 2022 increased over the year to more than $19 million, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the U.S. Small Business Administration. In fiscal 2023, 15 firms in the eight-county Capital
Employment in the Capital Region’s high-tech R&D industry last summer surpassed an 18-year high, with Albany County driving that growth. This employment growth follows increases in R&D spending by local universities and businesses in the eight-county region, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the
As the University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ramp up their artificial intelligence and quantum computing capabilities, the Capital Region is already emerging as a top AI innovation market that continues to attract millions in federally funded, AI-related R&D. Between 2010 and 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Two Capital Region startups received their first research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in fiscal 2023, and the area’s two largest universities also received their largest amounts of NIH funding in several years, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the NIH
Capital Region tech firms received nearly $16 million in federal seed funds for R&D projects. The research projects ranged from composites for unmanned aircraft and hydrogen turbines, aerodynamic sensor tape for offshore wind turbines, and an open-source artificial intelligence software infrastructure for science that is designed for researchers, according to
Living up to its claim as being the “birthplace of innovation,” Schenectady County ranks second in the nation for utility patenting intensity over the past two decades. And throughout the Capital Region, inventors are especially productive when it comes to generating patents for semiconductor and environmental technologies , according to
