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For Companies

At the Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences, we provide our corporate partners with a tremendous competitive advantage when it comes to developing state-of-the-art products. At a time when many companies are reducing their research and development budgets, we provide access to a rich source of innovation and technology: New York State’s leading research universities. We identify university researchers whose interests match industry needs. We provide matching state funds to magnify the impact of the investment you make as a corporate sponsor.

Annual networking opportunity

We host an annual University Technology Showcase with the Center of Excellence in Data Science (CoE) at the University of Rochester where we invite members from the industrial community to learn about your research. There is ample time allowed for networking and one-on-one discussions. This event takes place in the spring and is open to all university researchers working on relevant projects whether or not you have been a past recipient of CEIS funding.

Annual Call for Proposals provides funding for company-sponsored research on campus

Collaborative Innovative Research Program (CIR): This is our primary funding mechanism and must be initiated by university-based principal investigators. We provide up to a 50% match for research sponsored by a New York State company. The maximum CEIS contribution is $30,000. Proposals are accepted once a year—in the spring and funding for selected proposals starts July 1. Submissions are awarded on a competitive basis and are subject to the availability of funds. Proposals are judged on their technical merit and on the amount of economic impact that the research is expected to achieve.

Short Term Applied Research program (STAR): The STAR program is aimed at smaller research projects that are either more applied or exploratory in nature. It is often used by small businesses to solve a near term problem. Applications are accepted anytime throughout the year and awards are made subject to the availability of funds. The maximum CEIS contribution is $5,000 and only requires a 1:1 match

Principal Investigators and Researchers

Research Interest Categories University of Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology
3D Imaging and Vizualization Jannick Rolland
Analog and RF IC design Tejasvi Das
AR/VR Krystel Huxlin
Martina Polletti
Jannick Rolland
Michele Rucci
Duje Tadin
Gabriel Diaz
Audio Signal Processing Mark Bocko
Michael Heilemann
Tejasvi Das
Biomechanics Ehsan Rashedi
Karin Wuertz-Kozak
Biomedical Imaging Jean-Philippe Couderc
Diane Dalecki
Steven Feldon
Greg Gdowski
Denise Hocking
Krystel Huxlin
Wayne Knox
Amy Lerner
Susana Marcos
James McGrath
Benjamin Miller
Kevin Parker
Jannick Rolland
James Zavislan
Tejasvi Das
Karin Wuertz-Kozak
Biomedical Ultrasound Ajay Anand
Diane Dalecki
Marvin Doyley
Neb Duric
Maria Helguera
Denise Hocking
Zeljko Ignjatovic
Stephen McAleavey
Mohammed Merhmohammadi
Kevin Parker
Deb Rubens
Cristian Linte
Micheal Richards
Commercialization of Medical Technology Greg Gdowski
Computer Vision Jiebo Luo Andreas Savakis
Digital Imaging Scott Carney James Ferwerda
Emmett Ientilucci
John Kerekes
Electronics for Bio/Health Sensing Tejasvi Das
Eye Tracking Martina Polletti
Michele Rucci
Gabriel Diaz
Fiber Optic Systems Govind Agrawal
Wayne Knox
John Marciante
Drew Maywar
Image Processing Scott Carney
Kevin Parker
John Kerekes
Drew Maywar
Zoran Ninkov
Andreas Savakis
Integrated Photonics Govind Agrawal
Jaime Cardenas
Qiang Lin
Stefan Preble
Lasers Jaime Cardenas
Chunlei Guo
Wayne Knox
John Marciante
Drew Maywar
Materials Engineering Jaime Cardenas
Paul Dunman (Bacterial Pathogens)
Jairo A. Díaz
Thomas Gaborski
Parsian K. Mohseni
Karin Wuertz-Kozak
Mathematical Modeling   Kara Maki
Mathmatical Optics Miguel Alonso  
Nanotechnology Jaime Cardenas
James McGrath
Parsian K. Mohseni
Stefan Preble
Karin Wuertz-Kozak
Nonlinear Optics Govind Agrawal
John Marciante
William Renninger
Operations Research Katie McConky
Optical System Design Paul Funkenbusch
Jannick Rolland
Tara Vaz
James Zavislan
Jie Qiao
Optics Jaime Cardenas
Steven Feldon
Krystel Huxlin
Wayne Knox
Susana Marcos
Benjamin Miller
Jannick Rolland
James Zavislan
Stefan Preble
Optoelectronics Thomas Brown
Jaime Cardenas
Eby Friedman (3D Circuit Design and Modeling)
Lewis Rothberg
Roman Sobolewski
Karl Hirschman
Parsian K. Mohseni
Quantum Electronics, Quantum Optics and Quantum Photonics Govind Agrawal
Jaime Cardenas
Qiang Lin
Pablo A. Postigo
Roman Sobolewski
Nick Vamivakas
Drew Maywar
Stefan Preble
Roll-to-Roll Coating of liquid films Steven J. Weinstein
Systems and Synthetic Biology Allison Lopatkin
Wireless Sensors and Networking Mark Bocko
Wendi Heinzelman
Michael Huang
Cristiano Tapparello
Hui Wu
 Tejasvi Das