Gerald Sonnenfeld, vice president for research, stands in a hallway of the Biotechnology Building.

Stephen Gilje, associate vice president for research, stands in one of the Biotechnology Building’s signature flexible labs.

Flexible laboratories are designed with as much of the infrastructure as possible — plumbing, electricity and HVAC — in the ceilings.

Flexible laboratories are furnished with lab benches that can be moved with a motorized hand-truck.

Karin Sauer, associate professor of biology, is one of several biofilms researchers who have laboratories in the Biotechnology Building.

The Clinical Science and Engineering Research Center is a resource for Binghamton University faculty members interested in undertaking clinical studies.

Companies that occupy the Start-Up Suite must have their roots in technology developed at the University.

Work continues on a new $66 million Engineering and Science Building at the Innovative Technologies Complex.

Lab instrumentation includes light microscopy, laser microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam, atomic force microscopy, mesoscale machining, thermal machining, electronics instrumentation and a microfabrication facility.

The lab is staffed by PhD-level scientists, and its equipment is available to University and industry researchers.

Anju Sharma, senior scientist, talks with a student in the laboratory.

The ADL, a centralized, interdisciplinary research facility, enables the commercialization of microelectronic technologies and supports life sciences research applications.

Lab instrumentation includes X-ray diffraction and small angle X-ray.

Lab instrumentation includes light microscopy, laser microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam, atomic force microscopy, mesoscale machining, thermal machining, electronics instrumentation and a microfabrication facility.

Qinru Qiu, a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, serves as associate director of CASE.

The Ultra-Sensitive Portable Capillary Sensor, or U-PAC, was designed by a team of chemists, biologists and engineers.

Research at CASE is focused on the development of all aspects of sensors, sensor systems and devices including acoustical, visual, chemical and biologically based sensor technologies and their applications for civilian and military use.

Graduate student Fred Wafula uses an atomic force microscope to evaluate the surface roughness of a sample.

CASE brings together a multidisciplinary team with a diverse set of skills to create sensors and sensor systems that will surpass existing technology in terms of sensitivity, response time and portability.

CASE, established in 2004 as a Binghamton University Organized Research Center, is a national leader in interfacial science and engineering and functional sensing devices and systems as well as a regional economic development hub.

CASE research emphasizes advances in basic sensor research, functional sensing materials, characterization, enhanced signal transduction and laboratory testing.

Chemistry doctoral student Naumih Noah’s research focuses on pain biosensors.

The material is cleaned.

The roll is inspected again to verify the cleaning process.

The roll goes to the General Vacuum tool for metallization. The machine precleans (or “wets”) the surface just before coating to improve the adhesion of the metal.

In the resist-apply phase, a photoresist material is applied with a spray system or through a slot-die wet coating. Now there’s an ultraviolet-sensitive roll of material ready to be exposed, much like a roll of film. The material goes through a projection lithography system, which can expose up to 24 linear inches per minute of web.

The material goes through a developer and is rinsed and dried. The material is etched, removing the exposed metal that’s not needed. A stripping process removes the remaining photoresist material.

The metal-patterned roll of material is ready. Possible applications include smart fabrics, sensors and medical devices as well as consumer electronics.