A Wayne County optics manufacturer is spending $20 million to expand its operations in the town of Ontario and create up to 50 jobs, Empire State Development announced Thursday. ESD said Optimax Systems Inc. is adding a 36,000-square-foot addition to its existing facility on Dean Parkway off Route 104. ESD, the state’s economic development agency, said the expanded operations, with support from ESD, “will allow Optimax Systems to raise the...Continue Reading
Funding to support the development of inexpensive, point-of-care testing and diagnostics using photonic biosensing technology The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced that AIM Photonics has been awarded $5,273,779 as a part of an overall grant package totaling more than $54 million for high-impact projects for research, development and testbeds for pandemic response. The funding, which was provided by the American Rescue Act,...Continue Reading
Some 900 Rochester jobs—scientists, engineers, technicians and staff—remain secure with $83 million in federal funding for the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. The funding is critical to the groundbreaking work being done at LLE to help support the science-based stewardship of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, officials say. Established in 1970, LLE began as a center for the investigation of the interaction of intense radiation with matter. The lab is funded by...Continue Reading
A research team led by Andrea Alù at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Heedong Goh at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) developed a design for a nano-size, wave-based computer that solves advanced mathematical computations at the speed of light. The advancement stems from the researchers’ investigation insight into how nanomaterials interact with lightwaves, which could step up the development of...Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded nearly $54 million in grants for 13 high-impact projects for research, development and testbeds for pandemic response. The funding, which was provided by the American Rescue Act, will support projects at eight manufacturing innovation institutes in the Manufacturing USA network, working with more 80 partners including leading research universities, nonprofits, and small and large manufacturers. The New York...Continue Reading
The work is a significant step toward realizing a new generation of ultra-compact, low-energy-use computers capable of complex mathematical computation. Computers are an indispensable part of our daily lives, and the need for ones that can work faster, solve complex problems more efficiently, and leave smaller environmental footprints by minimizing the required energy for computation is increasingly urgent. Recent progress in photonics has shown that it’s possible to achieve more...Continue Reading
PhD student Katie Dunn prepares samples for imaging cells using a quantitative phase microscope. “I feel like I’m part of a unique community” at the Institute of Optics, she says. (University of Rochester / J. Adam Fenster) Two New Awards will Help the University of Rochester Prepare a More Diverse Pipeline of Optics Professionals. Two recent awards will enable the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester to help address a pressing need...Continue Reading
Cornell Engineering assistant professors Peter McMahon, Francesco Monticone and Atieh Moridi are among the 32 researchers selected from more than 220 applicants to receive Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) awards, which support early-career scientists and engineers. The Young Investigator Program is a highly competitive early-career award program recognizing prior academic achievement and potential for significant scientific breakthrough. College and university tenure-track faculty who earned a Ph.D....Continue Reading
In May 2021, the United Nations declared 2022 the International Year of Glass. University of Central Florida professor Kathleen Richardson and The Ohio State University professor Manoj Choudhary discuss the importance of glass in our lives, give the history of IYOG, and preview some of the events taking place to celebrate this International Year. View the transcript for this episode here. About the guests Kathleen Richardson is Pegasus Professor of Optics...Continue Reading
Systems engineer manufacturer repurposed 43,000 square-foot facility will create almost 60 new jobs in the Town of Henrietta. Investment complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – the region’s comprehensive strategy to revitalize communities and grow the economy. Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that systems engineer manufacturer Precision Optical Transceivers (Precision OT) is growing its Monroe County operations, repurposing 43,000 square-feet of existing space at 2245 Brighton-Henrietta Townline Road in the Town of...Continue Reading
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
