New York Photonics Manufacturing Initiative Goal: Assist in developing national and regional technology roadmaps for the U.S. photonics industry and laying the groundwork for a national institute dedicated to advancing and diffusing photonics-based manufacturing technologies. Lead: University of Rochester, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences 260 Hutchison Rd. Rochester, NY14627 Award Number: 70NANB14H054 Federal Funding:...Continue Reading

SPIE analysis received as powerful tool to promote photonics industry            Latest update on industry revenues, job numbers wins praise at SPIE Photonics Europe Data developed by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, on the revenue and number of jobs generated by the core photonics components industry continue to draw praise from industry audiences....Continue Reading

SPIE.org : About SPIE : Research and industry leaders urge Congressional support for photonics. Volunteers from industry and research labs across the USA visited Congressional offices today to urge support for key issues related to photonics technologies and R&D, on behalf of the National Photonics Initiative (NPI). Supported by SPIE, the international society for optics...Continue Reading

Exelis products deliver data from high above the Earth to the palm of your hand Use your smartphone to find a location, and you’re using technology created in Rochester. Same with those WorldView satellite images helping to guide the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. Ditto with global weather tracking systems, devices that helped provide security at the Super...Continue Reading

Fracking, robotics, and nanotechnology are poised to transform the industrial sector. Hardly a day goes by without an article predicting, lamenting, or celebrating America’s decline. The turmoil in Crimea and Syria, the polarized and frequently gridlocked U.S. political system, the deepening income and wealth inequalities in the United States, and the growing clout of rivals...Continue Reading

Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences. Inventions, licensing & commercialization at UR, RIT & Cornell. Great technology stories today.Continue Reading

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Competitiveness Woes Behind: A National Traded Sector Competitiveness Strategy This report presents 50 federal-level policy recommendations to help restore U.S. traded sector competitiveness (and an additional 13 state-level recommendations). The recommendations are organized around federal policies regarding the “4Ts” of technology, tax, trade, and talent as well as policies to...Continue Reading

The President’s R&D Budget for FY 2015: A Summary and Charts In a year in which discretionary spending is effectively standing still, increased R&D investments appear hard to come by.  Officially released March 4, the President’s budget makes clear the challenges currently posed by the Budget Control Act spending caps for R&D support. With hardly...Continue Reading

Debates and committee testimony from OSTP and AAAS in Washington this week during congressional visits by concerned science and research stakeholders. http://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-programContinue Reading

Thursday March 20, 2014 Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (Representative New York’s 25th District) sent a letter to President Obama today strongly endorsing the concept of a national manufacturing institute in Optics and Photonics, and clearly stating her position that Rochester, New York plays a leadership role.  Congresswoman Slaughter Optics letter 03 20 14 The National Network...Continue Reading